BayScapes are environmentally-friendly landscapes that create wildlife habitat, utilize native plants, conserve water, and prevent pollution; all for the benefit and restoration of the James River and the rest of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This workshop and tour will feature speakers that will talk about various aspects of BayScaping – from wildlife habitat to native plants to rain barrels. The Richmond BayScapes Workshop & Tour will be Oct.25, 8AM-4PM. [via]

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From Tricycle Gardens:

Participants will receive a 55 gallon #2 plastic food grade barrel with all the necessary components to make a usable rain collector. Tools and helpers will be on hand to assist in the assembling.

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Tricycle Gardens continues to garner recognition, with a recent $25,000 grant from the Robins Foundation and presentation to TG of the St. Francis of Assisi Ecological Award by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.

Tricycle Gardens are presenting the first of a series of workshops on organic gardening: Introduction to Organic Gardening (7/24), Getting Started with Organic Gardening (8/7), and Fall Gardening and Winter Preparations (9/11). Each workshop will cost $15 and take place at 211 West 7th Street in Old Manchester. Please contact allison@tricyclegardens.org if you have questions.

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Are you interested in starting a community garden in your neighborhood? Tricycle Gardens is hosting 4 identical workshops on how to jump start a community garden. Covered will be the nuts and bolts of what it takes to get a garden off the ground, and sustain it. Wednesday June 25th, Wednesday July 9th, Wednesday July 30th, and Wednesday August 13th. All workshops are free, and are from 6:30-9pm, at the Tricycle Gardens office: 211 W. 7th St in old Manchester. More information is available by emailing lisa@tricyclegardens.org or phone 231-7767

Attend Tricycle Gardens’ rain barrel work shop and build your own rain barrel! This Sunday, May 18, 2008, from 12-2:30ish @ Neighborhood Resource Center (1519 Williamsburg Road) in Fulton, take home your own rain barrel for $40 OR $10 to attend and learn only.

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Tricycle Gardens is selling seedlings for veggies, herbs, and flowers at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale which wraps up today. 9AM-3PM.

Tricycle Garden’s Spring Seedling Plant Sale is this Saturday, April 5th, from 10am-1pm @ the Tricycle Garden’s Church Hill Garden (2300 Block of Jefferson Avenue). Cool season crops, all $3/six-pack: lettuces, kale, chinese cabbage, swiss chard, and broccoli.

Don’t miss the Tricycle Gardens plant sale today - Tuesday March 25th - at the Byrd House Market from 3:30-6PM. They have spring vegetable seedlings ready to plant now! All Seedlings are $3 per 6 pack and include: lettuces (several types), broccoli, chard, and spinach. [via]

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Tricycle Gardens has a snazzy new website.

Take a break from winter and check out the Tricycle Gardens promotional video.

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Tricycle Gardens will be holding a “Grow Your Own” celebration Saturday, Oct. 20, 7-11 p.m. at the Eric Schindler Gallery. Anyone interested in starting a community garden is invited to attend. Admission, which includes music and food, is $25. RSVP by Oct. 12 to (804) 231-7767.

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Tricycle Gardens has announced a Community Workday (10/6) and Compost Workshop (10/14) at the garden, and the Grow your own PARTY! (10/20) at the Eric Schindler Gallery.

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