[Ray Novitske]

in reply to: Task 2 – Invasives #352

Thanks for participating in the Invasives planning meeting. These are the summary topics we discussed and decided on to help educate our readers:

1.) A story defining invasives: what are they; how they impact us; why we should care; why they are dangerous; how they got here; some plants are invasive in some areas but not others; how global warming is affected and how global warming affects invasives.

2.) A story about what common invasives people purchase and plant without knowing; alternatives; those readily available in retail stores; why some plants are sold and others are banned

3.) A story on non-desirable plants that are not invasive, but may be problematic

4.) Story about Kate Dando’s garden; how if came to be; her journey.

5.) A story highlighting some Master Gardener’s experience with invasives.

Mentioned:
Blue Ridge PRISM: https://blueridgeprism.org/
Virginia Invasive list: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/nh-invasive-plant-list-2023.pdf

Other additional comments and thoughts are welcome here.
Maybe a story on invasive look-alikes?

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by Ray Novitske.
• This reply was modified 4 months ago by Ray Novitske.

[Ray Novitske]

in reply to: Task 2 – Invasives #323

I was thinking of items on the Virginia list of invasives that are still sold such as Bradford Pear and English Ivy. Seeing these for sale in nurseries and stores may lead the public to think they are not invasive. So our task would be an educational one to set the record straight.

[Ray Novitske]

in reply to: Task 1 – Resources #320

I mean resources as a general term – not that it is a specific titled section (sorry I capitalized it). I was referring to the References and the Publication pages on the website. We can talk about layout and pictures in archives, sure. We can use better stats on the pages accessed, but from what I see with the limited stats we have access to, archives and references are not accessed very often by readers.

• This reply was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by Ray Novitske.
• This reply was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by Ray Novitske.

[Ray Novitske]

in reply to: Task 2 – Invasives #291

In the past two months, we have had one story about an invasive plant to educate the public on what invasives we have in our county.

It would be good that when we highlight an invasive plant, we also tie that in to the Facebook and Instagram sites at the same time so they are coordinated.

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