Author Visit: Andrea Beatriz Arango at Bluebird & Co.

Bluebird & Co 5792 Three Notched Rd, Crozet

Join us for a meet and greet with local middle grade author Andrea Beatriz Arango as we celebrate her new book Iveliz Explains It All. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Free

Author Visit: Taylor Harris at Bluebird & Co.

Bluebird & Co 5792 Three Notched Rd, Crozet

Join us for a special evening with Virginia based author Taylor Harris to discuss her memoir This Boy We Made. Books will be availble for purchase and signing.

Free

Spring Lecture Series—Michael Carter Jr., “Africulture and Unique Organic Vegetables You’ll Want in Your Home Garden” 2-March 2023

Carter will highlight the many contributions the African continent and people of African descent have made to farming and food traditions in the United States. He will also introduce plants he grows organically at his family’s certified Virginia Century Farm in Orange County. Carter is the fifth generation of his family to farm this property

$10.00

Online Spring Lecture Series—Michael Carter Jr., “Africulture and Unique Organic Vegetables You’ll Want in Your Home Garden” 2 March 2023

Online Event!

Carter will highlight the many contributions the African continent and people of African descent have made to farming and food traditions in the United States. He will also introduce plants he grows organically at his family’s certified Virginia Century Farm in Orange County. Carter is the fifth generation of his family to farm this property

$10.00

Spring Lecture Series—Bob Schamerhorn, “Attracting Birds and Other Wildlife to Your Garden with Easy-to-Create Water Features” 9 Mar 2023

Online

Schamerhorn’s multimedia program will demonstrate water’s powerful attraction for birds and other wildlife in every season and will suggest ways to enhance our enjoyment of nature by bringing water into our backyards. Based in Richmond, Schamerhorn is an award-winning nature photographer and a lifelong bird and nature enthusiast. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions

$10.00

Online Spring Lecture Series—Kim Eierman, “Designing a Pollinator Victory Garden for a Changing Climate” 16-March-2023

Online Event!

Eierman is an ecological landscape designer specializing in native plants and author of "The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening." Her lecture will cover the dramatic decline of pollinators due to factors that include climate change and will offer simple strategies gardeners can use to support bees and an

$10.00

Online Spring Lecture Series—Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson, “Attractive, Functional, Sustainable Solutions to Managing Stormwater Runoff in the Home Yard and Garden”- 30 March 2023

Online Event!

The landscape designers will show how smart planting and attractive rain gardens can reduce stormwater runoff and filter pollutants that threaten rivers and streams feeding the Chesapeake Bay. A graduate of London’s Inchbald School of Design, Meara hails from the Dominican Republic and is owner of the Native Plant Landscape Design Corp. in Falls Church.

$10.00