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Made in the Shade

A bench in the maple collection offers a shady spot to relax and enjoy views of the Arboretum in this photo taken Monday, June 29. Click the photo for a larger view.

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 Photo by Tim Farmer

On the Horizon

July 9 10-11:30 a.m.

Deceitful Flowers & Thieving Bees
 Steve Carroll, State Arboretum of Virginia

Flowers use many tricks to attract pollinators: They “lie” about nectar, provide landing guides, and mimic female insects. Bees bite through flowers and extract rewards without transferring pollen. Come discover treachery in the garden!

$6 FOSA Members, $8 nonmembers Reservations encouraged
Blandy Experimental Farm is a 700-acre University of Virginia research facility situated in the northern Shenandoah Valley, about 10 miles east of Winchester and  60 miles west of Washington, D.C. Blandy Experimental Farm is also the home of the State Arboretum of Virginia, displaying more than 8,000 trees and woody shrubs. The collections include more than half the world’s pine species, the Virginia Native Plant Trail, the Boxwood Memorial Garden, a spectacular grove of more than 300 ginkgo trees, an herb garden featuring culinary, medicinal and ornamental herbs, and much more.
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Va. Dept. of Forestry

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Boxwood Society

Blandy/UVa
Alumni Club
Clarke County
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Shenandoah
Audubon Society
Virginia Native
Plant Society
   


   
 

Contact Us Email: Blandy@virginia.edu
Mailing Address: 400 Blandy Farm Lane, Boyce VA 22620 | Phone: 540-837-1758 Ext. 0

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