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2025 Class Registration

GPMGA Education during our Spring Garden Fest!

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Saturday, April 26, 2025

CLASS & WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

Reynolds Community College

1851 Dickinson Rd, Goochland, VA 23063

Sign up for 3 classes for $35!

Class Sessions begin at 9am, 10:30am, & 1:30pm

How to Register:

​​Students will choose one topic per timed session on the Registration form. 15 classroom topics, 5 options per session to choose from. Once you submit your registration form, you will be directed to make payment of $35 and any additional materials fee costs if you should choose any of the three workshops. Workshop participants will be taking in-class projects home with them.

NOTE: Payment must be received in order to be completely registered.

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Scroll down for a list of Classroom Topics

& their descriptions!

Workshop Materials/Supplies Fees:

Getting More Plants Without Seeds or

a Trip to the Nursery Workshop - $15

Rain Barrel Workshop - $65

2025 Classroom  Topics are as follows ...

For CLASS DESCRIPTIONS - VIEW OR DOWNLOAD PDF

SESSION ONE: 9am - 10:15am

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  • Why Should I Care About Invasives - Instructor: Pat Lust (Room 241)

  • Water Erosion - Instructor: George Schuette (Room 242)

  • Utilizing Degree Days and Plant Phrenology to Help Mitigate Problematic Insects - Instructor: Jim Revel (Room 243)

  • Color in the Landscape Year-Round - Instructor: Elizabeth Chodrow (Room 116)

  • What's Wrong My Orchid? WORKSHOP - Instructor Art Chadwick (Headhouse)

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SESSION TWO: 10:30am - 11:45am

 

  • Identification & Management of Invasive Plants - Instructor: Tim Maywalt (Room 241)

  • Organic Vegetable Gardening: Interplanting Vegetables, Attracting Beneficial Insects and Deterring Pests - Instructor: Pam Dawling (Room 242)

  • Give and Take: A Review or Pollinator-Flower Coevolution - Instructor: John Few (Room 243)

  • Virginia Native Plants for a Small Garden - Instructor: Sheryl Smith (Room 116)

  • Getting More Plants Without Seeds or a Trip to the Nursery WORKSHOP - Pat Lust (Room 338)

       NOTE: This workshop requires an additional “Materials Fee” of $15.

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SESSON THREE: 1:30pm - 2:45pm

 

  • Plant This, Not That in 2025: Native Alternatives - Instructor: Laura Lee Lemmon (Room 241)

  • Birds in the Garden - Instructor: Mark Fink (Room 242)

  • Rose Rosette Disease - Instructor: Gary Roemmich (Room 243)

  • No Sun, No Problem ~ Tips from an Accidental Shade Gardener for Creating Your Own Low-Light Oasis - Instructor: Joann Royalty (Room 116)

  • Rain Barrel WORKSHOP - Instructors: Bob Whitehead & Kay Mallow (Headhouse)​

​       NOTE: This workshop requires an additional “Materials Fee” of $65.

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Check back later for the registration form!

Available

January 1, 2025! 

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