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… Read More »Free Spring Lecture: ‘Horticultural Futurism,’ featuring Thomas Rainer, a leading voice in ecological landscape design
In this Garden Basics session, learn how you can turn your landscape into a sustainable, perennial, ecologically healthy space that provides food. We will focus on how to grow edible… Read More »Garden Basics: Foodscaping—The Edible Landscape
Our Spring Plant Sale will once again offer thousands of annuals, perennials, vegetables, fruit-bearing plants, trees, shrubs, herbs and houseplants, including a large assortment of native plants. In addition, shoppers… Read More »Spring Plant Sale
All too often, unsuspecting homeowners come home from a local nursery with an invasive species. Sadly, invasives wreak havoc on our ecosystems, denying birds and other native fauna the nutrition… Read More »Garden Basics: Invasive Species—Not All Plants Are Created Equal
From 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 18, James Monroe’s Highland and the Piedmont Master Gardeners will host a plant swap at the historic estate. Swappers can exchange pest-free plants… Read More »Plant Swap at James Monroe’s Highland
Aleen Carey of Cultivate Charlottesville Food insecurity and food access are serious problems for many people in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Community gardens—land cultivated by a group of people individually… Read More »How Your Garden and Others Can Help Address Food Insecurity
At 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14, the Piedmont Master Gardeners will present “Turn Your Garbage to Gold,” the next in a series of free outdoor workshops on composting. It will… Read More »“Turn Your Garbage to Gold,” an Outdoor Workshop on Composting
The Piedmont Master Gardeners’ Through the Garden Gate program returns this summer with intermittent “pop-up” garden tours emphasizing sustainability, based on the Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping developed by… Read More »“Through The Garden Gate” Returns with Free Pollinator Week Garden Tours
Flavorful, vine-ripened tomatoes are often the main reason many of us plant a vegetable garden. This session will provide practical advice on the basics of tomato growing success, including: Choosing… Read More »Garden Basics: Growing Tomatoes with Confidence
How do we adapt our gardens to handle a changing world and more extreme weather? Learn how to meet the challenges of unpredictability in your garden and weather extremes such… Read More »Garden Basics: Resilient Gardening
Gardeners, fruit growers, brewers, bakers, beekeepers, wine makers, artists, photographers, and crafters are invited to enter the agriculture and home arts contests for this year’s Albemarle County Fair, July 31… Read More »Albemarle County Fair’s Agriculture and Home Arts Contests
On Saturday, August 2, Piedmont Master Gardeners will give short talks on “Late Summer in the Vegetable Garden” at the Albemarle County Fair, held at James Monroe's Highland. These 15-… Read More »Garden Talks at the Albemarle County Fair