Master Naturalist Courtney McLaughlin will lead a special walk at The Quarry Gardens on the evening of June 17. Courtney hand-raised the Promethea caterpillars in the featured image. When they’ve eaten enough, they’ll spin leaf-wrapped cocoons from which will emerge...

… and butterfly maven Susan McSwain will help you spot and identify them if you join her butterfly walk at the Quarry Gardens Saturday, June 3, at 2 p.m. For the past 12 years, Susan has been in charge of the annual butterfly count that takes place in Nelson County...

More than 50 species of fungi have been identified at The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler—some of them quite tasty. The featured photo (courtesy of the Center for Urban Habitats) shows a few of them. On May 21, Pat Mitchell, co-founder and president of the Blue Ridge...

Sixteen Nelson and Albemarle County landowners attended The Woods in Your Backyard  workshop at the Quarry Gardens on Wednesday, May 3, where they learned ways to plan for and manage their woodlots. Adam Downing, regional Forestry and Natural Resources Extension...

If you have woodland on your property that you would like to manage as a healthy natural area, you might look into a workshop coming up at The Quarry Gardens on Wednesday, May 3. Designed for small acreage and DIY landowners, the morning workshop will include outdoor...

Spring ephemerals are peaking now at The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler. Besides the many Dwarf crested irises (featured), along the trails we’re seeing, Curlyheads, Dwarf larkspurs, Field and plaintain-leaved pussytoes, Wild geraniums, Birdsfoot violets, Woodland phlox,...