PMG Speakers Bureau: Growing a Better Lawn
Tuesday, June 4 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Our lawns offer aesthetic and environmental benefits around our homes while providing a green space where children and pets can play. We can grow our lawns in ways that maintain these benefits while limiting harm to people and the environment. This in-person program is hosted by the Piedmont Master Gardeners and The Center at Belvedere and is free and open to all.
CAPE CHARLES GARDEN TOUR hosted by Eastern Shore Master Gardeners
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 @ 12:00 – 4:00 PM, Cape Charles, Virginia
Garden Basics: Backyard Composting for Healthy Soil and a Healthier Planet
SATURDAY, JUNE 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. FREE
Composting makes sustainable and beneficial use of food and yard waste, reduces chemical fertilizer and insecticide use, and keeps organic wastes out of landfills. This workshop will cover: soil and plant nutrient basics, the benefits of natural soil building by creating compost from organic matter, and composting techniques appropriate for home gardeners.
We will also examine samples of compost batches in various stages of decomposition. Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Space is limited. Please register below to reserve your place in the class. Registration closes at 5 p.m. June 21, 2024, or when the class is full.
June Zoom Talk & Guided Tree ID Walk
Tree Basics Class on Zoom: Leaf Differences
Tuesday, June 25 @ 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
We “be-leaf” that everyone can enjoy tree identification. There are loads of leaves with different shapes, sizes, margins, and textures to explore. Join Emily Ferguson, a Charlottesville Area Tree Steward, as she delves into these various categories to help with easier identification. Information for two follow-up tree ID walks to this talk will be advertised mid-June.
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Early Summer Tree and Understory ID Walk in Simpson Park
Thursday, June 6 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Yancey Community Center – Simpson Park Drive, Esmont, VA
Simpson Park is a unique little forest preservation in the lovely community of Esmont in Southern Albemarle County. June is a great time of year to experience the forest and the diverse collection of hardwood and evergreen trees and shrubs in this park.
COMING UP IN JULY . . .
Garden Basics: Making Hypertufa Containers
July 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. FREE
Hypertufa containers last for years and are ideal for displaying flowers, bulbs, succulents, and other plants—indoors or out. You will learn:
- what hypertufa is,
- how to make a hypertufa container safely, and
- plants that do well in a hypertufa container.
You will also make a container to take home, with instructions provided in advance. Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Space is limited. Please register below to reserve your place in the class. Registration closes at 5 p.m. July 19, 2024, or when the class is full.
Blue Ridge PRISM 2024 Summer Meeting
Guest Speaker: Heather Holm — “Bumble Bee Banquet” (with Q&A)
Wednesday, July 24, 2024. 
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
(via Zoom)
