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SUMMARY:2026 Spring Lecture — Shannon Currey on “Soft Landings: Add Life Under Trees”
DESCRIPTION:On April 7 at The Center at Belvedere\, gardening educator Shannon Currey will share her knowledge and expertise about the importance of native plants in creating ecologically sound landscapes. Join us at 4:30 p.m. for an open house in The Center’s Rose and Pollinator Demonstration Gardens followed by her presentation at 5:30 p.m. \nYou will discover how to replace mulch and grass under your trees with the native plant habitats that butterflies\, moths\, and other beneficial insects need to complete life cycles that started in the trees above. In addition\, you will learn about native perennials that provide beauty and ecological benefits even if you’re gardening in deer territory. \nFree and open to all. Please register HERE to take part.  \n \nShannon Currey is Director of Education and Outreach at Izel Native Plants and is passionate about exploring native flora and advocating for their use in managed landscapes. In her articles for national publications and in her presentations to professional organizations and public gardens\, she highlights the significance of native plants in promoting biodiversity and ecological health. Highly respected in the plant industry\, she is a member of the North Carolina Plant Conservation Program Scientific Committee and has received the Libby Wilder Award from the North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/2026-spring-lecture-shannon-currey-on-soft-landings-add-life-under-trees/
LOCATION:The Center at Belvedere\, 540 Belvedere Boulevard\, Charlottesville\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series,The Center Series
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SUMMARY:Free Spring Lecture: 'Horticultural Futurism\,' featuring Thomas Rainer\, a leading voice in ecological landscape design
DESCRIPTION:Landscape architect Thomas Rainer\, a leading authority in ecological landscape design\, will deliver PMG’s 2025 Spring Lecture\, “Horticultural Futurism: Designing a Plant-Centric Future.” The 6:30 p.m. lecture will be preceded by a public open house beginning at 5:30 p.m. in The Center at Belvedere’s Rose and Pollinator Demonstration Gardens. \nAs climate change and mass extinctions reshape our environment\, traditional horticulture falls short—too carbon-intensive\, too resource-heavy\, too high-maintenance\, according to Rainer. In this visionary session\, you will discover how to create thriving plant systems that mimic nature’s aesthetics and resilience\, transforming wild inspirations into sophisticated\, biodiverse landscapes. \nRainer is a principal of the Arlington-based firm Phyto Studio and has produced signature designs at landmark locations such as the U.S. Capitol grounds\, Toronto Botanical Garden\, and The New York Botanical Garden. He also has designed more than 125 residential gardens stretching from Maine to Florida\, merging ecology with horticulture to create dynamic\, high-impact landscapes. \nWith his colleague Claudia West he co-authored Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes\, published by Timber Press. It lays out design principles that combine both the wild and the cultivated to create resilient plant communities that will thrive and provide vital ecological services in urban and suburban environments. \nDrawing on his firm’s cutting-edge public and botanical garden projects\, Rainer will redefine for us how we design\, install\, and sustain plant systems. \nTo register for this free program\, visit https://thecentercville.org/calendar/rsvp/136614.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/free-spring-lecture-horticultural-futurism-featuring-thomas-rainer-a-leading-voice-in-ecological-landscape-design/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series,The Center Series
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Nate Miller on "Simply Sustainable Landscapes"
DESCRIPTION:Landscape designer and educator Nate Miller\, co-author of Simply Sustainable Landscapes: Designing with Edible and Native Plants for the Southeast\, will explain how to use a design theory he calls EONS (for edible\, ornamental\, native plants and sustainable methods) to create low-maintenance landscapes that provide healthy food\, year-round beauty\, support for wildlife and other ecological benefits. After covering basic design principles\, he will offer examples of EONS projects across the Southeast to serve as inspirations in your own quest to create outdoor spaces that work with nature and not against it. Miller designs landscapes for Messer Landscape Inc. in Staunton and teaches horticulture and landscape design at Piedmont Virginia Community College’s Stultz Center for Business and Career Development. This event if FULL. We regret that no more registrations can be accepted. 
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-nate-miller-on-simply-sustainable-landscapes/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series,The Center Series
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Nate Miller on "Simply Sustainable Landscapes"
DESCRIPTION:Landscape designer and educator Nate Miller\, co-author of Simply Sustainable Landscapes: Designing with Edible and Native Plants for the Southeast\, will explain how to use a design theory he calls EONS (for edible\, ornamental\, native plants and sustainable methods) to create low-maintenance landscapes that provide healthy food\, year-round beauty\, support for wildlife and other ecological benefits. After covering basic design principles\, he will offer examples of EONS projects across the Southeast to serve as inspirations in your own quest to create outdoor spaces that work with nature and not against it. Miller designs landscapes for Messer Landscape Inc. in Staunton and teaches horticulture and landscape design at Piedmont Virginia Community College’s Stultz Center for Business and Career Development. This event if FULL. We regret that no more registrations can be accepted. 
