Jul 31 2009

Free Composting Class

By popular demand, I am doing it again!

FREE Composting Class!

This weekend at the Albemarle County Fair, the Blue Ridge Eco Shop will be offering two FREE composting classes.  Saturday, August 1st at 3 p.m. and Sunday, August 2nd at 2 p.m. come join Paige Mattson and learn how to compost!

The Free class will be held in the Backyard Revolution tent, next to the Eco-Tent at the Albemarle County Fair.  For more info and other events taking place this weekend at the fair, check out the Backyard Revolution website here.

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Jul 28 2009

$59 Rain Barrel!

Our New 55-Gallon Rain Barrels have been flying out of the store this week.  And for $59, I don’t blame my customers!

This Week’s Annual BIG Garden Sale has the 55-gallon rain barrel going for $89 in the shop, plus the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle’s $30 Rain Barrel Rebate, that means you can have a rain barrel (up to two!) for $59 each!

Say Hello to our newest Rain Barrel:

                                                   

Posted by Paige at 2:57 PM 1 comment
Jul 27 2009

Annual BIG Garden Sale!

That’s right!  Our Annual BIG Garden Sale kicked off this morning.

One Week Only! (In Store Only) July 27th-August 1st

15% off Gardening Supplies: Organic Soils, Fertilizers, Pest Control!

$10 Off All Composters and Rain Barrels

$15 Off Brill Push Mowers

*Cannot be combined with any other offers.  Sale good though Saturday, August 1, 2009.*

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Jul 21 2009

Customer Feedback

I love hearing from my customers.  Positive and negative comments, how else can I improve the shop and better serve you? 

I just received a lovely email from a new customer who had a mice problem, but didn’t want to use harsh chemicals.  The Blue Ridge Eco Shop sells a live mouse trap which humanly traps the mouse and allows you to set it free outside the house (1-2 miles away to keep it from returning). Click Here to see the mouse trap.

He says:

"Paige, my wife came in to purchase an animal-friendly mouse trap. It
worked beautifully and our kids got to observe the mouse which was pretty
exciting! From our research, you were the only shop in town with one.

Thanks"

Messages like this reinforce why I opened the shop–to provide a source of environmentally friendly products and education–and encourage me to do more.

Posted by Paige at 9:47 AM 1 comment
Jul 16 2009

Free Composting Class

Back by popular demand is the :

Blue Ridge Eco Shop’s FREE Composting Class

Saturday, July 18th @ 11 a.m.

We will gather in the courtyard of the Preston Plaza directly in front of the Blue Ridge Eco Shop

Come learn how to compost, learn different styles of composting and have all of your questions answered.

Already compost?  Come and learn how to turn out compost faster.  Find answers to all your questions.

Need a compost bin?  All composters and supplies will be on SALE all day Saturday–no attendance is needed!

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Jul 8 2009

Obama and G-8 Meet to Discuss Climate

It’s just the start of discussions, but hopefully some good progress will take place.  Discussions started today!

Read more here.

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