PIEDMONT MASTER GARDENERS – ZOOM – Spring Lecture Series—Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson, “Attractive, Functional, Sustainable Solutions to Managing Stormwater Runoff in the Home Yard and Garden”

Zoom webinar

In this online presentation, landscape designers Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson will show how smart planting and attractive rain gardens can reduce stormwater runoff and filter pollutants that threaten rivers and streams feeding the Chesapeake Bay. A graduate of London’s Inchbald School of Design, Meara (above) hails from the Dominican Republic and is owner of […]

$10.00

Pollination Station, Forest Library Spring Seminar, Presented by Bedford Area Master Gardeners

Forest Public Library 15583 Forest Road, Forest, VA

Come learn all about pollinator homes with the Bedford Area Master Gardeners!   Topics covered in this presentation... - What is a pollinator garden?iv - Why are pollinator gardens important? - How to get started on your own pollinator garden - What are the best types of soil and plants to use? - The Benefits […]

Free

Pollination Station – Bedford Central Library Spring Seminar, Presented by Bedford Area Master Gardeners

Bedford Central Library 321 N Bridge Street, Bedford, VA

Come learn all about pollinator homes with the Bedford Area Master Gardeners!   Topics covered in this presentation... - What is a pollinator garden?iv - Why are pollinator gardens important? - How to get started on your own pollinator garden - What are the best types of soil and plants to use? - The Benefits […]

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Garden Club of Virginia, 90th Annual Garden Week, Lynchburg Tour

First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, Lynchburg is located near the geographic center of Virginia and is known as the “Hill City.” Prosperous from tobacco in the 1800s, in the latter part of the 19th century Lynchburg had embraced manufacturing and was once again one of the richest towns per capita in […]

$50.00

Pollination Station, Montvale Library Spring Seminar Presented by the Bedford Area Master Gardeners

Montvale Public Library 11575 West Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike, Montvale, VA

Come learn all about pollinator homes with the Bedford Area Master Gardeners! Topics covered in this presentation... - What is a pollinator garden? - Why are pollinator gardens important? - How to get started on your own pollinator garden - What are the best types of soil and plants to use? - The Benefits of […]

Free

Pollination Station, Moneta Library Spring Seminar Presented by the Bedford Area Master Gardeners

Moneta/SML Public Library 13641 Moneta Road, Moneta, VA

Come learn all about pollinator homes with the Bedford Area Master Gardeners! Topics covered in this presentation... - What is a pollinator garden? - Why are pollinator gardens important? - How to get started on your own pollinator garden - What are the best types of soil and plants to use? - The Benefits of […]

Free

Pollination Station, Big Island Library Spring Seminar, Presented by the Bedford Area Master Gardeners

Big Island Public Library 1111 Schooldays Drive, Big Island, VA

Come learn all about pollinator homes with the Bedford Area Master Gardeners! Topics covered in this presentation... - What is a pollinator garden? - Why are pollinator gardens important? - How to get started on your own pollinator garden - What are the best types of soil and plants to use? - The Benefits of […]

Free

Pollination Station, Stewartsville Public Library Spring Seminar, Presented by the Bedford Area Master Gardeners

Stewartsville Public Library 45 Cascade Drive, Vinton, VA

Come learn all about pollinator homes with the Bedford Area Master Gardeners! Topics covered in this presentation... - What is a pollinator garden? - Why are pollinator gardens important? - How to get started on your own pollinator garden - What are the best types of soil and plants to use? - The Benefits of […]

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Ask the Experts about Direct Sowing Cut Flowers

Webinar

Create your own beautiful Cut Flower Garden when you learn how easy it is to do when you direct sow these seed varieties. Our expert panelists: Hoss Tools, Johnny’s Selected Seeds and True Leaf Market. Register even if you can't attend live as registrants will receive a link to the webinar recording after the event […]

Horticulture Therapy: Nurturing Plants Nurtures People

Webinar

Speaker: Irene Barber, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Have you ever heard of Horticultural Therapy or Therapeutic Horticulture? Registered Horticultural Therapist and Adult Education Program Manager at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Irene Brady Barber, will explain about the value and practice of Horticultural Therapy through the lens of the HT program offered in the Lerner Garden […]

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Edible Landscape Design

Webinar

You can have it all! Attractive plants, a cohesive design AND a harvestable crop from your landscaped areas. Kirsten Conrad, Agriculture/Natural Resources Extension Agent for Arlington and the City of Alexandria shows participants how to use design principles and best management practices to create attractive landscapes of fruit trees, perennial vegetables, herbs, and even annual edibles to […]

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Managing Trees and Public Spaces for Wildlife

Webinar

The World Health Organization reports that green spaces in urban areas are essential resources necessary for healthy and sustainable living environments. They allow urban dwellers to connect with nature, which provides measurable physical and psychological benefits. For wildlife, the rate at which natural habitats are being conserved is declining, and there is great potential to […]

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