Urban Tree Walk in Belmont
Friday, June 2 @ 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. (12 participants allowed, ages 14 and up)
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Saturday, June 3 @9:00 to 10:30 a.m. (12 participants allowed, ages 14 and up)
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Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards, Steve Huff, Scott Syverud and David Marrs will lead this walk through the oldest area in Belmont featuring about 20 mature trees, with a focus on tree identification and noteworthy information. The walk is about one mile and mainly on level sidewalks in a mix of sun and shade with one staircase of about 20 steps to negotiate.
Invasive Plant Workshop
Friday, June 9 @ 10 am – 1 pm
Rockfish Valley Trail in Nellysford
sponsored by Blue Ridge Prism, Virginia Master Naturalists & Rockfish Valley Foundation
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Garden Basics: Simple to Sensational Summer Container Gardens
Trinity Episcopal Church, 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville
Learn tips and techniques for planning, creating, and caring for an attractive and healthy container garden. Participants in this free class will learn how to grow ornamentals, pollinator plants, herbs, and vegetables in containers, and will create a flowering summer container garden to take home. Space is limited. Registration will close at 5 p.m. June 16 or when the class is full. Garden Basics is a partnership with the Bread and Roses ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church.
National Pollinator Week Garden Tour & Presentation at The Center
The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA, United States
The Center at Belvedere and the Piedmont Master Gardeners will celebrate Pollinator Week with an open house and tour of the Center’s rose and pollinator demonstration gardens, followed at 6:30 p.m. by a presentation on “How to Create a Pollinator Paradise in Your Yard.” The program is free and open to all and will provide an overview of the best plants for attracting and supporting pollinators in home landscapes in our region. To register, visit https://thecentercville.org/calendar/event/90394//3/.
Born to Be Wild Pollinator Festival
Saturday, June 17 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
21085 The Woods Road
Leesburg, Virginia
Coming up in July . . .
Garden Basics: Why Is My Plant Looking Unhealthy? – A Hands-on Workshop About Diagnosing Plant Problems
Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville
Plant problems are often linked to a disease-causing organism or exposure to less-than-ideal growing conditions. This free, hands-on workshop will offer a systematic approach to uncovering the cause of a plant’s problems as well as examples of common plant problems…
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