Chapters in Virginia

Join Gina Serge of Henrico County's Vector Surveillance and Control team for a practical talk on mosquito control without pesticides. Local mosquito-borne disease risk peaks in late August and September, as birds migrate south and the mosquitoes that fed on them turn to biting people instead — right as virus levels from the summer's bird-mosquito cycle reach their seasonal high. Good timing to get ahead of it! Henrico's Mosquito Team uses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) — surveillance, education, and habitat-based treatment rather than blanket spraying. Gina will share simple steps you can take at home to cut down on breeding sites and bites — a great complement to a pollinator-friendly native garden.

Wild Ones Roanoke Region is pleased to partner with the Roanoke Master Gardeners, the Blue Ridge Wildflower Society, and the Mill Mountain Garden Club in presenting the well known landscape architect Preston Montague. Mr. Montague has been featured in online programs, at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Winter Symposium, and most recently at the Piedmont Landscape Association Annual Seminar.

In “Bringing Ecology Home,” Mr.  Montague will share how native plant communities, such as the wilder landscapes of the Piedmont, can inspire residential gardens. . Using the Wild Ones landscape plan he drafted for Greensboro, North Carolina as a case study, he will highlight key decisions, challenges, and lessons learned in applying conservation gardening principles to the home garden. Attendees will gain practical insight into how to translate these ideas into their own landscapes to create spaces that reflect place and support biodiversity.

You can find the Wild Ones native plant landscape design created by Preston Montague for Greensboro, NC,  here. 

Preston Montague is a landscape architect and artist working to strengthen relationships between people and the natural world. His environmental design studio deploys art, horticulture, and landscape architecture in the service of building places that have meaning and ecological depth. In 2025 he served as inaugural artist-in-residence at Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. When not in studio, Preston enjoys teaching landscape architecture at North Carolina A&T State University and hiking the wilder places. For more information on Preston, please visit www.prestonmontague.com 

Come visit a local gardener's established garden and new beds and pond.  Discuss successes and failure and enjoy some native plant company. 

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Do you want to see more birds, wildlife and pollinators in your landscape?  Discover how native plants support a diverse ecosystem and why they are a good choice for your future plantings.

 Our speaker for this program is Keala (kay - ah - la) Timko, whose experience spans:

·        Gardening on two continents, four countries, and eight states

·        Specialties: Ecological Restoration, Sustainability, Native Plants, Insects and Food Webs

·        18-year Cooperative Extension Master Gardener 

·        Harrison Fellow of the Historic Landscape Institute of Monticello and UVA  

·        Moved to Rockingham County, VA in 2013

·        Husband, Dave, and Keala designed and built their net-zero home, while attempting to eradicate invasive plant species and to ecologically restore their 9+ acres with native plants.

·        Enjoys sharing horticulture knowledge and gardening experiences 

Our guest speaker for this evening is Greg Corman, landscape designer and WORR member! His experience in gardening ranges from Arizona to Virginia, and in this presentation he will inspire us on how to incorporate interesting objects, seating, and other décor into your native plant garden.