Local Events: Springtime brings new growth, seeds to be sown, perennials to share, landscape ideas and a bounty of gardener’s events! The Bedford area event list is long… isn’t it exciting?!
Mar 1 “Emerald Ash Borer” an All Bugs Good and Bad webinar
Mar 3 Rose Care & Pruning Workshop Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg
Mar 6 “Trees, Construction and Uninvited Guests” a Tree Care Workshop, Roanoke
Mar 9 Forest Farmers Market Winter Market, behind Library, Forest
Mar 9 SOLD OUT- “GROW THE GOOD LIFE” an all day symposium for all gardeners, by Bedford Master Gardeners & VCE, CVCC, Bedford
Mar 9 Apple Grafting Workshop Tufton Farm, Monticello, Charlottesville
Mar 9 “Forest Health, Management and Restoration” a Virginia Native Plant Society Winter Workshop, Charlottesville
Mar 12 “Non-Native Invasive Plants in Our Yards” with Beth Umberger, a VNPS presentation, Blacksburg
Mar 12 “Innovation in Greenhouse and Vertical Farming” a Virginia Farm Bureau presentation, Richmond
Mar 14 “Lynchburg Living | Native Plants” free, Miller Center, Lynchburg
Mar 15 “Intro to Mushroom Foraging” Hahn Garden, Blacksburg
Mar 16 “Come to The Garden” with Lisa Zeigler (of thegardenersworkshop.com), Lexington
Mar 16 “Not Tonight Deer” Hahn Garden, VT Blacksburg
Mar 19 “Gardens of the World – New Zealand” free, Templeton Sr. Center, Lynchburg
Mar 21 “Companion Planting” free, presented by Rockingham Co-op, location TBA
Mar 25 Chapter Mtg: ”Controlling the Tree of Heaven”, Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs, Roanoke
Mar 26 “March of the Trumpets” 2019 Daffodil Day with Garden Club of America, free, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond
Mar 27 “Creating A Cutting Garden” free, Templeton Sr. Center, Lynchburg
Mar 30 Rain Barrel Workshop Blue Ridge Library, Roanoke
Mar 30-31 Virginia Daffodil Society Show Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond
Lynchburg Community Markets held every Saturday, Main St., Lynchburg
Virginia Tech’s “Walk or Talk” Series held on most Wednesdays, Hahn Garden, Blacksburg
Highlights of what’s to come…
Apr 2 “Hummingbirds” presentation, Vinton Library, Vinton
Apr 5 Tree Care Symposium Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond
Apr 5 Snakes- ID and Environmental Importance an “All Bugs Good and Bad” webinar
Apr 5-7 African Violet Society Show & Sale Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond
Apr 27 PLANT SALE! Bedford Master Gardener’s annual sale at CVCC, Bedford
Apr 27-May 4 (Apr 30 in Lynchburg) Historic Garden Week, House and Garden Tours Offered Statewide
Apr 30 “Beyond The Garden Path, Innovations in Home Gardening” presented by Chesterfield Master Gardeners, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond