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Grow Your Own: Garden Planting in Washington County, VA

Faith in Action Community Garden 798 Hillman Highway, Abingdon, Virginia, United States

This month's Grow Your Own workshop focuses on garden planting. We will cover topics such as crop rotation, companion planting, planting best practices, and give attendees an opportunity to plant in our Faith in Action community garden. This workshop also includes the distribution of: tools, onion sets, seed potatoes, and summer (warm season) seeds for […]

Free

Grow Your Own: Garden Maintenance in Washington County, VA

Faith in Action Community Garden 798 Hillman Highway, Abingdon, Virginia, United States

The Grow Your Own garden maintenance workshop will cover basic garden maintenance and give attendees the opportunity to ask specific questions about their garden! Come with pictures and be ready to share your own experiences. We'll talk about pests and beneficial organisms, weed maintenance, plant health, and more. Grow Your Own participants have some amazing stories […]

Free

Grow Your Own: Garden Maintenance in Tazewell, VA

Tazewell YMCA 106 Gratton Rd, Tazewell, Virginia, United States

The Grow Your Own garden maintenance workshop will cover basic garden maintenance and give attendees the opportunity to ask specific questions about their garden! Come with pictures and be ready to share your own experiences. We'll talk about pests and beneficial organisms, weed maintenance, plant health, and more. Grow Your Own participants have some amazing stories and […]

Free

Grow Your Own: Heart Healthy Cooking in Abingdon, VA

Faith in Action Community Garden 798 Hillman Highway, Abingdon, Virginia, United States

This month's Grow Your Own workshop covers heart-healthy cooking! Our own Susan Jewell (GYO participant) will be teaching us about heart-healthy choices and providing some delicious snacks! If you have recipes you would like to share, bring them! We love to see what's going on in the kitchen.

Free

Grow Your Own: Heart Healthy Cooking in Tazewell, VA

American Legion Building 222 Central Ave, Tazewell, Virginia, United States

This month's Grow Your Own workshop covers heart-healthy cooking! Our own Susan Jewell (GYO participant) will be teaching us about heart-healthy choices and providing some delicious snacks! If you have recipes you would like to share, bring them! We love to see what's going on in the kitchen.

Free

ASD’s First Annual HarvestFest

Blue Mountain Therapy 17507 Lee Highway, Abingdon, Virginia

Family-friendly - Free admission - Rain or Shine Featuring a vendor market, live music, kid activities, food trucks, a petting zoo, pumpkin decorating, raffles, a plant sale and so much more!

Free

Grow Your Own: Medicinal Plants

If you'd like to grow your own medicinal plants but aren't sure where to start - start here! This virtual class will be led by ASD's Herb Hub Procurement Manager, Robin Suggs, who has a rather diverse set of skills in horticulture, community development and the production of non-timber forest products (like medicinal plants). His […]

Free

Seed Saving Workshop

Appalachian Sustainable Development 17444 Singingwood Lane, Bristol, Virginia, United States

We're hosting a FREE Seed Saving Workshop on November 4, from 1-3 pm at our ASD Greenhouse at 17444 Singingwood Lane in Bristol, VA. Learn about best practices to save seeds, including identification, harvesting, cleaning, storage, and propagation. We'll have flowers and veggies there to practice on, including sunflowers, celosia, tomatoes, peppers, cucamelons, zinnia, and […]

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SEED STARTING/PROPAGATION, Bristol VA

ASD Greenhouse 17444 Singingwood Lane, Bristol, Virginia, United States

Join us for an introduction to seed starting at our new property at 17444 Singingwood Lane in Bristol, VA. ASD and area Master Gardeners are teaming up to provide you with all the information you need for starting seeds indoors, direct sowing outdoors, propagation, and we'll also touch on seed saving!

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GYO Workshop: Season Extension – Tazewell County

Join us on August 26 (6-7:30 pm) at the Four Seasons YMCA Tazewell Community Garden for our Season Extension Grow Your Own Workshop. Attendees will learn about season extension by doing season extension at the Four Seasons YMCA Community Garden! They will learn about various season extension methods that can be used to grow year-round​. […]

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GYO Workshop: Season Extension – Washington County

Join us on August 29 (6-7:30 pm) at the Faith in Action Community Garden for our Season Extension Grow Your Own Workshop. Attendees will learn about season extension by doing season extension at the Faith in Action Community Garden! They will learn about various season extension methods that can be used to grow year-round​! This […]

Free

GYO Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture – Tazewell County

Join us on September 24 (6-7:30 pm) at Tazewell County Public Library (Bluefield Branch) for our Regenerative Agriculture Grow Your Own Workshop. Regenerative Agriculture is more relevant now than ever! Join us to learn about not only regenerative agriculture today but also get enveloped in the (actually) fascinating history of agriculture in the United States. […]

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