Woodside Pawpaw

Woodside Pawpaw Virginia pawpaw orchard and nursery dedicated to spreading the knowledge and love of the North American Pawpaw (Asimina triloba).

Here’s where to find us this fall! More info and links on our website under the “Events” tab. 1. September 13 - Pawpaws ...
09/06/2025

Here’s where to find us this fall! More info and links on our website under the “Events” tab.

1. September 13 - Pawpaws and Pints - Blandy Experimental Farm. Boyce, VA

2. September 19 & 20 - Fall Plant Sale - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Richmond, VA

3. September 28 - Nurture With Natives - Sneed’s Nursery. Richmond, VA

4. October 23 - Land Lovers - Henrico Public Library. Henrico, VA

Great Shenandoah™ cluster coming along nicely! The Shenandoah™ cultivar was the first release by the legendary pawpaw br...
07/16/2025

Great Shenandoah™ cluster coming along nicely! The Shenandoah™ cultivar was the first release by the legendary pawpaw breeder Neal Peterson. Due to its super mellow flavor, this is a great “entry level pawpaw” and a favorite among many.

Had a beautiful visitor in the orchard recently! Seeing a Zebra Swallowtail will always feel like a gift hand delivered ...
07/03/2025

Had a beautiful visitor in the orchard recently! Seeing a Zebra Swallowtail will always feel like a gift hand delivered from Mother Nature.

Speaking of hands, I had planned on following through with my goal to post here more often but double hand surgery got me off track for a bit 🤷🏻‍♂️ Oh well, onward and upward!

These plants continue to wow me! You may have to zoom in to see, but just above where a new leaf is growing, there is a ...
04/23/2025

These plants continue to wow me! You may have to zoom in to see, but just above where a new leaf is growing, there is a casing of a flower bud. This is an awesome example of developmental plasticity in action. This pawpaw tree decided that making a flower bud wouldn’t be the best option for growth and survival and changed course to grow a leaf bud instead. This is likely due to environmental influence like temperature and water. While certainly not unheard of, it’s fairly rare to catch this outside of controlled lab conditions. Science! 🧬🍃

Aaanndd we’re back! Winter was a time for rest which included a much needed pause from social media. I highly recommend ...
04/08/2025

Aaanndd we’re back! Winter was a time for rest which included a much needed pause from social media. I highly recommend it, btw! Pawpaw work is picking up quickly again with winter cleanup, seed starting, grafting, fertilizing rotations, and everything in between. Hoping the potential freezes this week don’t cause too much damage to the flowers 🌺 🤞

Come on out to Dorey Park this Saturday for our final plant sale event of the year! We’ll be there with plenty of other ...
10/16/2024

Come on out to Dorey Park this Saturday for our final plant sale event of the year! We’ll be there with plenty of other native plant focused vendors and organizations.
*Thanks to a grant from Henrico County and the Henrico Environmental Action Resource Team, attendees will receive a voucher to be redeemed at any of the native plant booths at the sale. Use yours to get a free pawpaw seedling!

September is packed with awesome events! Come say hello and celebrate all things pawpaw. Kicking it off this Saturday 9/...
09/04/2024

September is packed with awesome events! Come say hello and celebrate all things pawpaw. Kicking it off this Saturday 9/7 at Sneed’s Nursery in Richmond, VA for a class on pawpaw’s culinary and medicinal history.

Coming up later this month:
9/14 - Pollinator Palooza @ Studio Two Three
9/20-9/21 Fall Plant Sale @ Lewis Ginter
9/28 - Fluvanna Fall Festival @ Pleasant Grove Park

Check out our website for more information on these events and where we’ll be this season!

Pawpaw fruiting season starts at different times depending on your location. Like a lot of fruit, it starts in the south...
08/22/2024

Pawpaw fruiting season starts at different times depending on your location. Like a lot of fruit, it starts in the south and moves its way north west and then north east. Various cultivars have even different ripening times! That being said, I stand by the theory that your local goldenrod blooms are perfectly timed with the early/first ripeness of your local pawpaws. So with that, let the 2024 pawpaw season commence (in our part of Virginia, at least!)

Due to popular interest, I’m sharing a few graphics that show the lineage of many known pawpaw cultivars. While not a fu...
05/25/2024

Due to popular interest, I’m sharing a few graphics that show the lineage of many known pawpaw cultivars. While not a fully comprehensive list, it is interesting to see the relationship between many of these varieties. This data is pulled from an article published in the International Journal on Computational Science & Applications by Richard Frost. The link to the journal will be posted on our website for anyone interested in reading more!

Friends in the DMV, kick off the Memorial Day weekend with a trip to this Friday and Saturday for a little Pop-Up Pawpa...
05/20/2024

Friends in the DMV, kick off the Memorial Day weekend with a trip to this Friday and Saturday for a little Pop-Up Pawpaw Pawlooza! Try saying that 5 times fast…

There will be pawpaw seedlings, other pawpaw goodies, as well as the incredible selection of native plants from Watermark Woods! Come on by!

Exciting discoveries in the orchard today! 1. Developing pawpaw fruit set 2. Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar 3. Eastern Pa...
05/10/2024

Exciting discoveries in the orchard today!

1. Developing pawpaw fruit set
2. Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar
3. Eastern Painted Turtle

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