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CANCELED: Protecting and Preserving the Blue Ridge Parkway—Tuesday, January 9, at 11:30 a.m.

We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our January 2024 Meeting

Program: Protecting and Preserving the Blue Ridge Parkway  

Tuesday, January 9, at 11:30 a.m.

In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]

Due to severe weather warnings, tomorrow’s meeting has been canceled. Our guest speaker, Carolyn Ward, CEO of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, will be rescheduled.

Carolyn Ward, CEO of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation (https://www.brpfoundation.org), will share information about the foundation’s work to help ensure the Blue Ridge Parkway is protected now and into the future. The presentation will focus on the abundant biodiversity of plants found along the parkway corridor and the role community members can play in helping to protect one of the most biodiverse places in the temperate world.

 Carolyn’s distinguished career spans three decades, from field interpreter at Hungry Mother State Park to CEO of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. She was born in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwestern Virginia, she graduated from Emory and Henry College, and she received her master’s degree and doctorate in forestry from Virginia Tech. She is a decorated professor, an award-winning researcher, and an author whose life’s work has been dedicated to building bridges and making connections.

The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club, visit our website.

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No Regular Monthly Meeting in December 2023

But we hope you will join us at our next  meeting in January 2024.

 

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The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club, visit our website.

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Bird-Friendly Gardening—Tuesday, November 14, at 11:30 a.m.

We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our November Meeting

Program: How to be a Bird-Friendly Gardener 

Tuesday, November 14, at 11:30 a.m.

In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]

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Chris Davenport, from Reems Creek Nursery, will share his experience and insights regarding how to make your garden a year-round haven for birds.  He will  discuss the types of plants and habitats that will attract beneficial birds to your garden and how to create and maintain a bird-friendly environment.

Before joining Reems Creek Nursery, Chris spent 14 years with Head-Lee Nursery in Seneca, SC; five years with Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA; and two years with the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Chris is an avid home gardener and bird watcher. He loves to travel with his family to view cultivated gardens and explore untrampled wilderness.

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The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club, visit our website.

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October Meeting: Beautiful to Wildlife, Beautiful to People — Landscaping with Native Plants to Support Nature

The Garden Club of Weaverville

October 2023 Meeting

Tuesday, October 10, at 11:30 a.m.

Weaverville Community Center

60 Lakeshore Drive

Albert Weaver Room

Landscaping with native plants is critical to build habitat, build healthy outdoor living areas, and reduce resource inputs. Learn why only native plants can do this, and learn about some design tips to make your native landscape beautiful as well.

Presenter Drew Lathin, owner of Mountain Native Landscape Design, has been playing around with native plants in built landscapes for more than 20 years as a home gardener, native plant nursery manager, owner of a sustainable landscape installation firm, and landscape designer. He is a fierce advocate for the need to re-wild our urban and suburban landscapes using native plants in thoughtful and legible designs to bring biological diversity and beauty to our everyday lives. Four hundred of his clients now have rain gardens, prairie gardens, pollinator gardens, natural shorelines, and alternative lawns.

All are welcome to attend. The garden club will provide refreshments immediately following the program, and the business meeting will begin soon thereafter. Feel free to bring your own beverages.

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The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone.  For more information on what we do, becoming a member, or supporting the club, visit our website, gardenclubofweaverville.org.