June - Dividing/Transplanting Perennials, Mulching, Feeding and Fertilizing, Fruit Trees

June 7th - Dividing and Transplanting Perennials: Kid’s Day with Oak Springs Garden Foundation

Oak Springs Garden Foundation: We’re Rooting for Sustainability: Sustainable Gardening with Kids Activity Guide:

https://kidsgardening.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sustainable-Gardening-with-Kids-Activity-Guide.pdf

Dividing Perennials: https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/chester/how-to-gardening-brochures/dividing-perennials-1

Perennials: Culture, Maintenance and Propagation: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-203/426-203.html

June 14th - Mulching

Mulching how to: https://ext.vt.edu/lawn-garden/turfandgardentips/tips/Springtime_mulch.html

Types of Mulches: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-326/426-326.html

June 21st - Feeding and Fertilizing:

Fertilizing the Vegetable Garden: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-323/426-323.html

Lawn Fertilization in Virginia: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/430/430-011/430-011.html

June Bonus - June 26th - Twilight Talk - How to iNaturalist

Bert Harris, PhD will give a brief introduction to iNaturalist, a nonprofit social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists that allows users to share biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature. He will give some background about the application and community and will share why he thinks it’s sso awesome! Here is a link to the iNaturalist page: https://www.inaturalist.org/

June 28th - Fruit Trees:

Tree Fruit in the Home Garden: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-840/426-840.html

Spraying your fruit trees: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-841/426-841.html

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