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The Ballyshannon Fund Forum at PVCC
A quarterly series of lectures
at the Piedmont Virginia Community College in central Virginia.
All are open to the public, with no charge for attendance.
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NEXT FORUM
"Remarkable Trees of Virginia"
At the Dickinson Building at PVCC
March 19, 2009 at 7 PM
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Forum 1: "Urban Gardening" -- Will Allen from Growing Power, May 31, 2007
Forum 2: “Welcome to the neighborhood! Now leave." -- James D. Petersen, Executive Director, the Evergreen Foundation, October 11, 2007
Forum 3: Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms in the Shenandoah Valley. November 15, 2007
Forum 4: David Hackenberg, beekeeper, March 11, 2008
Forum 5: “Welcome to the Country”  Oct. 21, 2008.... a book discussion by the author and attendees. The first shipment of Frank Levering’s new book. Commissioned by the Ballyshannon Fund, the idea is to introduce urbanites to "country culture"...the unwritten rules by which rural people live. (Take a peek at Chapter One, here.)
To order a copy, telephone the Virginia Cooperative Extension Distribution Center at (540) 231-1322 and ask for Publication 275-200. Cost is $5.00 per copy, plus shipping and handling, or you may email your request to Albemarle Books.
Forum 6: November 18, 2008 at 7 PM. North Mall Meeting Room at PVCC. A panel of experts from President James Madison's "Montpelier" talked about how commercial forestry practices, Civil War archealogical sites, history, and tourism can co-exist in a working forest that helps pay for the restoration and upkeep of this important Presidential Home.
Forum 7: March 19, 2009 at 7 PM. Remarkable Trees of Virginia. Held at the Dickinson Building at PVCC with book sales and the authors signing your book. A stunningly beautiful photo-essay on some of the truly remarkable individual trees of Virginia. Just Published! Nancy Ross Hugo & Jeff Kirwan, authors. Robert Llewellyn, photographer.
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