Rain Barrel Workshop
August 8th, 6:30-8:00, Register Today!
A rain barrel is an easy way to reduce stormwater runoff from your property and make the water available for irrigating your garden.
Sign up for our summer workshop to construct your own rain barrel to take home with you that day.
This workshop is offered by LRNow in partnership with Mike's Rain Barrels.
Date: August 8, 2011
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
Location: LRNow Office at 1608 Pleasure House Road, Suite 108
Cost: $60 and includes all materials and use of tools
Space is limited. Dress for outdoors in work clothes for hands-on activities.
Advanced registration, including payment, is required. For registration information, call 757-962-5398 or email [email protected].
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The Lynnhaven, Restoring a Legend
Copies Available At:
LRNow Office, 1608 Pleasure House Road
Wild River Outfitters
Old Coast Guard Station Gift Shop
Runnymede Corporation
Lynnhaven Marine
Oyster Roundup, August 27, at First Landing, 64th Street
Books in the Park, Town Point Park in Norfolk, Sept. 17
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Scoop the Poop Stickers for your Black Trash Can
Available in our Office
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Community Events
Paddle for the Bay
15th Annual Paddle for the Bay: Saturday, August 6th, 7:30-Noon at Sarah Constant Beach (Ocean View, Norfolk)
A wide variety of races will take palce including kayak, outrigger, surf ski, and paddle board competitions. Please click here to register. For more information contact Tanner with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, [email protected].
12th Annual Fall Gardening Festival
"Water, Water Everywhere, so Let's Take Care"
Presented by Virginia Beach Master Gardeners
Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 AM - 3 PM
Free Admission
Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extention Center, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach.
For more information, www.vbmg.org.
Buy Fresh, Buy Local
Farm to Fork
Sunday, Sept. 11, 3 - 6 PM
A celebration of local food at the Hampton Roads Agriculture Research & Extension Center, Diamond Springs Road. For more information: www.bfblhr.org |
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Paddle Into History: 2011 Western Branch Kayak Tour Sunday, August 21, 1:30-6:30 PM
Paddle into History with LRNow and Wild River Outfitters on Sunday, August 21, for a trip into the waters of the ducking of Grace Sherwood, Virginia's only convicted witch. A historian will accompany the trip as will skilled kayak guides. Solo and tandem kayaks are furnished, but participants must be able to paddle.
This trip will depart from Crab Creek. Along the way, we will discuss the sites of the first church and courthouse, hear about the old riverside plantations, visit the site of the witch ducking, view the former ferry site and other points of interest. Limited to 30 participants, advanced registration is required. Cost is $50 per person, all paddling equipment provided. If you have your own boat, pfd, & paddle, you can join us for a $25 fee for solo kayaks and $35 fee for tandem kayaks. Snacks and drinks will be provided at the Ferry Plantation House at take out. After your paddling trip, you will be welcomed to the historic Ferry Plantation House for a complementary guided tour with costumed docents. We will arrange for rides back to the launch site where your car will be. Contact Wild River Outfitters to register: 757-431-8566. Or for more information, contact LRNow at 757-962-5398 or [email protected]. |
Summer Teacher Workshops
Summer 2011
Join one of our summer teacher workshops and add something fun to your summer that will benefit you throughout the next school year. Open to all public and private school teachers.
Project WILD and WILD Aquatic Teacher Workshop --FULL
Wednesday, August 10th and Thursday, August 11th
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: FirstLandingStateParkTrailCenter
Cost: Free
To register, email [email protected] or 757-962-5398
Project WET Teacher Workshop
Thursday, August 18th
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location: FirstLandingStateParkTrailCenter
Cost: Free
To register, email [email protected] or 757-962-5398
Wetlands 101
Thursday, August 25th, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm and Friday, August 25th, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: FirstLandingStateParkTrailCenter
Cost: $20
To register, email [email protected] or 757-962-5398
New Teacher Oyster Gardener Workshop
By Oyster Reefkeepers of Virginia
Saturday, October 15th
Cost: $150
To register, email [email protected] or 757-460-1200
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Oyster Gardening 2011 Dates Set for New Gardener Seminars, Taylor Float Workshops and Roundups The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Lynnhaven River NOW will again be partnering to offer you an opportunity to become an oyster gardener, to turn in your one year old oysters to be placed on a conservation reef and to build a Taylor Float to house your baby oysters over the next year. New Gardener Seminars: August 9th, 6:00-7:30, at VA Weslyan College August 30th, 6:00-7:30, at the Great Neck Rescue Squad Building. Pre-registration is required and a donation to CBF of $30 is suggested to offset the program costs. For more informaiton or to register contact CBF at 757-622-1964 or [email protected]. Taylor Float Workshops: at the LRNow office, 1608 Pleasure House Road, Suite 108 August 4th, 6:00-7:30 and August 25th, 6:00-7:30 The cost for all materials, dock lines and a small mesh bag is $75. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register contact LRNow at 757-962-5398 or [email protected]. Oyster Roundup: Turn in your 1 year old oysters at First Landing State Park, 64th Street Boat Ramp August 27th, 9:00-11:00. Please register with CBF, 757-622-1964 or [email protected] in advance of the roundup to guarantee that you will be able to receive your new batch of seed oysters. A $30 donation is suggested per 1,000 seed oysters to offset program costs. |
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