Get GardeningVirginia Cooperative Extension Webinar SeriesThursdays , June 4 , 11 , 18 , 252:00 - 2:30 P.M.

Designed for founding father gardeners , this 13 - part series of 30 minute lessons taught by professional faculty of the Virginia Cooperative Extension is available to the public for gratis on Facebook Live . REGISTERhere for upcoming bouncy lessons . The series has covered subject such as Basics of Home Vegetable Gardening , Raised Bed Gardening , Successful Seeding and Transplanting , and horticulture for Wildlife . Past webinars are usable for viewing throughhttps://www.faceb …

Plant Pest & Problem Walks(on Zoom)Montpelier in Partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension Service

Join extension agent Ashley Appling and Montpelier ’s Curator of Horticulture , Allyson Whalley , who team up to research common pests and diseases ascertain in the landscape painting . ascertain to diagnose problems , unlike method of control condition , and the resources to help combat your landscape problem . Each class explores current seasonal pesterer and disease . Zoom attendance is costless .

Register by cluck this link and we ’ll beam you an invite to take part :

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For more selective information , contact Ashley Appling at ( 540 ) 727 - 3435 orashappling@vt.edu

Master Gardener CollegeVirginia Cooperative ExtensionJune 25 - 28 , 2020

Master Gardener College will take place online year usingZOOM videoconferencing . This format presents a wonderful chance for Master Gardeners who have never give ear this upshot at Virginia Tech ’s campus in Blacksburg . Registration is $ 50 , and of course there are no travel expenses . When you register for College , you have the option of attending sessions go AND watching recorded sessions subsequently . Once all session recording are posted , you will have access to 20 + sessions!Clickherefor more information and to register .

grow by Larry Weaner , this live , interactional , home webinar serial for home nurseryman and pedagog will cover an eclectic variety of theme while by and large emphasizing the grandness of place - free-base ecologic landscape painting . One - hr session are $ 25 ; 30 - minute - session are liberal .

Topics include :

Native Meadows : countenance ’s Get RealThe Self - Sufficient Landscape : Being Your Own Plant and Seed SourceNative Design , Planting Maintenance : damp the RulesForaged Flavors : More Than Just EdibleLiving in the Wild : My Home LandscapeConversations With an Owner - Operator Landscape GardenerFive Easy Steps to Home CompostingDealing With Weeds , Deer , and Other Garden HurdlesHow to Navigate Nature With Children

For dates , times , and to show , clickhere .

Blue Ridge PRISM ( Partnership for Invasive Species Management)Invasive Plant Workshops

Event planning demand to remain flexible in the face of Covid 19 . The June PRISM events have been switched to a FREE videoconferencing format through ZOOM . enrolment is still need . For events plan for date after June 30 , refer to thewebsitefor updated item . declension shop are $ 10 .

Blandy Experimental Farm – BoyceWednesday October 7 ( 1:00 – 5:00pm )   – show HERE

Ivy Creek Natural AreaSaturday June 20 ( 1:00 – 5:00pm )         – REGISTER HERE(ZOOM VIDEOCONFERENCING)Thursday October 22 ( 1:00 – 5:00pm )    – REGISTER HERE

Southeastern Plant Symposium at Home – WebinarHosted by the JC Raulston Arboretum and Juniper Level Botanic GardenFriday , June 12 – 10:00 am–3:00 pm

We ’ve vamp the agenda of our second annual Southeastern Plant Symposium and created an on-line version to help us and our participants slow down the spread of COVID-19 . Join us as we host the dependable of the best to talk about cutting - edge plant . Online via Zoom . Instructions will be provided by Es - ring armour . advanced registration is required ; cost $ 50 . Please register online using ourregistration e - store .   Contact Chris Glenn atchris_glenn@ncsu.edufor more information about this symposium .

conserve Bumblebees in Our Natural AreasUSDA Forest Service and Natural Areas Association WebinarTuesday , June 3012:00 Noon EDT

Come larn what the Xerces Society is doing to avail conserve the buzz in our meadows and natural area by protect bumble bees and what you may do to help oneself . Included will be entropy about bumble bee environmental science and life history , as well as ways to manage terra firma and take part in residential district skill project that will help track and conserve our essential aboriginal pollinators . present by Rich Hatfield , Senior Conservation Biologist , Endangered Species Program , The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation .

This webinar is destitute ; see thislinkfor more information and to register .