Community Programs
The Backyard Gardeners sponsor or present a variety of programs withing the community that include "Garden Talks", a year long series of talks on horticulture subjects presented once a month at the Chesapeake Central Library; the Spring and Fall Garden Faires, located at the Chesapeake Central Library, include a plant sale and information on horticulture subjects; and Bonsai Classes taught at Tidewater Community College (TCC) by Ronnie Baum with the Virginia Bonsai Society. We also support programs such as Paint Your Heart Out (PYHO), a Rotary program that assists citizens with needed repairs on their homes and landscape; volunteer at the Virginia Zoological Park with the Horticulture Department; and present programs to local community groups.
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