In brief: News from Longvue Acres Garden Club and more

Garden club slates February program

Longvue Acres Garden Club’s February program will be Lawn to Nature presented by Ken Knapp and Leah Fulton, assistant naturalists at Latodami Nature Center.

Learn how to replace part of your lawn with a No Mow garden of native species. The Latodami Nature Center has partnered with the North Area Environmental Council to create a special Lawn to Nature Kit with everything you need to convert 100 square feet of your yard into a thriving native plant garden.

Kits will be available for sale soon at naecwpa.org/lawn tonature. One kit will be raffled off at the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at Northmont United Presbyterian Church, 8169 Perry Highway, McCandless.

Programs are on the fourth Tuesday of the month and are free and open to the public.

Block Northway to host home show

The Block Northway is hosting a home show Feb. 24-26.

Admission is free.

The show offers three days of indoor exhibits, seminars and demonstrations. More than 100 home improvement, decorating and landscaping vendors will be available in the south corridor atrium.

Show highlights will include demonstrations and numerous how-to clinics. Home remodeling aficionado Andy Amrhein will provide advice at 2 p.m. Feb. 25. Throughout the three-day show, the Jewelry, Home Décor and Gem Sale will feature sterling silver gemstone jewelry, crystals, minerals and fossils.

The Block Northway is located at 8013 McKnight Road. Show hours are 2-7 p.m. Feb. 24; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 25; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 26. For show information, visit www.TheBlockHomeShow.com.

Women’s club plans formal tea

The Bradford Woods Women’s Club will host a formal tea 1 p.m. April 15 to raise money for various worthwhile causes including spina bifida, Meals on Wheels, Crisis Center North, Good Samaritan, Bradford Woods Fire Department and North Hills Community Outreach.

The tea will replace the club’s traditional plant sale.

The tea will be held at the Bradford Woods Community Church. Because of the size of the church’s community hall, space is limited. Tickets will go on sale March 1 at the Berry Vine Gift Shop at the Four Corners in Bradford Woods.

Tickets are $32.50 per person.

Dems plan fundraiser

The Pine Township Democratic Committee will host its fourth annual fundraiser and candidate meet-and-greet from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Full Pint Brewery Outpost, 16087 Perry Highway, Warrendale. There will be appetizers, a cash bar, live music, raffles, and more.

Tickets are available at actblue.com/donate/pinetix23 or a check can be mailed to the Pine Township Democratic Committee, P.O Box 147, Wexford, 15090. Guests may also pay at the door.