This last week in February*, the Shenandoah Valley has experienced record-breaking low temperatures, accompanied by blasts of frigid arctic wind whipping across fields and open land. In such conditions, evergreen
New research is pointing to a disturbing find: The Asian invasive pest known as the emerald ash borer (EAB), which was thought to only affect ash trees, has been found
Many thanks to the Shen-Paco team who helped in the nursery this year! The participants planted, staked, pruned and weeded the trees, helping to care for them with great care and attention. The partnership
It is difficult to describe the flavor of a ripe pawpaw: light banana mixed with mango with a slight citrus tang and maybe a whisper of apple? Passion fruit, banana,
We enjoyed hosting the Shenandoah Valley Nursery and Greenhouse Association at White House Natives and showing off our current stock of trees and shrubs. Matt Deivert led the group through
In July at the White House Farm we held a butterfly count where we strolled through the garden, visited areas of native landscaping and walked along the paths in the
With oblong heart-shaped leaves spanning over one foot in length, the catalpa tree looks like it would be at home in a tropical rainforest amidst strangler figs and
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On a cool early spring morning, several tractor trailers drove along Kauffmans Mill Road, backing carefully next to the nursery where rows of freshly dug trees waited. In three days we
Get ready, the biggest flower show in the Shenandoah Valley is coming! It is held on the flanks of Shenandoah National Park, in the hollows of the George Washington National
If the white oak is the giant of the forest, as described in our last post, then the white fringe tree is the fairy of the woods. With delicate, lance-shaped,
