REU student works in the background while a bumblebee visits a yellow flower inside a greenhouse
REU student works in the background while a bumblebee visits a yellow flower inside a greenhouse

Sick plant? Contact your local extension office!

Sick plant at home? Want help with a diagnosis? Contact your local Virginia Cooperative Extension office (https://ext.vt.edu/offices.html) for help!

To protect the unique specimens in the arboretum’s collection and reduce the spread of plant pests and diseases, PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANY OUTSIDE PLANT MATERIAL TO BLANDY. 

Thanks so much for your help keeping our plants happy and healthy!

Gingko Guide Training Set For October 16

Blandy’s Ginkgo Grove attracts thousands of visitors each fall – many of whom are visiting Blandy for the first time. We are actively recruiting volunteers (“Ginkgo Guides”) to help introduce visitors to the Ginkgo Grove and to Blandy’s grounds this fall.

Ginkgo Guides should expect to attend a two-hour orientation session Sunday, October 16th, from 2 to 4 PM, and to work one or more three-hour shifts during weekends in October and early November.

The training session will cover:

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Frenzy of Digger Bees

A wall comes alive with a frenzy of digger bees! Come check out the action. Click for more information.

Events

Today

  1. Blandy Photo Club Meeting
    • Start time: 07:00pm
    • End time: 09:00pm

    • To learn more, send an email to [email protected]

Friday, June 9th

  1. American Kestrels
    • Start time: 06:30pm
    • End time: 08:00pm

    • 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

  1. Blandy Book Club

Tuesday, July 4th

  1. Blandy Photo Club Meeting
    • Start time: 07:00pm
    • End time: 09:00pm

    • To learn more, send an email to [email protected]

Thursday, July 6th

  1. Blandy Sketch Group
    • Start time: 12:30pm
    • End time: 03:30pm

    • 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/