Name: Food Preservation Class
Start: 2025-10-30T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-30T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Virginia Cooperative Extension

August 2025
Strategies for Environmentally Friendly Lawn Substitutes

August 5, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Maintaining a lawn can be labor intensive and environmentally challenging—but what are the alternatives? Piedmont Master Gardener Janette Martin will present options for reducing your lawn and making it more environmentally friendly, such as replacing some lawn with clover, ground covers, and wildlife-friendly native plant beds. She will also suggest solutions for problem spots like… Read More »Strategies for Environmentally Friendly Lawn Substitutes
September 2025
Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Virtual Event

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This online information session will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can… Read More »Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 4, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Virtual Event

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This online information session will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can… Read More »Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Rain Barrel Workshop at Starr Hill Downtown

September 4, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Starr Hill Downtown at the Dairy Mkt. 946 Grady Avenue (Suite 101), Charlottesville, Virginia

Every time it rains, stormwater carries nutrients from fertilizers, bacteria from pet waste, and chemicals from herbicides and pesticides from our homes to local waterways. Using a rain barrel at home is a way to reduce stormwater pollution and conserve water. A single rain barrel can collect hundreds, even thousands of gallons of rainwater annually.… Read More »Rain Barrel Workshop at Starr Hill Downtown
Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Gordon Avenue Library 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This information session at Gordon Avenue Library will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn… Read More »Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 10, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Scottsville Library 330 Bird Street, Scottsville, VA

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This in-person information session at the Scottsville Library, 330 Bird Street, will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss… Read More »Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Northside Library 705 Rio Road West, Charlottesville, VA

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This in-person information session at the Northside Library, 705 Rio Road West, will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t… Read More »Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Garden Basics: Household Food Waste—The Big Picture: How food storage and preservation can be part of the solution

September 20, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Consumers are responsible for most of the wasted food that winds up in our landfills and harms our environment. Learn some easy and practical strategies to reduce food waste, such as properly storing and preserving food for later use, including food harvested from the garden. Freezing, canning, dehydrating, and fermenting are great options. Space is… Read More »Garden Basics: Household Food Waste—The Big Picture: How food storage and preservation can be part of the solution

Free
October 2025
What Makes a Species Invasive?

October 7, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Invasive species like tree-of-heaven, Japanese stiltgrass, autumn olive, and oriental bittersweet create serious problems in ecosystems. Plant invaders contribute to the decline of native flora and fauna; decrease soil, water, and air quality; and have detrimental economic impacts and adverse effects on human health. Soil scientist and Master Gardener Linda Blum will describe why some… Read More »What Makes a Species Invasive?
Garden Basics: Tiny Indoor Gardens for Winter Green Thumbs—Easy, Nutritious Microgreens and Sprouts

October 18, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Microgreens and sprouts are the most local food you can eat. In this hands-on class, you will learn simple and inexpensive ways to grow delicious microgreens and sprouts. Small but mighty, these nutrition powerhouses are especially welcomed in the winter months. Space is limited. Registration opens August 11 and closes at 5 p.m. October 17… Read More »Garden Basics: Tiny Indoor Gardens for Winter Green Thumbs—Easy, Nutritious Microgreens and Sprouts

Free
Seed Saving Class at Gordon Avenue Library

October 22, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Gordon Avenue Library 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA

Join us at Gordon Avenue Library to learn how to harvest, process, and replant seeds from ornamentals, native plants, and vegetables you enjoy. The class will cover: • The benefits of saving your own seeds • How plants are pollinated • Cross-pollination issues and preserving variety integrity • Plants that are good candidates for seed… Read More »Seed Saving Class at Gordon Avenue Library
Food Preservation Class

October 30, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Virginia Cooperative Extension 460 Stagecoach Road, Charlottesville, Virginia

Join this hands-on class to learn food preservation skills from Virginia Cooperative Extension. The class will provide step-by-step instructions for safe and successful boiling water-bath canning. You will also learn what equipment you will need and where to find additional resources. Plus, you will take home some recipes. For more information, contact Courtney Russ, FCS… Read More »Food Preservation Class

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