We have an exciting opportunity to JOIN THE BLANDY TEAM! We are hiring a Research Technician to assist with plant and pollinator surveys at Monocacy National Battlefield and to process samples at Blandy Experimental Farm. Learn more and apply today! blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

We are thrilled to announce that the Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Oak Hill Fund in Charlottesville to expand our efforts in butternut conservation. Read more and find out how you can help. blandy.virginia.edu/10000-grant-...

In honor of National Bird Day earlier this week on January 5th, check out some of birds that visit Blandy this time of year, then visit our website to read more! blandy.virginia.edu/enjoy-winter...

A Wilson’s Snipe, Eastern Screech-owls, a Great Horned Owl, a Barred Owl, a Short-eared Owl, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Tree Sparrows & 23 Bald Eagles were among the 60 species of birds recorded at Blandy last month during the annual @audubonsociety Christmas Bird Count.

Hope you our enjoy our festive video, The 12 Months of of Blandy, and recall the year round fun and educational opportunities at your State Arboretum! youtu.be/-sUa7OTqD48?... via @YouTube

So much Holiday Wreath Workshop fun this weekend. More to come tomorrow!

Today is #GivingTuesday. Learn more about how your support is making profound strides in conservation and education at Blandy, then make your year-end-donation today! blandy.virginia.edu/2025-annual-...

Tickets are selling out for Blandy's beloved Holiday Wreath Workshops. There are only 20 tickets left, 8 on Saturday morning Dec. 6th and 12 on Monday December 8th. Purchase your tickets before they are gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-holid...

The ginkgo leaves have fallen, but a golden carpet of leaves, blue skies and a crisp winter air welcomes visitors to Blandy's Ginkgo Grove this Veterans Day.

Tickets are now on sale for Holiday Wreath Workshops December 6th - 8th. Get your tickets now before they sell out! www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-holid...

Welcome to the Spooky Arboretum. Happy Halloween!

If you are an active FOSA member, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀. Registration will open to everyone on Nov 6th! blandy.virginia.edu/holiday-wrea...

This bald cypress is getting into the spirit of spooky season with its orange fall color. Bald cypress is a conifer that loses its needles every year. Happy Halloween!

The University of Virginia seeks a Lecturer to serve as the Coordinator for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site Program at Blandy Experimental Farm summer 2026. Learn more and apply today. blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

Witch Hazel is blooming just in time for spooky season! The American witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is perhaps Virginia's latest blooming native tree. The threadlike yellow flowers open only after the leaves have started to fall, and can often remain on the tree through the end of November.

There is still time to chose and sponsor your very own Ginkgo Tree in Blandy's glorious golden Ginkgo Grove! Volunteers will be in the grove to help until 4 pm today, then again November 1st and 2nd from 10 am - 4 pm. Sponsorships are $100 for 5 years. Learn more blandy.virginia.edu/sponsor-gink...

Irises in October! The reblooming irises are putting on a second beautiful show in the Walter Flory Memorial Iris Garden. If you are out to visit the Ginkgo Grove this weekend, make sure you stop by the Iris Garden as well.

The dormant season is fast approaching, but there are still a few native wildflowers in bloom throughout Virginia! This is the white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata), one of the latest flowering woodland plants in the state.

Looking for a fun way to support The State Arboretum of Virginia? We are still 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 to help with our fun and educational Ginkgo Gold Weekends! Sign-up now! signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AA9...

Listen in to The Valley Today podcast to learn more about our upcoming Ginkgo Gold Weekends October 25th and October 26th and November 1st and 2nd. thevalleytoday.libsyn.com/leafy-legend...

It's not to early to SAVE THE DATE for the beloved Holiday Wreath Workshop events at Blandy scheduled for December 6th - 8th this year. 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 - November 5th. Learn More blandy.virginia.edu/holiday-wrea...

Visit our colorful fall Pollination Garden now to experience this dainty duo of obedient plant 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎, and bluemist flower, 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑚.

Check out this lovely article about Blandy from outdoors writer Amanda Creasey in this month's 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 www.co-opliving.com/14606/the-ma...

Help us welcome new Landscaper, Toby Saylor, to the Blandy team!

We loved celebrating our awesome #volunteers last night at our 2025 #Gratitude Garden Party. Did you know last year alone, more than 200 volunteers contributed more than 2300 hours of time to support programming, events and collection management at Blandy? blandy.virginia.edu/volunteer-us

More than 50 participants from the UVA Lifetime Learning group visited Blandy today to learn more about Migrating Birds and the Trees that Feed Them. In this photo, T'ai Roulston, Blandy's Curator & Research Associate Professor, talks about one of Blandy's butternut trees.

