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Time to Prune!

Time to Prune!

In this workshop for home gardeners—to be held at the Quarry Gardens on Saturday, February 3, from 1:30 to 3:30—Master Gardener Ron Fandetti will explain and demonstrate correct pruning techniques to promote the health and beauty of your landscape's shrubs and small...

Opening Event!

Opening Event!

The first event of the Quarry Gardens’ 2014 season was a special meeting of the Blue Ridge Mycological Society—for which we are most grateful. Twenty-plus volunteers gathered to help us remove fallen trees and embedded trash from the quarry edges. They filled the van...

The resting season is upon the land.

The resting season is upon the land.

Although Saturday afternoon, November 4, will be our last regular tour of the season, The Quarry Gardens will not be inactive until spring. As views open, the winter landscape has its own appeal. Crunching through fallen leaves, we notice the geometry of seed heads,...

Autumn Leaf Query in the Quarry Gardens

Autumn Leaf Query in the Quarry Gardens

On Sunday October 29 at 2 p.m., Emily Ferguson will lead a walk through the 49 species of native trees (plus a few non-natives) to be found at The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler. This will be a stunning walk with autumn colors reflecting in the two quarry pools. Emily...

Daphnia!

Daphnia!

Last Friday, PVCC Prof. Joanna Vondrasek brought three UVA students to The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler to sample water in the quarry pools, wetlands, and the adjoining pond as part of a survey of local populations of Daphnia. Daphnia are miniscule crustaceans commonly...

Mycology 101

Mycology 101

On Sunday, September 24 at 2 p.m., Pat Mitchell, co-founder and president of the Blue Ridge Mycological Society (which meets at The Quarry Gardens monthly) will give an illustrated talk and lead a discovery walk along the trails. Pat’s talk will cover the world of...