How to Prune Landscape Trees
—Tuesday, January 16 @ 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. via Zoom
⇒ Register here. This class is FREE (donations appreciated)
Join tree steward Tim Maywalt for this informative class to learn the best practices for pruning landscape trees to improve their health and appearance while reducing the risk of branch failure. Topics covered include: basic tree pruning concepts; where, when and what to prune; how to minimize decay resulting from pruning cuts; types of pruning cuts; and tools, tool maintenance and safety. The class will mainly focus on young landscape trees. It will not cover pruning fruit trees for production, pruning shrubs, nor topiary.
Coming up in February . . .
PMG Speakers Bureau: How and Why to Grow Hedgerows
The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA
Hedgerows—living fences made of trees and shrubs—support biodiverse populations of birds, mammals, and insects. Popularized in the United Kingdom, this technique for growing a living boundary can be put into practice in Central Virginia. Claire Denton-Spalding of the Piedmont Master Gardeners will cover the history of hedgerows, their benefits to native plants and animals, and how best to plant and maintain them in the Piedmont area. ⇒Registration will open soon.
Garden Basics: Starting Garden Plants from Seed
Trinity Episcopal Church, 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville ⇒FREEStarting flowers and vegetables indoors from seed is easy, inexpensive, and satisfying. But if you’re not familiar with seed-starting essentials, a lot can go wrong. Improve your success rate by learning basic seed-starting techniques. This workshop will include time for you to plant a few seeds to take home and grow.
