It’s a field trip, cookout, plant sale and tour! Everyone is invited to the permaculture garden for a cookout and “ragged” plant sale. The cookout begins at 6pm at the garden at the Church of the Good Shepherd located at 9441 Grayson Pkwy, Galax, VA 24333., please bring a side dish to share. This will be followed by a tour of the garden and the plant sale beginning about 6:45pm. It is not necessary to attend the potluck to tour the garden. The plant sale will feature recently divided plants from the garden, not new seedlings. The permaculture garden features a wide array of native plants and most are excellent for pollinators as well. All proceeds from the sale go to support the Permaculture garden.

Other permaculture events include a Composting and Water harvesting workshop June 21 9am to noon.This is an introduction to composting and designing water systems.  A seed saving workshop will be held during the Ag and Art Tour on September 6.  In addition there are monthly workdays July 12 and August 16 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Galax. The public is invited to join the Grayson Permaculture Group for a variety of tasks required to maintain and expand the Food Forest Garden. Learn from our group of experienced permaculture gardeners and explore the garden with the folks who work to maintain it. Bring gloves and wear closed-toe shoes. Tools and materials provided. Bring your lunch or plan to join the group for lunch at a local sandwich shop. Email: [email protected] for more information.

All Grayson LandCare presentations are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise. For more information about Grayson LandCare visit the webpage, graysonlandcare.org, email director@graysonlandcare or call 276-768-0597.