Growing Wild- Home Gardener Day 2021

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Home Gardener Day brings together gardeners of all experience levels for a dynamic day of learning with garden speakers, workshops, and more. Register by NLT Jan 10th, 2021

$45

Poultry Seminar – Virtual

Southern States Bedford Coop 1053 Independence Blvd, Bedford, VA, United States

Join Southern States Bedford Coop and Twain Lockhart from Cargill Animal Nutrition to learn about poultry nutrition. Topics will include: Nutrition, breed selection, chickens starting to lay, how to handle molt, preparing for winter, and much much more General Admission: Free / Sales end on Jan 11, 2021

Free

Rock Garden Society (Piedmont Chapter)- “Hellebores: Homeland to the Present”

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Cohosted by the Piedmont Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society and the JC Raulston Arboretum "Hellebores: Homeland to the Present" Dick Tyler, Pine Knott Farms Registration Advance registration is not available. Location Online. Instructions will be provided in this announcement one to two weeks before the program is scheduled to take place. Questions […]

Free – $5

A Home Gardener’s Guide to How Plants Are Classified and Named

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Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature: A Home Gardener's Guide to How Plants Are Classified and Named Bryce Lane, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Emeritus and Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University Register An eight-week class that helps the home gardener understand how plants are organized, classified, and named. All too often we don't know […]

$200 – $250

Cool Flowers Refresher

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Free webinar from "The Gardener's Workshop" Join Lisa Mason Ziegler for a refresher on the practical applications of the Cool Flowers concept such as tending the fall-planted garden and planting in very early spring. If you are not familiar with the basics of planting cool-season hardy annuals, Lisa recommends: reading the book Cool Flowers, requesting the FREE […]

Free

If You Build It, They Will Come: Understanding and Improving Garden Soils – Virtual

JC Raulston Arboretum NC State University, campus box 7522, Raleigh, NC, United States

GARDEN SOILS CLASS 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. Gardening success is equally dependent on what is going […]

$50 – $60

Sunflowers for the Win!

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Free webinar from "The Gardener's Workshop". Join Lisa Mason Ziegler for a tutorial on how she grows a constant supply of sunflowers for her cut-flower farm. This webinar will cover the cashflow benefits of growing sunflowers and how to do it. Selecting a sunflower variety to grow, starting from seed, when to start and end […]

Free

Bedford Master Gardener Training Class Begins!

Bedford Extension Master Gardeners Association 1257 County Farm Road, Suite B, Bedford, Virginia

Due to icy weather conditions, the start date for this training will be moved to Monday, February 8th. Head on over to this website's "Membership- Join Us" Page for all of the details. See you there!

$135 – $150

GreenScapes Symposium: Leveraging Native Plants to Restore the Environment

Back to Our Roots: Leveraging Native Plants to Restore the Environment. Years of rapid urbanization have fragmented natural habitats with manicured lawns and barren over-development leading to significant declines in biodiversity. How can you reverse this alarming trend? Join us for a fascinating day of innovative presentations that dig deep into how native plants can […]

$55

2021 Grow The Good Life Conference- Feb 20th (PART 1)

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Fellow Gardeners: It’s time to sharpen up your garden tools, scan through your plant catalogs, get your seed starter kits set up and sign up for Grow The Good Life! This winter’s program will be virtual. The Bedford Extension Master Gardeners Association is offering four presentations over two weekends in February by Zoom. There will […]

$15

2021 Grow The Good Life Conference- Feb 27th (PART 2)

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Fellow Gardeners: It’s time to sharpen up your garden tools, scan through your plant catalogs, get your seed starter kits set up and sign up for Grow The Good Life! This winter’s program will be virtual. The Bedford Extension Master Gardeners Association is offering four presentations over two weekends in February by Zoom. There will […]

$15