The meeting will be streamed live on the city’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofWinstonSalem-TV

Join Piedmont Land Conservancy staff and volunteers for trail building workdays as they build out a 3-mile trail system on a future preserve near Asheboro, NC. Bring water, closed-toed shoes, and work gloves. 

Join Piedmont Land Conservancy's Stewardship Director, Dr. Ken Bridle, to learn how to identify trees in winter, mostly from bark, twigs, branches, location, shape, and other such features. 

Join Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Stewardship Director, Dr. Ken Bridle, to learn how to identify trees in summer, mostly by leaves, flowers, seeds, and similar features.

N.C. Cooperative Extension, Randolph County will cover how to establish and care for your lawn, the advantages and disadvantages of different grass species, sustainable landscaping practices, and alternatives to lawns in your landscape.

N.C. Cooperative Extension, Randolph County will cover how what to plant and how to manage your yard to promote pollinator conservation in your landscape.

Hosted by Reynolda Gardens, a guide will take children (ages 3–5), and their caregivers to observe the natural world, looking through binoculars and making sketches of things they find. Conversations will promote curiosity and questioning, close observation, and some basic identification. 

David Link, one of Reynolda’s resident beekeepers, will share just how sweet working with bees can be. Link will cover the best species for various needs and management styles.

Author and spice-growing gardener Tasha Greer will share expert advice on how to harvest a bounty of culinary flavors like cardamom and cloves. Get practical tips and in-depth advice on how to grow an assortment of spices at home and enjoy dishes that burst with flavor! 

Ferns and their allies are among the oldest and most beautiful plants on the planet. North Carolina is blessed with a vast diversity of ferns, and learning how to identify them can be a challenge.