What a beautiful morning at the Headwaters garden along Halsey Creek with the Marsh to Mountains maymester course and @nativeplantsttp ! We added a few more flowering thangs like frogfruit, saw some squirrel tree frogs, cut some bamboo and cleaned up trash! :) we really fell for the frogs.
Don’t know if we’ve ever seen Sharleen geek this hard! She spotted flowering Gulf Coast swallowwort on Bulls Island yesterday, before giving our volunteers the planting rundown! (Pic 3 of flower!) Turns out, in 1996 biologist Billy McCord discovered monarchs ALSO lay their eggs on this flowering goodness for their caterpillars to munch on, proving it to be another important host plant! This is a milkweed relative! Thank you @nativeplantsttp for sharing your passions with lil ol’ Marsh Project!
We're prepping our container beds to get ready for a native plant workshop next week, with the great folks from @clemson_extension and @nativeplantsttp ! We can't wait for you to see the "new" Junction patio! 💚
#NativePlants #PollinatorFriendly #SustainableSpaces #PatioSeason #TheJunctionKitchen
Just a teeny taste of the kind of floral goodness we’ll be planting on Tuesday with @nativeplantsttp and @coastalexpeditions on Bulls Island! There is still room (we know it’s a Tuesday!) After we sweep the beach with our trash picker-uppers, we’ll be planting a beautiful selection of native plants with Sharleen along the footpaths. Link in Bio!
Monarch on Vernonia angustifolia (Sandhills Ironweed)
📸 Tom Potterfield
Our final in-person native plant sale of the Spring 2026 season will be taking place this Saturday at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner! If you've never visited this park before, it's well worth the trip -- beautiful boardwalks and hiking trails.
Note: This is a RAIN OR SHINE event, so no matter what the weather decides to do, we'll be there!
Alternatively -- if you're in the market for some native plants but would prefer to stay closer to home AND have access to our full inventory -- you can place an order through our Online Native Plant Shop -- /store -- by tonight at 8 PM for James Island driveway pickup this weekend or early next week (you choose at check-out).
UPDATE - Due to heavy rain in the forecast -- badly needed!! -- the SCNPS Grand Strand Native Plant Market has been postponed to Sunday, May 3rd.
We'll be there on Sunday along with a bunch of other wonderful coastal SC native plant vendors!
Event Details:
City of Conway Town Green
200 Laurel Street
Conway, SC 29526
SUNDAY, May 3rd
8:30 - 9:00 AM - SCNPS members only
9:00 AM - 1:00PM - Open to the public
Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you on the new date!
The current round of NPTTP Online Native Plant Shop orders for James Island driveway pickups is open through Wednesday evening (4/22) at 9 PM, and you can choose from weekend (4/25-4/26) or weekday (4/27-4/28) pick-ups.
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Online sales for JI pickup will continue on a weekly basis through early June.
We'd love to see you this Saturday (4/18; 10 AM - 1 PM) in West Ashley (720 Magnolia Rd) at CABA's Charleston Honey and Bee Expo!
The purpose of this community outreach event is to provide a platform for sharing educational information with the public about bees, the art of beekeeping, and to promote actions that support health and sustainability of pollinators in our community and the environment of coastal South Carolina.
NPTTP (and at least one other local nursery) will have native plants (including 2 species of milkweed) available for sale, Rita's Roots will have veggies and herbs, there will be food trucks and honey-based cotton candy for lunch and snacking, plus live music and all sorts of locally-based engaging and fun info tables and vendors and arts/crafts for kids.
The weather is looking beautiful, and we're eagerly anticipating a lively and fun event!
We'd love to see you tomorrow (Thursday; 4/16) at MUSC's Greenest Day Festival!
This wonderful event is coordinated by MUSC's Sustainability, Grounds, and Environmental & Sustainability Alliance teams.
NPTTP -- and dozens of other vendors and information tables -- will be located at the Colbert Library Portico (AKA "The Horseshoe") this Thursday from 11 AM - 2 PM.
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AND this Saturday in West Ashley we'll be taking part in The Charleston Area Beekeepers Association (CABA) Honey & Bee Expo!
More info available here: /bee-expo
Join us this month as we welcome Sharleen Johnson for a virtual talk: Pollinating Wasps and Native Plants of Coastal South Carolina
Sharleen is the owner of Native Plants to the People, where she works to expand access to native plants while helping communities build habitat-rich landscapes.
Free and open to the public- all are welcome!
NEW GARDENING DATES FOR APRIL!
Come help maintain our demonstration gardens at Halsey Creek Headwaters Garden and enjoy the nice weather with us!
SEE U THERE!
