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Strategies for Environmentally Friendly Lawn Substitutes

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville

Maintaining a lawn can be labor intensive and environmentally challenging—but what are the alternatives? Piedmont Master Gardener Janette Martin will present options for reducing your lawn and making it more environmentally friendly, such as replacing some lawn with clover, ground covers, and wildlife-friendly native plant beds. She will also suggest solutions for problem spots like… Read More »Strategies for Environmentally Friendly Lawn Substitutes

How Your Garden and Others Can Help Address Food Insecurity

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville

Aleen Carey of Cultivate Charlottesville Food insecurity and food access are serious problems for many people in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Community gardens—land cultivated by a group of people individually or collectively—can help. Join Aleen Carey (Executive Director, Cultivate Charlottesville) and leaders of Piedmont Master Gardeners community garden projects to learn about the scope of… Read More »How Your Garden and Others Can Help Address Food Insecurity