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-nate-miller-on-simply-sustainable-landscapes-2/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series,The Center Series
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson\, “Attractive\, Functional\, Sustainable Solutions to Managing Stormwater Runoff in the Home Yard and Garden”
DESCRIPTION:In this online presentation\, landscape designers Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson 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 (above) hails from the Dominican Republic and is owner of the Native Plant Landscape Design Corp. in Falls Church. Thompson is a principal designer for the firm. She grew up in the English countryside and holds a master’s degree in landscape design from The George Washington University.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-elisa-meara-and-alex-thompson-attractive-functional-sustainable-solutions-to-managing-stormwater-runoff-in-the-home-yard-and-garden/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-elisa-meara-and-alex-thompson-attractive-functional-sustainable-solutions-to-managing-stormwater-runoff-in-the-home-yard-and-garden/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson\, “Attractive\, Functional\, Sustainable Solutions to Managing Stormwater Runoff in the Home Yard and Garden”
DESCRIPTION:In this online presentation\, landscape designers Elisa Meara and Alex Thompson 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 (above) hails from the Dominican Republic and is owner of the Native Plant Landscape Design Corp. in Falls Church. Thompson is a principal designer for the firm. She grew up in the English countryside and holds a master’s degree in landscape design from The George Washington University.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-elisa-meara-and-alex-thompson-attractive-functional-sustainable-solutions-to-managing-stormwater-runoff-in-the-home-yard-and-garden-2/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-elisa-meara-and-alex-thompson-attractive-functional-sustainable-solutions-to-managing-stormwater-runoff-in-the-home-yard-and-garden-2/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Kim Eierman\, “Designing a Pollinator Victory Garden for a Changing Climate”
DESCRIPTION:Kim Eierman\, an ecological landscape designer specializing in native plants\, 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 array of other pollinator species. Based in Westchester County\, New York\, Eierman is author of The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening. She teaches at the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, among other places.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-kim-eierman-designing-a-pollinator-victory-garden-for-a-changing-climate/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-kim-eierman-designing-a-pollinator-victory-garden-for-a-changing-climate/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Kim Eierman\, “Designing a Pollinator Victory Garden for a Changing Climate”
DESCRIPTION:Kim Eierman\, an ecological landscape designer specializing in native plants\, 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 array of other pollinator species. Based in Westchester County\, New York\, Eierman is author of The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening. She teaches at the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, among other places.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-kim-eierman-designing-a-pollinator-victory-garden-for-a-changing-climate-2/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-kim-eierman-designing-a-pollinator-victory-garden-for-a-changing-climate-2/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230309T201500
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Bob Schamerhorn\, “Attracting Birds and Other Wildlife to Your Garden with Easy-to-Create Water Features”
DESCRIPTION:Bob Schamerhorn’s online multimedia presentation will demonstrate water’s powerful attraction to 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 and publications\, including Virginia Wildlife and Audubon\, the National Audubon Society’s magazine.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-bob-schamerhorn-attracting-birds-and-other-wildlife-to-your-garden-with-easy-to-create-water-features/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-bob-schamerhorn-attracting-birds-and-other-wildlife-to-your-garden-with-easy-to-create-water-features/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Bob Schamerhorn\, “Attracting Birds and Other Wildlife to Your Garden with Easy-to-Create Water Features”
DESCRIPTION:Bob Schamerhorn’s online multimedia presentation will demonstrate water’s powerful attraction to 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 and publications\, including Virginia Wildlife and Audubon\, the National Audubon Society’s magazine.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-bob-schamerhorn-attracting-birds-and-other-wildlife-to-your-garden-with-easy-to-create-water-features-2/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-bob-schamerhorn-attracting-birds-and-other-wildlife-to-your-garden-with-easy-to-create-water-features-2/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T201500
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Michael Carter Jr.\, "Africulture and Unique Organic Vegetables You’ll Want in Your Home Garden"
DESCRIPTION:In this online presentation\, Michael Carter Jr. 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 some of the unique 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 and is managing director of Carter Farms and Africulture\, a nonprofit focused on educating the public about the principles\, practices\, plants\, and people of African descent that have contributed to U.S. agriculture.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-michael-carter-jr-africulture-and-unique-organic-vegetables-youll-want-in-your-home-garden/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-michael-carter-jr-africulture-and-unique-organic-vegetables-youll-want-in-your-home-garden/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T201500
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SUMMARY:Spring Lecture Series—Michael Carter Jr.\, "Africulture and Unique Organic Vegetables You’ll Want in Your Home Garden"
DESCRIPTION:In this online presentation\, Michael Carter Jr. 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 some of the unique 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 and is managing director of Carter Farms and Africulture\, a nonprofit focused on educating the public about the principles\, practices\, plants\, and people of African descent that have contributed to U.S. agriculture.
URL:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-michael-carter-jr-africulture-and-unique-organic-vegetables-youll-want-in-your-home-garden-2/
LOCATION:https://www.piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/spring-lecture-series-michael-carter-jr-africulture-and-unique-organic-vegetables-youll-want-in-your-home-garden-2/
CATEGORIES:Spring Lecture Series
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