Posts by Mark Murphy (VNPS Communications)
VTYMCA Beds Planted!
The beds at the Y were planted over the weekend by David Bellangue, Pat Polentz and Rosemarie Sawdon. This comes after Nicole Hersch spent the colder months, coordinating with the VTYMCA for installation, prepping the bed, and acquiring the plants. The bed now contains the following plants: Baptista australis x 4 Rudbeckia fulgida x 4…
Read MoreNew Plant Guide & Map!
The Creation Care Team has worked hard over the colder months to put together materials that will help guide visitors. The Creation Care Garden Map will help you to locate and identify many of the wonderful plants that can be found in the gardens. The Creation Care Garden Plant Guide offers alphabetical names, pictures and…
Read MoreTime to Plan for the Fall Native Plant Sale!
A message from Carol Schwobel: It’s Spring and time to grow natives for our fall sale! You may remember that last year we made $4,208.32! We are ready to send out the grant applications for youth native plant gardens, but we are also starting to plan for the next sale in fall 2021! And that’s…
Read MoreThanks to everyone who made our 2020 plant sale a success!
Thank you to everyone who made the 2020 plant sale a success! Our final tally was an incredible $4,208.32! Please forgive me if I have omitted anyone! There were so many people who worked hard to make this happen. First, thank you to Ann Raridon, President of Sustainable Blacksburg with the Town of Blacksburg (TOB),…
Read MoreNovember Board Meeting
A board meeting was held in mid-November. We decided we will have chapter meetings in January, February, and May but skip the summer months of June through August. The status of the following programs were discussed: side 2 of the Wong Park sign Plant SW Va natives Grants for local pollinator gardens for youth based…
Read MoreThank you to everyone who made the 2020 plant sale a success!
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Our final tally was an incredible $4,208.32! Please forgive me if I have omitted anyone! There were so many people who worked hard to make this happen. First, thank you to Ann Raridon, President of Sustainable Blacksburg with the Town of Blacksburg (TOB), and Jackie Brown, Former Assistant Director of…
Read MoreMilkweed Pods Donated
In the fall, our garden provides dozens of pods of Common Milkweed seeds for Sustainability Week projects with the Town of Blacksburg.
Read MoreNew Meeting Location
Meetings for 2015 We begin holding our programs at a new location starting in November. Time will still be 7 pm. Our meeting room will be Tall Oaks Hall in the Village Center at Warm Hearth Village. Warm Hearth is a retirement community at the south edge of Blacksburg. Driving directions to Warm Hearth…
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