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Summer Field School Class #8: Fruit/Apple Orchards

Kelly Ridge Farms 30558 Old Saltworks Road, Meadowview, Virginia, United States

Visit Tumbling Creek Cider Company’s expanding orchards to learn about cider apple varieties, propagation, planting, maintenance and how to re-establish the apple industry in our region. We’ll tour the Old Orchard where we are rejuvenating 50 year-old trees and have planted many 3 year-old trees, the New Orchard as a high-density trellised system and the […]

Free

Seed starting/Propagation Workshop: WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA

Creative Seeds Farm 422 W Glade Street, Glade Spring, Virginia, United States

Dylan and Denita own and operate Creative Seeds Farm. They specialize in growing greens year-round sustainably. They have years of experience and use practices such as companion planting, succession planting, and native plant selection. Dylan and Denita are experts in their field and we will learn so much from them!

Free

Seed starting/Propagation Workshop: Tazewell/Buchanan

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

We will be discussing starting seeds indoors and outdoors, how to best care for them, and when to start them at the YMCA garden in Tazewell. 

Free

Grow Your Own: Garden Planting in Tazewell, VA

Tazewell YMCA 106 Gratton Rd, Tazewell, 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 YMCA community garden. This workshop also includes the distribution of: tools, onion sets, seed potatoes, and summer (warm season) seeds for program participants!

Free

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 […]

Free
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