News & Blogs
Below is a comprehensive list of our blog feeds. Enjoy!
Beginner Ride this Saturday
28 June 2013, 1:24 pm
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Summer Gardening
27 June 2013, 12:44 am
Hello friends. Last Sunday we had our first summer workday and it was lovely to see several new faces in the garden. Once everyone had assembled and been introduced to some of the stranger looking pla...more
UVA Bay Game Wins National Education Award
10 June 2013, 8:06 pm
Fariss Samarrai...more
U.Va. to Reduce Electric Demand for One Hour in June 20 Emergency Drill
7 June 2013, 4:43 pm
Matt Kelly...more
Landscapers to Thin Out University’s Tree Population
24 May 2013, 6:02 pm
Matt Kelly...more
U.Va. Library, Mountain Lake Tap Crowds to Digitize Records of Bugs, Plants and Birds
22 May 2013, 9:02 pm
Inside the natural history museums of the world, stacked, st...more
University to Mark Bicycle to Work Day on Friday
14 May 2013, 7:09 pm
Matt Kelly...more
Bike to Work Week 2013
9 May 2013, 3:21 pm
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U.Va. Team’s Solar-Powered Wheelchair Wins World Cerebral Palsy Day Competition
8 May 2013, 3:43 pm
Josie Pipkin...more
At Earth Expo, University Outlines Sustainability, Nitrogen and Carbon Reduction Efforts
25 April 2013, 7:56 pm
Reducing the University of Virginia’s environmental impact...more
An Abbreviated Workday
24 April 2013, 11:53 pm
Today was a rather short workday, since we got to the garden and realized that our cistern wasn’t functioning properly in order to pump water from it. The water level seemed too low to create en...more
Bike Maintenance Clinic on Thursday
23 April 2013, 11:46 pm
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Big Spring Thing
23 April 2013, 12:30 am
Today, the Community Garden hosted an event in honor of UVa’s Earthweek. We had a little potluck, complete with tiny cupcakes, and had a container planting station. People came to the garden to ...more
Earth Week is Here!
22 April 2013, 1:49 pm
It's Earth Day and U.Va is celebrating all week long! Students, faculty, staff, and community members are all coming together to host a variety of events to celebrate our Earth. ...more
Nitrogen Footprint Takes Center Stage at Earth Week’s Feature Event
18 April 2013, 5:12 pm
People have been concerned with their “carbon footprintsâ€...more
Rivanna Trail Work Party
18 April 2013, 2:28 pm
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Experimental Gardening (?)
18 April 2013, 1:49 am
Hello there friends! Today in the garden, we did a lot of the usual watering and weeding, but we also did some other exciting things! We got some rain in the past week, so watering seemed to go by muc...more
University of Virginia Lands Top Spot in Recycling Competition
15 April 2013, 6:49 pm
The University of Virginia has again defended its in-state t...more
Get to the Market!
12 April 2013, 7:35 pm
Spring is finally here and the weather is perfect for a visit to the Charlottesville City Market....more
Ozone Masks Plant’s Volatiles, Confusing Plant-Eating Insects and Pollinators
11 April 2013, 7:09 pm
Fariss Samarrai...more
Spring Is In Full Swing!
11 April 2013, 4:18 am
Today was an absolutely gorgeous day in the garden! There has been a bit of a heat wave recently, so our precious little plants were quite thirsty! However, our hose has mysteriously gone missing, so ...more
Tiny plants (and even tinier puppies)
7 April 2013, 4:00 pm
The beautiful weather this weekend made this Saturday’s workday one of the best yet. We harvested kale and chard and continued to transplant our baby collard greens and cabbage. We’re taki...more
Asparagus in April
6 April 2013, 2:15 am
It was chilly for a work day in April, but several people came out on Wednesday to help plant the broccoli and swiss chard we started at Red Hill Farms three weeks ago. Rowan and Ida getting to work! ...more
This Past Saturday in the Garden 3/30/2013
4 April 2013, 4:05 am
We spread some new mulch over cardboard and planted some new strawberry plants! There was also enough sun to get the solar panel out to run the pump and use the cistern, its was neat!...more
Spring Hurry Up
18 March 2013, 4:49 am
We made it out to Red Hill Farms and started our seeds. They should be sprouting by now warm and toasty in their green house....more
Garden yields a new crop of leaders – and carrots!
27 February 2013, 12:18 am
We’re back in action at the UVA Community Garden! Friday marked our first (unofficial) workday of the semester. A new crop of UVA Community Garden Leaders got together to enjoy the sunshine and ...more
General Assembly Passes Transportation Legislation
25 February 2013, 6:31 pm
Major changes to how Virginia funds transportation projects passed during the General Assembly's last day of the 2013 regular session. The bill passed with a 25-15 vote in the Senate and a 60-40...more
U.Va Dining Bike Fix-It Stations Installed
13 February 2013, 2:24 pm
On February 6, Parking and Transportation installed two more Bike Fix-It Stations on U.Va Grounds. The stations, sponsored by U.Va Dining ...more
On Board Recycling
12 February 2013, 9:07 pm
Just in time for Recyclemania, University Transit Service (UTS) passengers may now recycle plastics, metal, paper and glass used while riding the bus. Each bus has a blue "recyclables only" bag ...more
Bike Maintenance Workshop
31 January 2013, 12:53 am
The School of Architecture will be hosting a bike maintenance workshop at the newly installed Bike Fix-It Station outside of Campbell Hall on Thursday, January 31, from 4pm-6pm. This is a great ...more