Community Design Assistance Center at Virginia Tech

10/13/2026

🌿 Fall ID Webinar today — October 13 — at 1 pm!

🔎 Our invasive management specialists will teach you how to identify dozens of invasive plants in Fall. Join us for this FREE online webinar, where you’ll learn ID features from stems and leaves to flowers and fruit, plus habitat and native lookalikes.

🗓️ Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 1-2 pm
👉🏼 Register at the link in the first comment.

🪏 Also: Learn to manage and control Invasive Plants in Summer in our webinar on Wednesday, October 14, 1-2 pm.

Virginia Invasive Plant Coalition

10/13/2026

Time to order your seedlings NOW!

DOF's online seedling store is open! 🌱🛒 Shop nearly 70 tree and shrub species, all grown at DOF's nursery in Augusta County ➡️ BuyVATrees.com

Based on your feedback, we are offering five new species this year!
✨ American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
✨ Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
✨ Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
✨ Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
✨ Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

DOF accepts orders until April, but supplies are limited, and some species sell out quickly. Orders placed now will be ready next February, right in time for the spring planting season, and can be shipped nationally or picked up from our nursery.

10/12/2026

The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) https://cdac.aad.vt.edu/ is an outreach center in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design that employs students while providing planning and design assistance to communities and non-profit organizations throughout Virginia.

10/12/2026

Virginia Tech has been ranked as one of the top 20 public schools in the United States. 👏
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Virginia Tech tied for 52nd overall in the National Universities class in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings — a category that includes both public and private institutions. It also moved up two spots from a year ago to tied for No. 19 among top public schools.

10/11/2026

PAST & PRESENT RESIDENTS OF AMONATE - Tell us your memories of your school days, the old school and new school. Please share your stories and photos in the comments section and SHARE this post to help us gather more information. THANK YOU

10/11/2026

Tree City USA is an annual national recognition program designed to raise awareness of the value of community trees, set foundational standards for communities of all sizes, and celebrate community improvement. Learn how your community can become designated as a Tree City USA Community!

Cultivate civic pride by committing to a community that’s healthier, happier, and more livable, and earn national recognition as a Tree City USA.

10/11/2026

The Virginia Department of Forestry nurseries is accepting orders for seedling trees from early October – late April with pickup and shipping during Virginia’s planting season, which runs from late February to late April. To order your seedlings
https://buyvatrees.com/product-category/hardwood-species/

Virginia Department of Forestry programs are open to all people without regard to race, s*x, color, national origin, religion, s*xual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics or disability. EEO/AA

10/11/2026

Discover the Hahn Horticulture Garden located at 200 Garden Lane on the campus of Virginia Tech. The Garden was established as a learning resource for plant material, landscaping concepts, and environmental awareness. Open 7 days a week with FREE admission.

10/10/2026

Please LIKE and SHARE this post. Do you have interior photos of the Amonate Methodist Church? Exterior photos? PLEASE posting copies of those images in the Comments section below. THANK YOU in advance.