Wineberry Day, Delicious Destruction

It's that time of year again! Join the Virginia Outdoors Foundation's Conservation Assistants in the annual collection and manual destruction of the non-native wineberry bush.

This tasty but invasive plant needs removal so that our native plants can thrive and we need your help! In the process, the collection of the edible berries is encouraged to prevent the spread of seeds. Wineberry, Rubus phoenicolasius, is closely related to the native raspberry, Rubus strigosus and they make pretty good muffins. This year, we are including a recipe for preserves as well.

This is at your own risk and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation claims no responsibility for the ingestion of this fruit, so please consume at your discretion. Bring leather gloves (wineberry has thorns,) water, and collection containers. Friendly reminder that this is the only forageable that is allowed to be consumed or removed from the preserve, and other tasty plants and mushrooms need to remain here.

Looking forward to a fun and fruitful day of ecosystem management!
Please email dreif@vof.org if you have any questions

Hope to see you there,
Deneith Reif, Conservation Assistant at VOF'S Preserve at Bull Run Mountains