Annual Meeting, Dinner & Silent Auction
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesJoin Grayson LandCare for our Annual Meeting Potluck & Service Auction at Ward Manor, 6:00 pm, Monday, October 15th, 2018. Come learn more about LandCare and support our initiatives in the community. Please bring a friend and a dish to share! RSVP online http://evite.me/7vgTT2QXm3 A Sampling of Auction Items Include: Weekend stay at Dream Rock Silo or Creekside[...]
The Community Food Forest Handbook
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesCatherine Bukowski is a researcher, author, educator, and communicator. She is currently wrapping up her Ph.D. at the College of Natural Resources and the Environment at Virginia Tech, where she co-taught an agroforestry and whole-farm-planning course that incorporated permaculture principles. She studied with Dave Jacke on food forest design, has a certificate in Collaborative Community[...]
IFM Winter Market & Christmas Tree Fundraiser
Independence Town Park 108 E Main St 24348, Independence, VA, United StatesThe Farmers Market returns to Town Park for on Green Friday from 11 am to 3 pm. Enjoy free kids activities, listen to Christmas carols, shop for delicious local products and beautiful crafts and pickup your pre-ordered Christmas trees and wreaths.
IFM Winter Market and Chili Cook-off
Independence Town Park 108 E Main St 24348, Independence, VA, United StatesThe Farmers Market is back in Town Park from 11 am to 3 pm. Enter or judge the Chili Cook-off. A $5 ticket lets you taste all the chili and vote for your favorite, we had a dozen entries last year, so it’s a bargain. FREE to enter, bring your chili to the Market by 10:30.[...]
LandCare Christmas Party
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesJoin LandCare as we celebrate the holidays at 7:00 pm Monday, December 17th at the LandCare office in Independence. Bring an appetizer or drink to share. This year, we will collect items to support the Backpack Buddies program, which provides local students with child-friendly meals each Friday that they take home for the weekend. Please bring a[...]
Grayson Permaculture Meeting
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesThe Grayson Permaculture Group is a group of people interested in learning more about permaculture and working collaboratively on a food forest garden project with LandCare and Church of the Good Shepherd. Interested in joining the GraysonPermaculture Group? We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6-8pm at the LandCare office or at a[...]
Food Forest Work Day
Church of the Good Shepherd 9441 Grayson Pkwy, Galax, VA, United StatesJoin the Grayson Permaculture Group as we build a Food Forest at Church of the Good Shepherd in Galax. Tools & gloves provided, bring water and a snack. Contact [email protected] for more information or check out our Facebook Page.
Intervening on Normal: Trauma, Substance Use, and Counselling in Appalachia
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesIntervening on Normal: Trauma, Substance Use, and Counselling in Appalachia presented by Darlene Vaughn at the Landcare meeting on Monday, January 21st at 7:00 pm.
IFM Online Market Pickup
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesCustomers can place orders online at independencefarmersmarket.locallygrown.net anytime from 7 pm Wednesday until Monday evening. On Monday evening, we will disable ordering for that week and send that week’s orders to our vendors. This will give our vendors time to prepare orders for customer pickup at the Grayson LandCare Office at 108 Courthouse street on Wednesdays from[...]
IFM Grow More Vegetables Workshop
Grayson LandCare Office 104 Courthouse Street, Independence, VA, United StatesSaturday, January 26– Grow More Vegetables for farm and garden workshop. 9 am to noon, 108 Courthouse St. $10 includes snacks. Learn how to grow more in less space. Planting dates, spacing, interplanting and succession plantings will be addressed. Using information from the best national and local gardeners you’ll learn to apply these techniques to a[...]