May 21, 2022, Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA
COVID cautions – Mask requested indoors and whenever within 6 feet of others. Auditorium has air purification systems.
Register form below.
9:45 am Doors open – get your seat, and browse tables in Auditorium
10:15 am General Session in Auditorium
- Matt de Ferranti, Arlington County Board – Food Security Council report
- Libby Garvey, Arlington County Board – Regional urban agriculture initiatives
- Marymount University Heat Island Project – Susan Agolini, Marymount University Assistant Professor
- Panel – Growing with Climate Change
- Native Plants – Trends and choices for our future conditions – Barbara Hoffheins, Master Naturalist
- Insects – Effects of regional climate change, heat islands and microclimates – Don Weber, USDA Research Entomologist
- Vegetables – Crops better suited to a warming, erratic climate – Kirsten Conrad, Agriculture Natural Resources Extension Agent for Arlington and Alexandria
- Arlington Public Library garden programing
- Donating Your Garden Produce to Local Pantries – the Hows and Whys
- Orientation for demonstrations, exhibits, tours and tables
11:15 am – 1 pm Demonstrations, Exhibits, Tours and Tables
- Garden Tool Swap
- Free Seeds for Summer Planting
- Volunteering: Help with Gardening, Gleaning, and more!
- Master Gardeners – Resources, Advice
- Master Food Volunteers – Cooking with Garden Fresh Produce
- School Gardens Initiative – Friends of Urban Agriculture and Master Gardeners
- Native Plants – Resources, Advice – Plant NOVA Natives and Arlington Regional Master Naturalists
- Library Plot Against Hunger Garden – exhibits
- Library Garden-themed Project Giveaway – Library Outreach Truck
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