New Announcements

1. Webinar Series
• November 18 2:00 pm | Peach Basics with Andy Rollins – In this session, Andy Rollins of South Carolina Extension will cover peach growing basics for home gardeners. For EMGs who provide plant troubleshooting services to your locality, this session will improve your ability to solve peach challenges for your stakeholders. Peaches are a great choice for Virginia gardeners interested in fruit production–Andy will give us all tips for a successful peach crop!

                                                              i.      About the Speaker: Andy Rollins is the Horticultural Agent for the upstate of SC. He is specialized in commercial fruit and vegetable production and assists new growers with problem diagnosis and multiple decisions including soil testing/preparation, location/size of the planting, spray choices, calibration, and variety selection. Andy is actively involved in research projects with Clemson University as well as USDA-ARS specialists, and also does some new product testing.

                                                             ii.      Register for the November webinar here

• December 3 2:00 pm | Invasion Biology Wrap-Up with Jacob Barney

                                                              i.      Jacob Barney currently serves as the Director of the Invasive Species Collaborative (ISC). The ISC is a faculty collaborative that began in the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech with support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. The ISC nurtures transdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships with government agencies, NGOs, industry, and communities to promote a deep understanding of the impacts of invasive species on ecosystems and society and foster an inclusive environment where science and policy meet to tackle this global challenge. Dr Barney also teaches several courses at Virginia Tech, including “Biological Invasions,” a course on the causes, consequences, and epidemiology of invasive plants, animals, and microbes.

                                                             ii.      Register for the Dec 3 webinar here

                                                           iii.      Land Stewards: This content is good quality CE for your Advanced EMG certification.

• December 19 2:00 pm | Invasive Plants, Restoration and the Sound of Urban Streams with Gabrielle Ripa – In this presentation, Gabrielle will present her PhD work on acoustic monitoring of stream ecosystems and the impact invasive species have on the acoustic landscape.

                                                              i.      Gabrielle Ripa is a PhD student at Virginia Tech who is studying how to limit invasive plants on stream restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Because of her background in wildlife ecology, Gabrielle is also seeking to connect the changes to the stream environment, due to invasion and restoration, to the animal community through acoustic monitoring. She hopes her work can inform the design of restoration projects that are better at recovering both plant and animal communities.

                                                             ii.      Register for the Dec 19 webinar here

                                                           iii.      Water Stewards: This content is good quality CE for your Advanced EMG certification.

• All webinars are recorded and posted in the webinar archive

Old November Announcements

2. Heart of Virginia Lunch & Learn Series Prince Edward Extension Office, 100 Dominion Dr., Farmville, VA

• 11/21/24 12-1 pm Bring your lunch and join us for a session of fun holiday decoration make and take with Prince Edward Extension Agent, Erin Small.  The class is limited in size and registration is required. Call to register 434-392-4246.

Old Announcements

3. Use this QR code to direct people to “invasive species” tagged material on the pubs.ext.vt.edu site: get the qr code here