Category: Charlottesville

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

July 31, 2023
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
Botanical Garden of the Piedmont

I am so pleased to be volunteering again for the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont in Charlottesville’s McIntire Park! What a beautiful place to visit now and a wonderful legacy for future generations! In 2008 when I learned about the dream for a garden for all in the heart of Charlottesville, I knew that I…

February 23, 2022
Success!

I was so pleased to snap my first pics of the Monarch caterpillars now appearing live in my pollinator garden. Thanks to Kay and Edwin Poole for all their wise counsel!

September 3, 2021
A shrinking space …

Who knew there was a moth (Hemaris thysbe) that looks like a minute hummingbird?

August 3, 2020
Happy National Pollinator Week from the Colonnades Gardeners!

June 22, 2020