Portsmouth Oyster Gardening Roundup

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When

Thursday, August 1, 2024 6:30PM - 8:00PM EDT

Where

Portsmouth City Park

Phone: (757) 393-8481
7 Cpl. J M Williams Avenue
Portsmouth, Virginia
23701
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CBF Virginia Oyster Restoration

Event Details

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. This event is for current Virginia Oyster Gardeners only.
Registration closes July 30, 2024.

It's time for Virginia oyster gardening roundup events! Thanks to your hard work over the last year, your mature oysters are ready to be transplanted to a sanctuary reef where they will continue to grow, spawn, and help jump-start local oyster populations.

Please feel free to come by anytime during the hour-and-a-half event time to drop off your mature oysters and pick up new batches of spat-on-shell for the year.

For ease of event management CBF prefers that oyster batches are pre-paid online through this registration process. For check/cash payments, you must have exact change at the event. Credit card payments will not be taken at the event.

To ensure that we have all the supplies ready for you please register as follows:

There will two spat-on-shell ticket options this year; one for those growing at private docks and another for those growing at public locations.

  • Choose Private Gardener ticket if you will be growing oysters from a privately owned dock. This includes your primary or secondary residence or if you are growing at the property of a friend or family member.
  • Choose Public Gardener ticket if you are growing at a public location that was assigned to you, such as a park, marina, business, etc.
  • Please choose the total number of new batches of spat-on-shell that you want (includes oysters ONLY, no cages).
  • Select the total number of new cages that you need (includes new cages ONLY). There is no cost for additional cages, but you must reserve them during online registration.
  • If you are returning your mature oysters and not continuing as an oyster gardener, please register for Drop Off Only.

During registration, you will be required to enter the latitude and longitude of your oyster gardening location. Follow these simple instructions to find that information on Google Maps.

On your computer

  1. Open Google Maps (maps.google.com).
  2. Enter the address of your oyster gardening location in the search field.
  3. Right-click on the location. This will open a pop-up window. You will find your latitude and longitude in decimal format at the top. For example, 39.04660, -76.47935. The first number is your latitude. The second number is your longitude.
  4. During registration, there will be one field for latitude and one field for longitude.

On the Google Maps mobile app

  1. Enter the address of your oyster gardening location in the search field.
  2. When the location comes up, press your finger on the location. The latitude and longitude will come up in the search field, but abbreviated.
  3. Press your finger on the search field and it will show the complete data.

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Event Registration

Registration Type Fee
Private Gardener Spat-on-Shell Batch (Pay Now)
[Includes oysters only] Choose this ticket if you will be growing oysters from a privately owned dock. This includes your primary or secondary residence or if you are growing at the property of a friend or family member.
$35.00
Private Gardener Spat-on-Shell Batch (Pay at Event)
[Includes oysters only] Pay at event with exact cash or check. Choose this ticket if you will be growing oysters from a privately owned dock.
Free
Public Gardener Spat-on-Shell Batch (Pay Now)
[Includes oysters only] Choose this ticket if you are growing at a public location that was assigned to you, such as a park, marina, business, etc.
$35.00
Public Gardener Spat-on-Shell Batch (Pay at Event)
[Includes oysters only] Pay at event with exact cash or check. Choose this ticket if you are growing at a public location that was assigned to you, such as a park, marina, business, etc.
Free
Replacement Cages
Includes replacement wire cage only. Please add however many you need.
Free
Drop Off Only
Only register for this option if you are not continuing as an oyster gardener.
Free