Welcome to the Blue Ridge Permaculture Network blog. The purpose of this blog is to share ideas, resources, information and advice as it relates to permaculture in the Blue Ridge bioregion. Please be kind and courteous in those blogs - and enjoy! Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Below is an amazing collection of upcoming events in the central Virginia bioregion! Folks can sign up for the BRPN e-newsletter here.

LH Gardens is a professional gardening service that visits residential gardens to design, install and maintain annuals and perennials. We design new gardens, but also maintain and enhance existing gardens. Our specialty is container gardening. We are the perfect complement to a landscaping crew that may not have the time or knowledge to bring out the best in your annuals, perennials, and important shrubs.

Cultivating sustainable communities in Central VA. Transition Streets is initiated and run by neighbors. Neighborhood Fun at the Transition Streets Pilot Project. Transition Streets is a grassroots, community-based project to help households reduce energy use and consumption right here and now. What is a Transition Town? Building a Local Network. From Glen Besa, VA Sierra Club WH.

Based in Eugene, Oregon, USA. We practice an ecological design science called Permaculture, which is an approach to design that seeks to mimic patterns found in Nature. Organic, bio-dynamic, and bio-intensive agriculture. Holistic rangeland management, silvopasture, and rotational grazing systems. Rainwater harvesting, greywater systems, and irrigation.

A Joint Plan of Work partner of Virginia Organizing. Native Plant and Pollinator Sanctuary. We also fulfilled another long-term goal this summer. After many requests from neighborhood friends of all ages, strawberries are once again abundant in the Friendship Court garden. In addition to the patch that we planted this spring with young residents, the many understory patches throughout the fruit tree orchard yielded lots of.