Suggestions & Messages:
8/28/23: Suggested by Sue Gosnell – Liberty Mills Sunflower Festival, Sept 2-3-4, 2023!
8/28/23: Recommended by Fran Dickerson – the Ivy Creek Natural Area Newsletter!
8/1/23: Recommended by Fran Dickerson – https://www.homegrownnationalpark.org/
8/1/23: From https://piedmontmastergardeners.org/events/
Garden Basics: Fall Lawn Care and Great Lawn Alternatives
Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, CharlottesvilleLawns can help prevent wind and water erosion, control flooding, break down organic chemicals, cool the air, reduce noise, and sequester carbon. But they can also increase water consumption and pollute our air and waterways. Learn a sustainable approach to…
Garden Basics: Native Plant Propagation—Seed Saving and Winter Sowing
Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, CharlottesvilleGrowing native plants is vital to sustaining pollinators, birds, and small mammals. Seed saving and winter sowing can extend your budget and widen the selections available. Participants will learn about • seed collection and resources for buying native seed, •…
Garden Basics: Season Extenders in the Edible Garden
Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, CharlottesvilleYou can grow fresh produce all winter in Central Virginia with the use of season extender techniques. Participants will learn • How to use crop choice, garden layout, and row covers to extend the growing season • Where to go…
4/23/23; Janet Parker shared an article (shared with her by Piedmont Master Gardener Mike Callahan) about “Nurturing Nature in Your Yard” – an interesting read!
4/18/23: From Sue Gosnell – PBS TV (WCVE-TV Channel 23) has gardening shows on Saturday mornings, including ‘Growing a Greener World’, focusing on vegetable gardening and related endeavors; Peggy Singelman’ show ‘Virginia Home Grown‘…she is part of the Maymont Garden crew in Richmond; also J. Schwanke’s ‘Life in Bloom“, and lastly, the ‘P. Allen Smith‘ show where a large variety of garden subjects are covered. These shows can be seen real-time starting at 7 a.m. most Saturdays, and/or can be streamed anytime on the PBS website.
3/23/23: Patti Booth recently recommended a blog article about “Dividing Perennials in Springtime”. You can find a copy of the article here!
9/15/22: Karen Dosier recently recommended a couple of plants, including “Hummelo“. She described it this way: “It’s totally different from the light colored fuzzy stachys we know as Lamb’s Ears. It still has purple spikes of flowers, but is a mounding perennial and is deer and rabbit resistant!” The other plant recommended was a coneflower called Mellow Yellows. It “mellows” to more cream as it matures. Both sound like welcome additions to any garden! – Dee Walsh
Information from Previous BMGC Programs:
April 2023: A Visit to The Gardens at Waterperry Farm
PowerPoint Presentation from the 3/13/23 “Seed Saving” Lecture by Dee Walsh will is available HERE !
Click HERE for lecture outline/notes.
2/13/23: An overview of Sue Erhardt’s very detailed and informative lecture on the rich farming and family history of what is now the Ivy Creek Natural Area is available on their website at https://ivycreekfoundation.org/cultural-history and https://ivycreekfoundation.org/the-barn
Slides From the 1/9/23 “Pruning Basics” Lecture by Jeff Kunkle are available HERE!
Service Providers/Nurseries/Garden Centers & Retailers
(In no particular order, with no particular endorsement –
additional suggestions welcome!! Just email them to deewalsh@embarqmail.com)
Chris Crawford Landscaping and Tree Maintenance
(205) 784-7157 or via Facebook (search “@chriscrawfordinc”)
Cole Moore – TopSide Brush Control (Tree Removal, Understory Clearing)
(540) 241-8657
Waynesboro Landscape and Garden Center
Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) Tree Nurseries
Blue Ridge Farmer’s Co-op (Formerly Southern States)
Ivy Corner Gardens and Gift Shop
Fitzgerald’s Apple Orchard
728 Harper’s Creek Lane, Tyro, VA 22976 (Nelson Co.)
434-277-8248
Apple varieties include Red and Golden Delicious, Gala, Rome, Stayman, Granny Smith and York. Open Monday – Saturday during apple season. 8:00 AM – noon and 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Hummingbird Hill Natives (Nursery)
Fifth Season Gardening Company
Eltzroth & Thompson Greenhouses
Landscape Supply (recommended by Cooke Family/product “Deer Scram” is excellent deer repellent.)
High Country Gardens (Online Shop & Blog)
Fall-Blooming Perennials – List
Hottinger Greenhouses (Louisa)
Sharondale Mushroom Farm (Keswick)
Milmont Greenhouses (Waynesboro)
Organizations and Resource Links
Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards
Botanical Garden of the Piedmont
Newsletters: July 2023
Piedmont Native Plants – Reference Book
Download (Free) // Hard Copy for Sale
Plant Virginia Natives (Many reference links available)
Common Native Trees of Virginia – VDOF Reference Manual
Virginia Natives – Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Buck Mountain Garden Club PO Box 683, Earlysville, VA 22936
Meets at 12:30 on the 2nd Monday of each month (Sept through June)
Deese Hall, Buck Mountain Episcopal Church – All Welcome!
https://www.thecharlottesvillegardenclub.com/
https://www.albemarlegardenclub.com/
https://therivannagardenclub.org/site/
PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management)
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/ – National Invasive Species Information Center (NISIC)
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/us/virginia – NISIC Virginia Invasives
Problem Species in Our Area:
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/oriental-bittersweet
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/japanese-stiltgrass
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/tree-heaven
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/spotted-lanternfly
American Horticultural Society
List of Deer-Resistant Plants/Rutgers University
Stilt-Grass Management (August is Prime Time) / PRISM
Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech)
Relationship Between Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) & Spotted Lanternfly
Dealing Effectively With Ticks
Permethrin 0.52% Protective Bands
Shade Perennial Suggestions from “All About Gardening”.com