Several star magnolia trees can be found blooming in the Magnolia family section of the arboretum. Find their flowing white blooms beginning mid-March. Visit our What's in Bloom page for more early bloomers you're likely to see at Blandy this month.
We've teamed up with Winchester Community StoryWalks® to create a brand new StoryWalk® at Blandy!
A sign of spring on a wintery day! The winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is blooming along the stone wall on Dogwood Lane.
Applications for vendors for Blandy's Garden Fair are now available. We're back at Blandy Mother's Day weekend, May 12-14, 2023!
More details are available on our Garden Fair Vendor page.
Lynn Batdorf, retired Curator for the National Boxwood Collection at the U.S. National Arboretum and author of numerous authoritative texts on boxwoods, will be giving a talk in the Blandy library from 10:30-12:00 Saturday, February 4th. Proceeds will go towards the care and maintenance of the arboretum's boxwood collection. This talk is sold out!
Announcement- Thursday Cool Conifers program rescheduled due to weather.
The Cool Conifers public program originally scheduled for today (Thursday) has been rescheduled for the assigned “inclement weather date” of Friday, December 16th from 2:00-3:00.
So sorry for any inconvenience this might cause!
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) students Lindsey Monteith and Skye Austin were recognized with Tom Callahan Undergraduate Research Awards. The students presented their research findings in August after spending eight weeks working with faculty mentors in this summer's program.
A wall comes alive with a frenzy of digger bees! Come check out the action. Click for more information.
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Friday, June 9th
Join October Greenfield (The Piedmont Environmental Council) to learn about conservation efforts to provide nesting habitat for American Kestrels across the Virginia Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley. For more information and to register: https://blandy.virginia.edu/content/programs-workshops-walks
Thursday, June 22nd
Visit the Blandy Book Club website to learn more!: https://blandy.virginia.edu/book-club
Tuesday, July 4th
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Thursday, July 6th
The Blandy Sketch Group is a dynamic group of artists who work in the visual arts and who all share a love of the natural world as inspiration for their artwork. The Blandy Sketch Group is open to any artist, beginner or professional. This month, we will be meeting in the Blandy Community Classroom.Visit our website for more info- https://blandysketchgroup.wordpress.com/
