Anyone with waterfront property knows that it can be a continual battle with the forces of nature that try to take that property away. Sometimes the solution can be beautiful as well as effective, with prolific native flowering shrubs, trees and grasses retaining the soil, filtering runoff and delighting the eye. That’s what has happened at the demonstration garden/living shoreline for the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum. The Northern Neck Master Gardeners, through their shoreline evaluation program, began the project in 2005. A barren eyesore on Cockrell Creek gradually blossomed into a sight to behold. The Northern Neck Master Gardeners invites the public to the Reedville property later this month to see the progress for themselves and to take part in a talk about the group’s shoreline evaluation program. Toward the land, Yellow Wild Indigo and Blue False Indigo are covered in vivid blooms. Bluestars (amsonia) are pale blue now; their greenery will turn bright yellow. Several wax myrtle...