Pollinator Gardening with Three Flowerpots
Tuesday, Oct 3 @ 6:30 pm
The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville
Growing native plants is one of the best ways to promote biodiversity and create healthy habitat for wildlife, including pollinators like the monarch butterfly, now in migration. Even if you live in an apartment or townhome that lacks a garden space, you can still support pollinators by growing native plants on a patio or balcony. Learn how you can create a native plant garden with as few as three flowerpots that will attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other vital pollinators.
REGISTER here for this free program, which is open to all, sponsored by Piedmont Master Gardeners and the Center at Belvedere.
Blue Ridge Prism Invasive Plant Workshop
Mcintire Park in Charlottesville
Invasive plant identification walk and in-person instruction. Space is limited to 25 participants.
Find out more ⇒⇒. Registration fee is $25. Register via Eventbrite HERE.
Garden Basics: Native Plant Propagation—Seed Saving and Winter Sowing
Saturday, October 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
FREE
Growing native plants is vital to sustaining pollinators, birds, and small mammals. Seed saving and winter sowing can extend your budget and widen the selections available. Participants will learn about
• seed collection and resources for buying native seed,
• various techniques for preparing native seeds for sowing, and
• propagation techniques for winter and spring and for outside and inside.
The class will feature a hands-on winter-sowing activity.
Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Fall/Winter Virtual Workshop: Introduction to Invasive 
Plants and Identification
Tuesday, October 24 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
$10.00
Coming up in November . . .
Garden Basics: Season Extenders in the Edible Garden
Saturday, November 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Trinity Episcopal Church, 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville FREE
You can grow fresh produce all winter in Central Virginia with the use of season extender techniques. Participants will learn:
• How to use crop choice, garden layout, and row covers to extend the growing season
• Where to go for supplies
• How to position and secure row covers in a garden through a hands-on demonstration.
Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church.
