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  • Skin Cancer 101 & Screening from UVA Health

    Skin Cancer 101 & Screening from UVA Health

    Free Skin Cancer Screening: Register Now This year’s event is Saturday, May 13 from 8 a.m-noon. To sign up, call 800.223.9173. Healthy Balance, UVA Health. 4/22/2023

    April 22, 2023
  • My lucky day

    My lucky day

    Four leaf clovers always brighten my day, even on a rather bleak spring day!

    March 28, 2023
  • Time to start pulling the garlic mustard!

    Time to start pulling the garlic mustard!

    This is an invasive weed now appearing in the Charlottesville area.The best method of control is pulling before seeds form, bagging securely, and disposing as garbage.

    March 28, 2023
  • Celebrate our hard working pollinators!

    Celebrate our hard working pollinators!

    Pollinator Day at Piedmont Garden! June 18, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm, piedmontgarden.org

    June 15, 2022
  • A time for planting the seeds …

    A time for planting the seeds …

    Come and take a look! I am so happy to be back as a Botanical Garden of the Piedmont volunteer. We are planting the seeds for a magnificent public garden for all of Charlottesville. Stop in for a visit and see all the progress that has been made so far. If you are looking for…

    April 10, 2022
  • When mother nature gives you fallen trees …

    When mother nature gives you fallen trees …

    I was so happy to come upon this whimsical face on the root ball left at the trail head at the end of Smithfield Road in Albemarle County. What a creative way to bring a smile to a hiker’s face!

    February 23, 2022
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