Happy dogs, 𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉 of course, enjoying the trails at Blandy! #leashrequired #leashyourdog #leashforsafety

Fall migrants are wasting no time moving through Blandy this month! Birders already have reported a dozen species of warblers from the Arboretum in September. Other migrants include flycatchers, vireos, orioles, Bobolinks, Scarlet Tanagers, Blue Grosbeaks, and Indigo Buntings.

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Blandy Experimental Farm is looking for a part-time, seasonal Environmental Educator to work with our preK-12 education program team. Check out this opportunity today! blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

T’ai Roulston, curator of the State Arboretum of Virginia & a researcher at UVA's Blandy Experimental Farm says removing the invasive spotted lanternfly's preferred food source has more impact on their control than trying to stomp them. Read more news.virginia.edu/content/what...

Join us for our 1st Tales on Trails: Pawpaws and Pints event on Sept.13th and learn about North America’s largest native fruit and its connection to Blandy. Tickets are $20 per person. Only 100 will be sold. Get yours on Eventbrite before they sellout. www.eventbrite.com/e/tales-on-t...

Is this the job for you? We are seeking a full-time Landscaper to cultivate the landscape and outdoor environment at Blandy. Responsibilities include mowing, trimming, weeding, mulching, leaf removal... Learn more & apply today! blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

Celebrating National Moth Week by featuring some of the moths at Blandy. This eight-spotted forester moth can be found sipping nectar from flowers like butterfly weed (𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢) with its long proboscis shown in the photo.

Help us welcome our new Arboretum Specialist, Kyle Forbes!

Jordan Edlich, a graduate student from @georgemasonu.bsky.social @georgemasoncs.bsky.social is completing a summer internship taking inventory of Blandy’s expansive 34-acre Native Plant Trail Meadow. Learn about this daunting project & the surprising discoveries. blandy.virginia.edu/summer-inven...

Help us welcome Harrison Jackson, our new Director of PreK-12 Education. Harrison is looking forward to working with our Education team to help foster deeper connections between students, parents, and teachers and their local environment. Read More blandy.virginia.edu/new-director....

Three Blandy researchers published a study in Ecology Letters, a premier scientific journal using cutting-edge analyses to reveal a surprising pattern behind how a common invasive insect the spongy moth, expands its range outward. Learn more & read the study. blandy.virginia.edu/blandy-resea...

Celebrating #PollinatorWeek at Blandy.

Next week is #PollinatorWeek a time to recognize the essential role pollinators play in keeping our ecosystem healthy! Celebrate by planning a visit to Blandy to check out the many varieties of pollinators enjoying our 712 acres, like this beautiful hummingbird #clearwingmoth. 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒.

If you want to see these beauties in bloom, you'll need to plan a morning visit to Blandy. Located in front of the Quarters Building, these common spiderwort, 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎, open their flowers in the morning - to attract active pollinators - only to close them again in the afternoon.

A long day for a long walk. Come explore!

The after Garden Fair Plant Sale is winding down, but we still have a few native perennials and hostas left for $10 each. Hurry by before they are gone.

It's Penstemonium! Penstemon is a genus of flowering plants with over 280 species endemic to North America. We have three flowering species on display at Blandy. From left to right: smooth beardtongue (P. laevigatus), foxglove beardtongue (P. digitalis), and calico beardtongue (P. calycosus).

The newly renovated Walter Flory Memorial Iris Garden at Blandy was formally dedicated on Friday with Foundation of the State Arboretum Board members on hand, including Thom Flory, son of the late Walter Flory. Read more in the Royal Examiner . royalexaminer.com/shared-iris-...

Looking for a great summer job. We are hiring a Seasonal Hourly Grounds Worker (Spring-September) to perform basic grounds maintenance duties such as mowing, weeding and mulching at Blandy Experimental Farm. Learn more. blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

JOIN THE BLANDY TEAM! We are hiring an Arboretum Specialist to assist the Arborist with landscape maintenance of Blandy Experimental Farm as well as help maintain, improve, and track the State Arboretum of Virginia. Learn more and apply today! blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

Now is the time. Get out to visit the colorful irises now blooming in the renovated Walter Flory Memorial Iris Garden. Learn more. blandy.virginia.edu/visit-renova...

It's very calm today in this section of Blandy. But a week from now, this area will look very different as 63 vendors, selling the best plants, nature-inspired gifts, food, drink, move in for the 35th Mother's Day Weekend Garden Fair. Get your ticket eventbrite.com/e/2025-garde...?

Our Mother's Day Weekend Garden Fair is just around the corner, and we have 63 vendors lined up this year. Check out our vendor list on our website blandy.virginia.edu/vendors and get your ticket today. Just $10 per car when you buy your ticket in advance.