Wednesday, September 11 Tricycle Gardens has a couple of things going on:
Fall Gardening and Winter Garden Prep Workshop 6:30 - 9:00 pm
This workshop will discuss: vegetables that do well in cooler weather, when to plant them, plants that “winter-over”, cover crops, harvesting, preserving the harvest, and winter prep. Cost $15. Location: 211 West 7th Street, RSVP to allison@tricyclegardens.org, or call 231-7767
Fan Community Garden Meeting 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Humphrey Caulder Community Center
Virginia Green Industry Council is sponsoring the 3rd annual Virginia Garden Festival, September 20, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m:
2008 VA Garden Festival, Festival admission and parking free, held ‘rain or shine’
Sponsor: the Virginia Green Industry Council (VGIC)September 20, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Virginia Science Museum, 2500 West Broad Street in Richmond, VA
For directions, call (804) 864-1400 or see http://www.smv.org/visit/directions.asp
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale (with composting workshop), Friday September 19, 2008 to Saturday September 20, 2008, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sept. 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Avid gardeners know fall is a great time for planting. The Fall Plant Sale features more than 30 vendors selling plants ranging from well-known favorites to rare exotics. In addition, Garden volunteers propagate and sell plants rom the Garden.
For the Fall Plant Sale, volunteers have focused on plants offering beautiful displays of fall color and specialty trees not available locally. Demonstrations of different methods of composting, including vermi (worm) and leaf composting, will be offered by master gardeners.Admission to the Plant Sale is free; regular Garden admission is required to visit the Garden. The Plant Sale is presented by the Garden volunteers.
(I'll update this post if I hear about any other interesting stuff going on this month. Feel free to add events to the comments if I've missed anything good.)
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