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Getting Started in Beekeeping

Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature
Age Group:
Adults
Getting Started in Beekeeping:

Beekeeping is a wonderful way to bring the magic of nature into your own yard and to help provide habitat to key pollinators.  But what is really involved with becoming a beek...

Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on March 7, 2026 @ 10:00am.
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required

Beekeeping is a wonderful way to bring the magic of nature into your own yard and to help provide habitat to key pollinators.  But what is really involved with becoming a beekeeper?  How much does it cost, what do you need to know, and what are the first steps that you should take to get started?  Come and join us to learn more about it from the York/Poquoson Master Gardeners, and to see if beekeeping might be right for you.

Registration recommended. Questions? Call 757-890-5120.

Photo of an older-looking man in a hat outside at a gardening station

Accessibility Gardening

Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature
Age Group:
Adults

Do you love to garden, but find that it’s just getting harder to do it as the years go by?  Perhaps your mobility is different now than it was in the past, and it’s getting in the way of your gardening.

Open
Registration Required
Registration will close on March 21, 2026 @ 11:30am.
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you love to garden, but find that it’s just getting harder to do it as the years go by?  Perhaps your mobility is different now than it was in the past, and it’s getting in the way of your gardening.

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History of American Gardening

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature
Age Group:
Adults & Teens, Adults

Why do we have lawns? What does Peter Rabbit have to do with how we garden? What did Thomas Jefferson and Frank Lloyd Wright have to do with what our gardens look like?

Upcoming
Registration Required
Registration will open on February 23, 2026 @ 10:00am.
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Teens, Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Why do we have lawns? What does Peter Rabbit have to do with how we garden? What did Thomas Jefferson and Frank Lloyd Wright have to do with what our gardens look like?

Close-up photograph of a swarm of mosquitos outside near some bushes

Mosquito Abatement

Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Yorktown Meeting Room at Yorktown Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Nature
Age Group:
Adults
Mosquito Abatement: Techniques That Work...and Those That Don't:

Mosquitoes are part of life in the Tidewater area, but that doesn’t mean that you have to avoid using your yard because of them.  There are many companies out there promising ...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Registration will open on April 27, 2026 @ 10:00am.
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required

Mosquitoes are part of life in the Tidewater area, but that doesn’t mean that you have to avoid using your yard because of them.  There are many companies out there promising solutions, but are their methods scientifically proven?  Join a Virginia Master Naturalist to find out how to successfully control mosquitoes in your yard using techniques backed up by scientific research. Registration is recommended but not required. Questions? Call 757-890-5120.