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Goin’ Native
Pictured is Hamamelis virginiana / common witchhazel (in bloom) Incorporating these highly adaptable plants into any landscape Native plants are typically thought of as plants that occupied a specific region or habitat type, before European settlement. They have adapted to the region over time and are more likely to form self-sustaining communities than their...
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Meet Our Staff: Brandi
Pictured above is Brandi Mc. Meet Brandi Mc. Brandi is a Texas Tech graduate with a B. S. in Environmental Conservation. She has seven years’ experience in horticulture. Brandi joined the fine gardening team at J. W. Townsend Landscapes two days after she and her husband relocated to Charlottesville from Texas in June 2014. In her time away from work,...
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JWT Helps Jackson Via Improve City Schoolyard Garden
JWT employees teamed up with Building Goodness and Piedmont Landscape Association (PLA) for City Schoolyard Garden to improve the garden site at Jackson-Via Elementary School by adding varmint protection. The team came out to volunteer their time and know-how on Sunday, November 2. Jackson-Via Elementary has one of the longest standing gardens of the six...
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Mini Gardening – Fun is NOT Optional
If you have a passion about plants, as many of us do, making a garden with miniature plants is different and challenging. Call it a 'fairy garden' or 'miniature gardening,' regardless of the name its FUN! Real life gardens have a set shape and pattern - sidewalks, paths, walls, houses, etc. are what we fashion our gardens around. Mini-gardens are...
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Caterpillar Appreciation 101
Caterpillar Appreciation 101 by Brandi McFadden, JW Townsend Horticulturist Sometimes we, as professional horticulturists, remember to stop and smell the roses, but forget to appreciate the ‘bugs and bunnies.’ Our job is to focus on the health of the landscape, especially the plants. It can be hard to remember those bugs and bunnies are an integral part of the...
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The Hardy Cyclamen
Hardy Cyclamen Blooms Pictured Above. Hardy cyclamen ('sick-le-men') are a virtually unknown and underused autumn blooming perennial. Not to be confused with their cousins, the florists' cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum), hardy cyclamen grow outdoors in the garden and bloom from late summer through autumn or winter to early spring. They are easy to grow, spread slowly,...