Virginia permaculture businesses

Hello Virginia permies!

For folks in the Hampton Roads, NOVA, C-ville, and RVA regions, what kind of permaculture-related products, services, foods, plant nurseries, experiences, farms, communities, businesses etc. do you wish you had easier or closer access too?  In other words, what kind of permaculture itch could use a good scratchin'?

Alternatively, what permaculture gems do you currently enjoy in your region?

Cheers!

I live in Suffolk and love the offerings at Edible Landscaping (https://ediblelandscaping.com/) but it's a few hours away. I'm pretty much done filling in my front yard food forest, so I won't be needing more native fruit trees and shrubs. But I would have LOVED to have a resource closer by the past few years.

I'm with you there, Bekki!

I've purchased gift cards for family to Edible Landscaping, but it was only last year (during a PDC with Shenandoah Permaculture Institute near Staunton) that I finally visited the place myself.  Some closer permaculture nurseries would certainly be fun.  But going back -- as well as a road trip to Polyface -- are on my permaculture bucket list.

Maybe someone here knows of a permaculture nursery closer to Tidewater?

I'm with the other respondants on Edible Landscaping being the absolute best. I'm in Louisa and it's only about an hour's drive for me, so doable once or twice a year. What I really wish I could find more easily is local dairy products: raw and/or non-homogenized milk (I make my own yogurt and would pasteurize if the milk were raw), cheese, butter, even products like cottage cheese. We're not in a position to raise our own dairy.