Armand Thieblot, co-owner of the Quarry Gardens, will lead this tour. It will begin in the Visitor Center, with a brief introduction to the QGs project and the history of soapstone mining, and continue with a walk along the main trail around the quarries. Among the native plant communities, look for Upland ironweed, Milkweeds, Maryland […]
Either Armand or Bernice Thieblot, co-owners of the Quarry Gardens, will lead this tour. It will begin in the Visitor Center, with a brief introduction to the QGs project and the history of soapstone mining, and continue with a walk along the main trail around the quarries. Among the native plant communities, look for Upland […]
Field trip.
Pat Mitchell, co-founder and President of the Blue Ridge Mycological Society will lead this event, which includes a brief lecture and a foray. In the Visitor Center classroom, Pat will introduce the world of fungi, tell partcipants how to learn more about them, and provide guidelines for finding and eating edible mushrooms. Following that, we'll […]
Meeting and foray.
Led by Devin Floyd
The gardens are aglow with autumn's goldenrods and asters. Acorns are falling, trees and shrubs are turning color. This walk will be led by one of the QGs co-founders, Armand or Bernice Thieblot. We'll begin in the Visitor Center with an introduction to soapstone quarrying in Schuyler and the many ecosystems within the gardens, and […]
The gardens are aglow with autumn's goldenrods and asters. Acorns are falling, trees and shrubs are turning color. This walk will be led by one of the QGs co-founders, Armand or Bernice Thieblot. We'll begin in the Visitor Center with an introduction to soapstone quarrying in Schuyler and the many ecosystems within the gardens, and […]
In November, we begin to see the beauty of winter landscape as the gardens settle down and views open up. This final scheduled walk of the 2022 season will be led by one of The Quarry Gardens' founders. We'll begin in the Visitor Center with an introduction to soapstone quarrying in Schuyler and the many ecosystems […]
Monthly meeting and foray.
Class on making mushroom collecting baskets.
Humpback Rocks project meeting.
QGs Volunteers
Volunteers work from 9 to 1 with guidance from staff of Center for Urban Habitats-Piedmont Discovery Center. For details contact Bernice: bernice.thieblot@gmail.com
Pruning workshop.
Volunteers work from 9 to 1 with guidance from staff of Center for Urban Habitats-Piedmont Discovery Center. For details contact Bernice: bernice.thieblot@gmail.com