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Community | Natural Heritage | Economy
Grayson LandCare is a member-driven non-profit, addressing the challenges of life in a rural, agricultural community. LandCare promotes economic self-reliance, preserves local traditions, and helps landowners to protect and enhance our natural heritage by starting conversations, problem solving, and appreciating the value of the place we call home.
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LATEST NEWS
Monthly presentation at Free Market features Clean River Month
Keeping Grayson County Clean is the topic for the Grayson LandCare(GLC) presentation May 16 at 7 pm at the Free Market located at 1173 N. Independence Ave. Have you wondered what the Free Market is all about? Who is welcome there? Take the tour and see for yourself. Everyone is welcome to use the Free[…]
Open Garden May 21
The Grayson Permaculture Group is hosting an informal “Open Garden” from 10-noon on Saturday May 21st at the site on Highway 58 (Church of the Good Shepherd). Light refreshments and coffee will be available. Come and see the progress we’ve made in the last five years and tour the garden and bring your questions. We’ll be[…]
Demand continues to rise at Food Independence
Food Independence continues to see growth in client numbers. Increased costs of food, fuel and everything else is putting a lot of stress on many households that were just getting by. We expect this trend to continue and doubt the numbers will go back down. We will meet that need. It is our mission to[…]
Kids Garden update
The kids garden added a Tower Garden this year. Ms Rapper, the principal was so excited she added a small hydroponic garden as well. Both are right at the front entrance of the school so kids pass it several times a day! The outdoor garden is planted with peas, lettuce, potatoes, kale radishes and carrots[…]
New roof, still on Courthouse Street!
We are all excited to see a roof on the pavilion! However that is only step one of many tasks still to be completed before we can move to Town Park: brick work on the pillars, wiring, plumbing, grading-that’s a big one, then paving and finally construction of the bathrooms and stage. It’s a great[…]
Alice Cox of FFA to speak Monday April 18, 7pm
Alice Cox is the featured speaker Monday April 18 at 7pm. for the monthly Grayson LandCare presentation in the 1908 Baldwin Auditorium. Alice is one of the advisors for the Grayson County Future Farmers of America program and a teacher in the Agriculture program at the Grayson County High School Cate Center. Agriculture is the[…]
Please take a survey and a note from Meagan
Happy April GLC members!!First, let me say a very late THANK YOU for allowing me to serve as president of Grayson LandCare this year. I appreciate your support and I am excited to step into this leadership role with the organization. As you all are probably well aware, I am the first new GLC board[…]
Farmers Market update
The Farmers Market opens May 6th for the first day of our 15th season! We will be in our temporary location on Courthouse Street, the Gate Center parking lot AND the 1908 Courthouse lawn. We will have a full house with over 30 vendors. Come to the Managers tent for a map so you can[…]
UPCOMING EVENTS
June meeting features Neal Kilgore of Virginia Outdoor Foundation
July meeting features the Permaculture Garden
August meeting features tours of the School Garden and Food Independence
To be announced
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