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Garden Basics: Starting Garden Plants from Seed

Starting 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. You will learn How seeds work Mistakes to avoid when starting seeds Tests and tricks… Read More »Garden Basics: Starting Garden Plants from Seed

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Garden Basics: A Year in the Life of a Vegetable Garden–A Gardener’s Path

Growing a veggie garden can be enchanting, fulfilling, and, at times, a bit frustrating. This year-long journey through the life of a veggie garden and gardener—from selecting seeds through reaping the rewards of your efforts—will help you avoid getting overwhelmed along the way. We will explore: seed starting and planting; thinning, weeding, and harvesting; and… Read More »Garden Basics: A Year in the Life of a Vegetable Garden–A Gardener’s Path

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Garden Basics: A Year in the Life of a Vegetable Garden–A Gardener’s Path

Growing a veggie garden can be enchanting, fulfilling, and, at times, a bit frustrating. This year-long journey through the life of a veggie garden and gardener—from selecting seeds through reaping the rewards of your efforts—will help you avoid getting overwhelmed along the way. We will explore: seed starting and planting; thinning, weeding, and harvesting; and… Read More »Garden Basics: A Year in the Life of a Vegetable Garden–A Gardener’s Path

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SOLD OUT: Nate Miller on “Simply Sustainable Landscapes”

Landscape designer and educator Nate Miller, co-author of Simply Sustainable Landscapes: Designing with Edible and Native Plants for the Southeast, will explain how to use a design theory he calls EONS (for edible, ornamental, native plants and sustainable methods) to create low-maintenance landscapes that provide healthy food, year-round beauty, support for wildlife and other ecological… Read More »SOLD OUT: Nate Miller on “Simply Sustainable Landscapes”

SOLD OUT: Nate Miller on “Simply Sustainable Landscapes”

Landscape designer and educator Nate Miller, co-author of Simply Sustainable Landscapes: Designing with Edible and Native Plants for the Southeast, will explain how to use a design theory he calls EONS (for edible, ornamental, native plants and sustainable methods) to create low-maintenance landscapes that provide healthy food, year-round beauty, support for wildlife and other ecological… Read More »SOLD OUT: Nate Miller on “Simply Sustainable Landscapes”

Garden Basics: Native Plants for Shade

Adding native plants to your shady yard is both ecological and beautiful. Learn how to: layer your landscape, identify types of shade, and determine which plants work in each situation. We will cover trees, shrubs, and perennials so you can create an oasis of cool in your garden. Garden Basics is a partnership with the… Read More »Garden Basics: Native Plants for Shade

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Garden Basics: Native Plants for Shade

Adding native plants to your shady yard is both ecological and beautiful. Learn how to: layer your landscape, identify types of shade, and determine which plants work in each situation. We will cover trees, shrubs, and perennials so you can create an oasis of cool in your garden. Garden Basics is a partnership with the… Read More »Garden Basics: Native Plants for Shade

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PMG Spring Plant Sale, Indoors at Albemarle Square

Due to rain in the forecast, the Piedmont Master Gardeners' Spring Plant Sale will be held INDOORS from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at 300 Albemarle Square in Charlottesville. The sale will offer thousands of annuals, perennials, vegetables, fruit-bearing plants, herbs and houseplants, including a large assortment of native plants. Preview a… Read More »PMG Spring Plant Sale, Indoors at Albemarle Square