The Center Series

Light pollution is making nights almost 10 percent brighter every year. The disappearing darkness not only limits our view of the stars but also has serious implications for the health of all living things. Biological processes have evolved with our planet’s rhythm of night and day. Lighting up the night disrupts this predictable cycle. In… Read More »PMG Speakers Bureau: Saving Dark Skies

Light pollution is making nights almost 10 percent brighter every year. The disappearing darkness not only limits our view of the stars but also has serious implications for the health of all living things. Biological processes have evolved with our planet’s rhythm of night and day. Lighting up the night disrupts this predictable cycle. In… Read More »PMG Speakers Bureau: Saving Dark Skies

Pruning landscape trees, especially when young, will set them on a path to a long, healthy life.  At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, the Center at Belvedere will host a free presentation by the Piedmont Master Gardeners on “When, Where, and How to Prune.” It will cover: the basics of structural pruning, when to prune… Read More »PMG Speakers Bureau: When, Where, and How to Prune

Pruning landscape trees, especially when young, will set them on a path to a long, healthy life.  At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, the Center at Belvedere will host a free presentation by the Piedmont Master Gardeners on “When, Where, and How to Prune.” It will cover: the basics of structural pruning, when to prune… Read More »PMG Speakers Bureau: When, Where, and How to Prune

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