Bedford Area Master Gardeners Association
Virginia Cooperative Extension
2021-2022 THEME: NATURALLY CONNECTED A favorite tradition featuring lights, decorations, model trains, dinners, hot chocolate (for purchase) & more! Tickets are available online ONLY, they must be purchased in advance (no walk-ins), and they have an arrival time. LIGHTS & DISPLAYS Millions of lights line garden paths and twinkle in trees under the night […]
Festival of Trees at the Bedford Area Welcome Center is an annual event that takes place around the end of November through the first week of January. “A Storybook Christmas” is the theme for this year. The event will feature trees that are decorated by local businesses and organizations. Visitors are encouraged to come by […]
United Way of Roanoke Valley and The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center are pleased to announce that the beloved Fashions for Evergreen event is back in person for 2021! From whimsical and outlandish displays to elegant and traditional designs, visitors of the 2021 Fashions for Evergreens, will be inspired by the glamorous trees and be […]
We are kicking off the holiday season on December 8th with the Lighting of the Garden. Gather family and friends and join in a sing-a-long of holiday favorites, wondrous lights and tasty holiday treats! Then, join us anytime between now and January 10th to enjoy the lights. They will be on every evening ~ catch […]
This introductory workshop will cover what you need to do now to be ready to innoculate logs with mushroom spawn later in the spring. Topics will include species of trees to select for logs; when and how to cut the trees or limbs for mushroom logs; why you must cut live trees before the spring […]
Join Extension Master Gardener Maria Velikonja to explore basic permaculture concepts and designs that will help you transform your small urban yard into your own food forest. Gardening does not have to be a lot of work, nor do you need to use inorganic chemicals. Maria will share lessons from her experience with permaculture on […]
Landscape desingers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to broaden the investigative lens. Join us as we explore the integration of "ecology-based" design with "people-based" factors, including the lingering effects of historic land use and the need to […]
Certain groups of native plants referred to as “keystone plants” have been found to be especially supportive of wildlife. In this program Extension Master Gardeners Elaine Mills and Kathie Clements describe selected species of trees, shrubs, vines, and perennials native to the Mid-Atlantic region which offer food and shelter for pollinators and birds and provide […]
Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to broaden the investigative lens. Join us as we explore the integration of "ecology-based" design with "people-based" factors, including the lingering effects of historic land use and the need […]
"If You Build It, They Will Come: Understanding and Improving Garden Soils" Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University As gardeners, we spend most of our time thinking "above ground." We ruminate about plants, combinations, color, texture, and about light exposure, water, temperature and climate. […]
Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to broaden the investigative lens. Join us as we explore the integration of "ecology-based" design with "people-based" factors, including the lingering effects of historic land use and the need […]
Many of us would like to create more gardening spaces and reduce our lawns, but we dread the back-breaking hard work involved. Good news! The days of digging deep and flipping or cutting turf are over. In this class, Extension Master Gardener Becky Halbe describes methods she has used on her property and elsewhere to […]
