Bryant Dameron
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WatchTour a garden focused on plants for tea and learn how to make a perfect cup of the world's second most popular drink after water. Discover how luffa plants are grown and processed into sponges.
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WatchExplore the important role that native plants play in our ecosystem! Discover native fruit trees and other edible plants found in Virginia and learn how to incorporate native perennials into your home landscape to support wildlife.
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WatchExplore efforts to conserve remarkable natural assets across the Commonwealth. Visit the State Arboretum of Virginia to learn about protecting rare plants. Tour the unique ecosystem of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
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WatchFresh food is one of the garden's best rewards. Visit a Mexican restaurant garden supporting sustainable foodways. Then explore a fifth-generation family farm to learn about their belief that “if you know your farmer, you know your food.”
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WatchTour an herb garden focused on tea plants and learn how to make a perfect cup of the world's second most popular drink after water. Discover how luffa plants are grown and processed into sponges.
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WatchHealthy ecosystems need native plants to provide food and shelter for all types of wildlife. Learn about native fruit trees and other edible plants from a school that connects students to nature. Then visit an organization that restores indigenous plant and animal communities that have been suppressed by traditional landscape practices.
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WatchVisit the State Arboretum to meet curator, T’ai Roulston and learn about butternut trees. Tour the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge with Manager, Chris Lowie, to talk about how the unique ecosystem is protected.
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WatchTake a closer look at the methods used to control runoff and conserve water. From rain gardens that beautify the landscape to flood control structures that protect communities, learn how to steward our most important natural resource.
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WatchLearn how to make two traditional Mexican foods with Monica Chavez of La Milpa restaurant.
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WatchVisit the La Milpa garden in Richmond with Monica Chavez to learn about the restaurant’s farm-to-kitchen program. Explore Browntown Farms in Warfield and talk with Herbert Brown, Jr about being a fifth-generation family farmer. Blanche Smith gives a blueberry jam making demonstration in the studio. Amyrose Foll and Jen Naylor share gardening tips you can use at home.