There is something about a salamander—bright eyes, tiny feet, secretive life, charming demeaner?—that makes finding one feel like discovering a treasure. Chris Asquith will lead a small, fortunate group to see what salamanders might be found in The Quarry Gardens’...

Three friends from two native plant nurseries and an author-consultant on rewilding the landscape toured the Quarry Gardens at Schuyler this week. They hardly noticed the quarries. And it didn’t matter that most of the spring ephemerals are still weeks from...

For lovers of those delicate flowers awakened by sunlight that reaches the forest floor before the trees unfold their leaves, three walks coming up at The Quarry Gardens may be of interest. On Wednesday, March 22 at 2 p.m., and Saturday, April 15 at 10 a.m., QGs...

On a recent rainy Sunday afternoon, Blue Ridge mycologists found hundreds of zombie ant mushrooms at The Quarry Gardens. Society leader Pat Mitchell (red beard at right) documented the first one in Virginia on iNaturalist back in August. Later, learning that Amelio...

Exciting to see our old friends Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr at the Quarry Gardens this week. The author and illustrator are on the road, living in a repurposed school bus with their four children—Alden, Kato, Augie, Jasper—and dog Dumbles. They are spending this...