Upcoming Events — April 9: Lecture by Cole Burrell. May 5: Annual Plant Sale

Lecture by Cole Burrell on April 9 —

“Enhancing the Landscape with Native and Other Grasses”

Join us for afreelecture onEnhancing the Landscape with Native and Other Grasses . The talk will be hold back onApril 9 at 6:00 Prime Minister in Room A , at the Albemarle County Office Building , locate on 5thStreet Extended at the box of Old Lynchburg Road and 5thStreet at 1600 5thStreet .

The utterer will beCole Burrellwho is the   owner of Native Landscape Design and Restoration , which specializes in blending nature and culture through artistic design . In 2008   Mr. Burrell   received the Award of Distinction from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers for his work advance sustainable gardening pattern . Mr. Burrell influence as curator at the U.S. National Arboretum and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum . He has devoted a life-time to studying aboriginal plants in the wild and in garden , which led to undergraduate degrees in Botany and Horticulture . He has aM.S.inHorticulturefrom University of Maryland and aMaster of Landscape Architecturefrom the University of Minnesota . He is a lector in the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia .

The Lecture is free and open to the populace .

SAVE THE DATE –MAY 5—FOR A GREAT PLANT SALE

Another twelvemonth of piece of work , passion , and fun is underway for the 2018 Plant Sale . Most of the plants are donate by Master Gardeners from their own gardens . Some perennial are divided and dig up in the fall preceding the spring sale , and are then faithfully tend by volunteers for several months . There were nine organized potting parties this twelvemonth where Master Gardeners drudge up and potted heaps , sometimes C , of industrial plant from a single garden . Including plant life from different garden see to it multifariousness , and this year ’s sale offers over 200 different variety . Some plants , such as tomato plant , peppers , herbs , and yearly , are grown from seminal fluid . The Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards are also at the sale , pop the question expert advice on their always interesting mix of trees , many of which are also nurture over the winter .   In addition , there will be expert instrument and knife - sharpening services available on site this year .

Native plant are again a focus of this year ’s sale , with over 50 varieties available . The sale offers the add welfare of advice on selection and guardianship from enthusiastic Master Gardeners . Volunteers are eager to share their experience and will avail select combinations that offer bedazzle color in a sunny spot or a serene mixture of pastel for a woodland setting . Or , they will offer advice on choosing plants that attract pollinator or prefer plants that do n’t appeal cervid . It ’s fun to portion out information with people who divvy up your passion , and both customers and volunteers savor the sunrise .

The sales event call for many month of provision and work by at least 90 Master Gardener volunteer . But the return are then available for task that gain the community . That ’s the really crucial part of the fun — being capable to fund an array of Master Gardener task such as : school garden clubs ; horticultural track as part of a re - entry program at the Albemarle - Charlottesville Regional Jail ; demonstration garden at the Senior Center and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital;The Garden Shedonline community newssheet ; the Garden Basics program , which offers classes for beginner gardeners ; Spring Lecture Series , which offer eventide horticultural presentations to the populace ; Healthy Virginia Lawns , which push Best Management Practices in lawn care ; and a Horticulture Help Desk , open to telephone and e-mail enquiry five mornings a week from mid - March to mid - October , and at least two sunup a week the respite of the year . In 2017 , PMG made a $ 5,000 Duncan James Corrow Grant to the McIntire Botanical Garden project and gave educational horticultural Hiram Ulysses Grant to 16 Charlottesville / Albemarle schools . The Plant Sale is an of import source of financial support for all these projects .

So , when you get the itch this fountain to dig out in the dirt and watch things grow , remember that there have been energetic Master Gardeners already heavy at work , ready to offer plant , advice , and contagious ebullience at their Spring Sale !

SET ASIDESATURDAY , MAY 5 , 2018 TO JOIN US AT Ix PARK , SECOND STREET SE AND ELLIOTT AVENUE , business district CHARLOTTESVILLE , FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. WE ARE put up A LONGER SALE TIME WITH A LATER START TO reconcile FAMILIES BUSY WITH SATURDAY break of day ACTIVITIES . JOIN US ! IT ’S A GREAT consequence FOR A capital CAUSE — AND YOU’LL FIND cracking PLANTS !