Virginia Highlands Community College Greenhouse

04/11/2025

Thanks to our friends at first Bank and trust we will be accepting cards this weekend!

03/20/2025

Come learn about early spring gardening!

Are you ready to S-P-R-I-N-G into action? Snag your spot for our "how to" for early cool weather crops with Ben Casteel!

The chill brings the best — fresh, local, and thriving! 🥬🪴👨🏼‍🌾

Register here 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/PlantNurtureShare

Virginia Highlands Community College Greenhouse Visit Abingdon VA Town of Abingdon, Virginia Town of Abingdon, VA Mayor

03/08/2025

01/07/2025

🌱🌼 Calling All Gardeners and Plant Lovers! 🌼🌱

Save the Date!

Join us for the annual Randy Smith Seed Swap! Whether you're a seasoned grower or just starting your green thumb journey, this is the perfect opportunity to share, swap, and stock up on seeds for the upcoming planting season!

📅 Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
🕒 Time: 1pm - 4pm
📍 Location: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (executive auditorium)

✅ Trade seeds from your favorite plants with fellow enthusiasts
✅ Discover new and exciting varieties to grow
✅ Connect with a vibrant gardening community
✅ Get tips and tricks for a flourishing garden

🌟 Don’t have seeds to swap? No problem! Come for the inspiration and camaraderie—there’s something for everyone!

🌻 Let’s grow together—one seed at a time. 🌻

Washington County VA Master Gardeners
Wild Ones
https://appalachianhighlands.wildones.org/

10/26/2024

CARING FOR YOUR NATIVE PLANTS GARDEN: Another good reason to retain seedheads of native plants in the fall is to collect seeds for planting next year. These will need to be gathered at the proper degree of ripeness and in paper bags or envelopes rather than plastic bags, which hold moisture and would cause them to rot. They should also be labelled carefully for future identification, and they may require special storage to maintain them at the proper temperature.

Maddie Bright, the Executive Director at Earth Sangha, a local group that propagates native plants for restoration projects, advises that it is not always easy to grow native plants from seed. The viability time of seeds may be short. They may require cold stratification or special treatment to assure germination. Proper preparation of the ground is essential before planting, and it may actually be easier to start seeds in pots.

Refer to “Planting from seeds” on the Plant NoVA Natives website (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v2FDdHqEMD7RZh2syYT2WVcaE9E1Rw9VA_1tcdXxVGc/edit) and an article on “Native Plant Seed Propagation” by New Jersey Cooperative Extension (https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs1329/?fbclid=IwAR1IRf-Yz3VfrVRYmihbLnEngWGm2K1oQevp9ujDiy2Z5xfR8JpxUPNN1Fc) for descriptions of the process.

A webinar on “Winter Seed Sowing” by the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia (https://vimeo.com/766510739/7d0001db23) provides illustrations and discusses specific native species.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center provides specific details in the Propagation section of information for each native species. (https://www.wildflower.org/plants/)

09/05/2024

We have 3 extra Domino variegated Peace Lilies that we will sell for $25 each. First Come First Served. DM us for a pickup time!