» City Schoolyard Garden will present its 2017 Golden Trowel Awards at its Root! Celebration at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Burnley-Moran Elementary School. (434) 260-3274.

» Exploring Farming in the 21st Century offers tours of four local farms with the visionaries behind them from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Albemarle CiderWorks, Highland Orchard Farm, Loving Cup Vineyard and Winery and Bonduran Farm are included in the tour. Proceeds benefit Georgia’s House, a…