BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260416T072315Z UID:215-1662598@unitycharlottesville.org DTSTART:20260425T130000Z DTEND:20260425T160000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260326T135513 DESCRIPTION:Ecology &\; Beauty: Creating a Landscape that Welcomes Wildl ife &\; People\nSaturday April 25th 9 AM-Noon\nWorkshop with Sarah F. J ayne\n$20 Click for Tickets\nNow more than ever our yards and community sp aces need to support biodiversity. How can we ensure that our spaces are b oth ecologically rich and beautiful. We’ll look at which plants matter m ost when it comes to your local biodiversity: how to procure them for gene rous plantings\; and how to place them to increase their appeal to wildlif e and people\, along with strategies to protect wildlife our natural plant ings attract. We’ll consider strategies to ensure that our landscapes ga in community acceptance such that they become invitations for others to tr ansform their landscapes. This cost-conscious. DIY approach makes taking a ctions doable. Ideal audience: People who are starting to transition their spaces to more wildlife-friendly habits and who are interested in support ing biodiversity within an HOA or traditionally landscaped neighborhood.  \nAbout the Facilitator: Sarah F. Jayne is an environmentalist\, educat or\, and life-long gardener who has worked for over 45 years from Californ ia to the East Coast. Her book\, “Nature’s Action Guide: How to Suppor t Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem” is a companion to Doug Tallamy ’s “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts i n Your Yard” and features fifteen actions we urgently need to take that starts in your yard to support biodiversity.  \n  LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T135513 LOCATION:Unity of Charlottesville SUMMARY:Ecology & Beauty URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.unitycharlottesville.org/events/ecology-beauty/20 26-04-25 ATTACH;FILENAME=tithely-ecology-and-beauty.png;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq 5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/03/26/17/54/34/69f5afb6-06d6-47bc-8623-b82 edc4513d9/tithely-ecology-and-beauty.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR