Throwing Shade VA is back for 2025! 🎉 Now through May 1, retail customers can get $25 discounts on eligible native trees and shrubs purchased at participating locations.
Help DOF (Department of Forestry) plant more native trees and expand biodiversity throughout Virginia. Native trees and shrubs provide food and habitat for wildlife, especially important pollinators, and their benefits to wildlife outweigh those of ornamental species. Native trees evolved in Virginia’s different ecosystems, so they are more adapted to their natural environment and more likely to thrive.
DOF is partnering with retail nurseries to offer discounts on eligible native trees and shrubs. The Throwing Shade VA program incentivizes customers to purchase native species of trees and shrubs, and nurseries to promote native species through customer discounts of $25 on eligible trees valued at $50 or more.
Look for the Throwing Shade VA tags, scan the QR code and enter basic information, and receive a $25 discount on eligible trees valued at $50 or more (paper forms will be available if needed).
