RESITRATION NOW OPEN for everyone! Hurry before Holiday Wreath Workshops at Blandy sells out!
There is nothing more festive than gathering with friends at Blandy to create your own holiday wreath. In fact, it’s almost a 40-year tradition!
This year, the Foundation of the State Arboretum will be celebrating Ginkgo Gold with special visitor services on the weekends of October 26th and 27th and November 2nd and 3rd. Several snack trucks and extra bathrooms will welcome visitors near the parking entrance before you begin your 10-minute walk to the Grove. We will also host a ginkgo and State Arboretum of Virginia souvenir stand and a Sponsor A Ginkgo Tree booth across from the Gingko Grove.
Join us during the Ginkgo Gold weekends of October 26th and 27th and November 2nd and 3rd, and Sponsor a Ginkgo Tree on the spot for $100. Volunteers will be in the Ginkgo Grove to help you pick a tree, claim it with a named tag, and take a photo by your sponsored tree.
2024 GINKGO WATCH- SHOW'S OVER
The Ginkgo Grove undergoes a magical transformation each Fall as the leaves transition from green to gold. Here's what the Ginkgo Grove look like November 11th, 2024. Most of the leaves have fallen and are no longer bright yellow in color.
The best time to see golden ginkgoes at Blandy is usually late October - early November.
The Foundation of the State Arboretum (FOSA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Anne Marie Chirieleison as Director on September 9, 2024. Anne Marie leads FOSA in supporting Blandy Experimental Farm and its research and educational goals, enhancing Blandy's value as a public institution, and helping to maintain and grow the Arboretum's many collections.
Don't miss our 2nd Festival of Art and Nature. Visit Blandy to witness nearly 100 artists paint your favorite scenes Plein Air, September 18th - 20th. Then join us for our public festival September 21st complete with an art show and sale, food trucks, music, family art tables. Learn more!
Each summer, undergraduate and graduate students, and university faculty gather for a program of focused study on a diversity of research projects in an environment that few other institutions can offer. At the conclusion of the summer season, students share their work at the Annual Summer Research Forum.
Pictured: Caroline Speidel and Hannah Russel, 2024 Tom Callahan Research Award recipients
Caroline Speidel and Hannah Russel, students in this summer’s Undergraduate Research Program, have been recognized with Tom Callahan Undergraduate Research Awards given in memory of former FOSA Board Member and National Science Foundation (NSF) researcher Tom Callahan. The students presented their research findings at the Blandy Research Forum in August, where an anonymous panel of impartial judges selected award winners.
While the native plant trail has always featured plants that are native to Virginia at large, we’re looking forward to sharing a new interpretive space that goes one step further: the recently planted Locally Sourced Garden. In addition to their “native” status, all the plants are sourced from local wild populations. Every plant in the new garden was grown from seed collected in the mountain or piedmont areas surrounding Blandy, rather than being purchased from a nursery. Learn More!
Your tax-deductible contribution supports the research, education, and engagement initiatives of the Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia.
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Thursday, January 16th
Step-by-step presentation on how to start a native wildflower patch from seed. Visit our website for more information and to register: https://blandy.virginia.edu/content/programs-workshops-walks
Tuesday, February 4th
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Tuesday, March 4th
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Tuesday, April 1st
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