A healthy sign is a native butterfly Pearl Crescent seen at an Earth Day event with NCNPS Southern Piedmont Chapter in Charlotte. Photo by Craig Maxwell
By NCNPS Chapters
NCNPS chapters promote and celebrate native plants once a year on Earth Day, April 22. But truth be told, at NCNPS every day is an earth day! Here are some photos of what we did April 22.
Invasive non-native plants Amur Honeysuckle, English Ivy, Italian Arum, Japanese Hops, Japanese Knotweed, and Privet (Ligustrum spp.) are removed by Southern Piedmont Chapter on Earth Day, Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary, Charlotte. Photo by Craig MaxwellSouthern Piedmont Chapter members and other groups celebrate the removal of non-native invasive plants on Earth Day at Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary, Charlotte. Photo by Craig MaxwellSouthern Piedmont Chapter leader Craig Maxwell hosts an NCNPS information table, Squirrel Lake Park, Matthews. Photo by Ruth Maxwell Plants are potted and ready for give-away by members of the Southern Piedmont Chapter at Squirrel Lake Park, Matthews. Photo by Craig MaxwellTriad Chapter members on Earth Day, from left are Pat Holder, Robin Davis, Adam Webb, Sarah Flores, and Steve Barnes at the dedication of the Stuart & Emma Thomas Memorial Trail, Crossnore School & Children’s Home in Winston-Salem. Photo by Sarah FloresA healthy sign is a banded water snake, this one seen at an Earth Day event with NCNPS Southern Piedmont Chapter in Charlotte. Photo by Craig MaxwellAn education table is staffed by Southern Piedmont Chapter members at Squirrel Lake Park, Matthews, at an early Earth Day event on April 15th. Photo by Craig MaxwellAt an Earth Day event in Winston-Salem, Triad Chapter displays plants at the opening of the Stuart & Emma Thomas Memorial Trail for the upcoming Crossnore Plant Sale. Photo by Sarah FloresTriad Chapter members staffed an education table on Earth Day at the opening of the Stuart & Emma Thomas Memorial Trail, Crossnore School & Children’s Home in Winston-Salem. Photo by Sarah FloresTriad Chapter assisted at a commemoration on Earth Day of the Stuart & Emma Thomas Memorial Trail, Crossnore School & Children’s Home in Winston-Salem. Photo by Adam WebbTriad Chapter member Margaret Cobb was an Earth Day trail docent along the newly opened Stuart & Emma Thomas Memorial Trail, Crossnore School & Children’s Home in Winston-Salem. Photo by Adam WebbHard work is fun with a group of Southern Piedmont Chapter volunteers on Earth Day at Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary, Charlotte. Photo by Craig MaxwellNCNPS President Ken Bridle, right, introduces nationally-recognized conservationist Doug Tallamy and the new trails at the Crossnore School in Winston-Salem, NC. Photo by Lisa Gould
