Many beautiful plants come from bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes. Some can be left in the ground over the winter, while others can be dug up, stored, and planted the following spring. You will discover: how to identify bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes; how they reproduce; how to dig them up; and how to store… Read More »Garden Basics: Dividing Bulbs, Corms, Tubers, and Rhizomes
Our lawns offer aesthetic and environmental benefits around our homes while providing a green space where children and pets can play. We can grow our lawns in ways that maintain these benefits while limiting harm to people and the environment. Learn a sustainable approach to lawn management that includes: • Using environmentally friendly practices, •… Read More »PMG Speakers Bureau: Growing a Better Lawn
Our lawns offer aesthetic and environmental benefits around our homes while providing a green space where children and pets can play. We can grow our lawns in ways that maintain these benefits while limiting harm to people and the environment. Learn a sustainable approach to lawn management that includes: • Using environmentally friendly practices, •… Read More »PMG Speakers Bureau: Growing a Better Lawn
Composting makes sustainable and beneficial use of food and yard waste, reduces chemical fertilizer and insecticide use, and keeps organic wastes out of landfills. This workshop will cover: soil and plant nutrient basics, the benefits of natural soil building by creating compost from organic matter, and composting techniques appropriate for home gardeners. We will also… Read More »Garden Basics: Backyard Composting for Healthy Soil and a Healthier Planet
Composting makes sustainable and beneficial use of food and yard waste, reduces chemical fertilizer and insecticide use, and keeps organic wastes out of landfills. This workshop will cover: soil and plant nutrient basics, the benefits of natural soil building by creating compost from organic matter, and composting techniques appropriate for home gardeners. We will also… Read More »Garden Basics: Backyard Composting for Healthy Soil and a Healthier Planet
Hypertufa containers last for years and are ideal for displaying flowers, bulbs, succulents, and other plants—indoors or out. You will learn: what hypertufa is, how to make a hypertufa container safely, and plants that do well in a hypertufa container. You will also make a container to take home, with instructions provided in advance. Garden… Read More »Garden Basics: Making Hypertufa Containers–CLASS IS FULL
Hypertufa containers last for years and are ideal for displaying flowers, bulbs, succulents, and other plants—indoors or out. You will learn: what hypertufa is, how to make a hypertufa container safely, and plants that do well in a hypertufa container. You will also make a container to take home, with instructions provided in advance. Garden… Read More »Garden Basics: Making Hypertufa Containers–CLASS IS FULL
The Piedmont Master Gardeners, in partnership with Albemarle/Charlottesville 4-H Youth Development, invite home gardeners, brewers, bakers, beekeepers, viticulturalists, artists and crafters to submit entries for the 2024 Albemarle County Fair. Extension Master Gardeners and other volunteers will accept entries from 12 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at the Agriculture and Home Arts Barn at… Read More »Entries Due July 31 for the Albemarle County Fair
The Piedmont Master Gardeners, in partnership with Albemarle/Charlottesville 4-H Youth Development, invite home gardeners, brewers, bakers, beekeepers, viticulturalists, artists and crafters to submit entries for the 2024 Albemarle County Fair. Extension Master Gardeners and other volunteers will accept entries from 12 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at the Agriculture and Home Arts Barn at… Read More »Entries Due July 31 for the Albemarle County Fair
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