Join us to find out how you can keep your vegetable garden producing and your flower garden looking beautiful through the fall and winter. Keep the harvest going with tips and advice for succession planting, row covers, pest control, and watering. For the flower garden, we’ll talk about deadheading for extended blooms, refreshing containers, collecting seeds, and dividing perennials. 1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Make your garden a haven for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. No matter what kind of garden you have—shade, sun, or container—we’ll offer practical advice to keep blooms going from early spring to late fall and support the entire lifecycle for a variety of pollinators. We’ll also provide plant recommendations and deterrent techniques that will keep deer from destroying your efforts. 1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Landscaping For Birds

Join us to learn how you can design your yard—no matter how big or small—to better support birds. Creating a better environment for birdlife starts with simple steps, like adding a source of water and planting a few native shrubs. We’ll talk about practical, cost-effective ways you can make your garden a haven for birds. 1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Tomato Success

Join us to find out how to maximize your harvest from tomatoes. Mark Levisay has been growing bumper crops of tomatoes and peppers in Central Virginia for 30+ years. He’ll talk about all the factors that will impact your plants success like plant selection, pest management, suckering, watering, and more. 1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Gardening techniques have evolved over the past twenty years to work more closely with nature. For the vegetable garden, we’ll talk about no-till beds, natural pest control, crop rotation, and more. In the flower garden, we’ll talk about the growing interest in native plants, pollinator gardens, ground covers, and overwintering habitats.

1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Fall is for gardening!

Here in Central Virginia, there is so much gardening you can do in September, October, and into November. Join us as we talk about how to extend the harvests from your vegetable garden. What to plant now and how to protect plants so you can enjoy fresh produce well beyond first frost. We’ll also provide tips for fall garden cleanup and planning for next year. 

In the ornamental garden, this is the best time to take notes, edit your beds, and move perennials. While plants are at their full size, you can better envision how to make your ornamental beds even better next year. We’ll also talk about keeping your beds looking good through the fall and how to prepare for the winter.   

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Tomato and Pepper Success

Join us to find out how to maximize your harvest from tomatoes and peppers. Mark Levisay has been growing bumper crops of tomatoes and peppers in Central Virginia for 30+ years. He’ll talk about all the factors that will impact your plants success like plant selection, pest management, suckering, watering, and more. 1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Join us for our April gardening workshop! Gardening techniques have evolved over the past twenty years to work more closely with nature. For the vegetable garden, we’ll talk about no-till beds, natural pest control, crop rotation, and more. In the flower garden we’ll talk about the growing interest in native plants, pollinator gardens, ground covers, and overwintering habitats. 1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

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Top 10 Gardening Tips and Tasks for August

Join us for time-saving tips and key tasks to keep your vegetable and ornamental gardens producing and looking their best in the heat of August. For the vegetable gardeners, we’ll talk about summer pests, tomato troubles, and preparation for fall plantings.  In the ornamental garden, we’ll focus on extending bloom times, container plantings, and weed control. 

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Come join our Corner Store Home Garden Group for an introductory level session on planning and planting your vegetable garden. We’ll talk about the basics of growing a small vegetable garden. Topics will include light considerations, plant selection, pest control, watering and more.

1 hour, with plenty of time for Q&A.

Bonus session: For those who would like to stay, we’ll provide specific tips to help you grow tomatoes. ½ hour.

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Come join our Corner Store Home Garden Group for an introductory level session on designing and planting vegetable and flower beds. We’ll talk about how to create, or improve, an environment for your plants to thrive. Topics will include light considerations, soil preparation, raised beds, fertilizers, pest control, watering and more.

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