Tuesday is the last “Renegade Market” at WBCH/BHM: next week is the grand opening of the 2008 market season! You’ll find some great plants to jump start your garden from Bill Heath, Perenial Pleasures Pharm has had her beautiful and wonderfully aromatic lilacs and peonies, and this week welcome Amy’s Organic Garden and Victory Farms back to the market. 3:30-7PM rain or shine.
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tour kicks off tomorrow. The tour is every Monday-Saturday from 10-11:30 until October 31st. Meet the guide at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Street. $10 adults; $9 in advance; $5 History Center members and children 6-18 years old; children under 6 are free.
The Byrd House Market will be open April 1, from 3:30-7PM, with the official season opening set for May 6. Come and get back into the habit of shopping at the BHM, pick up some fresh and local seasonal produce, farm fresh eggs, grass-fed meats, free-range chickens along with all the yummy baked goods. Come and see what are crafters have been creating over the winter!
Don’t miss the Tricycle Gardens plant sale today – Tuesday March 25th – at the Byrd House Market from 3:30-6PM. They have spring vegetable seedlings ready to plant now! All Seedlings are $3 per 6 pack and include: lettuces (several types), broccoli, chard, and spinach. [via]
Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting; Story Time In the Library; find out more…
The Apprentice Salon Training Clinic will be hosting Gallery Night at The Apprentice, which will feature several of the areas most dynamic and innovative artists. “GALLERY NIGHT AT THE APPRENTICE” will be held on Saturday March 29, 2008 from 6-9PM at 723 W. Cary St. Richmond VA 23220. More information regarding Gallery Night at The Apprentice can be found at theapprenticesalon.blogspot.com or by calling (804)225-9725. [via]
Author David L. Robbins will discuss his 2004 novel, Liberation Road, at the Virginia War Memorial this Saturday at 2PM. Free and open to the public. [via]
The January 2008 report for Sector 413 (PDF) from Lieutenant Lisa Drew is now available.
The second of the recently announced neighborhood-level Downtown Plan meetings is scheduled for Monday for the VCU, Monroe Ward, Oregon Hill, and Carver areas. The meeting will be at the William Byrd Community House (224 South Cherry Street) tonight from 6-8PM.