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Upcoming Events

    Heartflame Garden Open Day
    Friday, August 7
    6:00-8:30 pm

    Heartflame Garden is a private garden located at 650 Sandy Bottom Road near Elkton, Virginia, adjacent to Shenandoah National Park.  It is a lovely three-season display garden with about two acres of cultivated gardens and another four acres of rolling hills and streams to explore. The garden is open by appointment, and also offers “open” days when an appointment is not required. Check this link for more information, including contact information.

    FREE FRIDAY TALKS NORTHERN VIRGINIA MASTER GARDENERS
    Live Zoom Presentations in August, 10:00-11:30 AM

    August 7, Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardening
    August 14, Managing Wildlife in the Urban Home Landscape
    August 21, Native Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes for the Home Landscape
    August 28, Fall Lawn Care

    For Upcoming Live Webinars on Zoom, see this link: https://mgnv.org/events/

    For Recorded Past Webinars, see this link: https://mgnv.org/reading-room/master-gardener-virtual-classroom/.

    These recordings are from the Master Gardener Virtual Classroom series and include a great variety of topics under three different headings: Best Management Practices, Sustainable Landscaping, and Urban Agriculture.

    New Directions in American Landscaping (NDAL) Webinars
    Cosponsored by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and
    Wild Ones – Native Plants, Natural Landscapes

    See this link for more information and to REGISTER.

    Wednesday, August 5, 1:00- 4:30 PM EST, Cost $74
    Cross Pollination – 3 Parts

    Part 1: Doug’s Place: Plants and Animals in Concert (1:00 – 2:15 PM EST)
    Douglas Tallamy, Ph.D.

    Part 2: Living in a Garden Ecology Lab (2:30 – 3:45 PM EST)
    Larry Weaner, FAPLD

    Part 3: Panel (4:00 – 4:30 PM EST)
    Doug Tallamy and Larry Weaner

    Thursday, August 6, 1:00 – 2:30 PM EST, Cost $48
     A Grassland Restoration Tale of Weeds, Wildlife & Renewal
    Jenna Webster

    Tuesday, August 11, 1:00 – 2:30 PM EST, Cost $48
    Native Annuals: An Underutilized Landscape Resource
    Ethan Dropkin, MLA

    Wednesday, August 12, 1:00 – 2:30 PM EST, Cost $48
    Genetic Variation and Plant Design: Not All Coral Bells Are Created Equal
    Ian Caton

    Thursday, August 13, 1:00 – 4:30 PM EST, Cost $74
    Seed to Landscape- 3 Parts

    Part I: Prairies (1:00 – 2:15 PM EST)
    Marc Pastorek

    Part 2: Woodlands (2:30 – 3:45 PM EST)
    Ian Caton

    Part 3: Panel (4:00 – 4:30 PM EST)
    Marc Pastorek and Ian Caton

    Tuesday, August 18, 1:00 – 2:30 PM EST, Cost $48
    Organic Planting and Management: Glenstone Museum
    Mark Partain

    The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen (TNFW)

    A native plant list can be found on The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen website and orders placed via email to director@twnf.org. The greenhouse continues to operate on Thursdays and Fridays for plant pick-up.

    Blue Ridge PRISM
    Partnership for Invasive Species Management

    FALL WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM
    (Cost is $10 per person)

    Tuesday, September 29 (1:00 – 4:00pm) – REGISTER HERE
    Wednesday, October 7 (1:00 – 4:00pm) – REGISTER HERE
    Thursday, October 22 (1:00 – 4:00pm) – REGISTER HERE

    Virginia Cooperative Extension Video Library

    VCE offers a variety of videos on topics geared to both beginner and more advanced gardeners. Examples of topics include:

    Cut Flowers in the Home Garden
    Container Gardening with Vegetables
    Cedar Apple Rust
    Common Diseases in the Home Garden
    Good Bugs, Bad Bugs
    Late Blight on Tomatoes

    For these and many more videos that address specific topics or those of more general interest, see this link.

    Generation Next: Legacy Planning Webinar Series
    Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program
     Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Department of Forestry
    September 16, 17, 23, and 24
    3:00-4:30 PM

    If you own a woodland, you have a legacy worth passing on. Learn how to keep your woodland: Intact, In forest, In family. Speakers include legal and financial experts experienced in estate planning as well as natural resource professionals and landowners. This is a live Zoom webinar; see the link for more information and to Register. Registration will close the first week of September. Cost $40 per family.

    CANCELLED:    Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards Fall Tree Sale 2020
    Saturday October 10, 2020
    See this link.