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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
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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!
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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…
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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!
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A shrinking space …

Who knew there was a moth (Hemaris thysbe) that looks like a minute hummingbird?
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Happy National Pollinator Week from the Colonnades Gardeners!
