Most Americans fail to plan adequately for retirement. As a result, they often miss out on opportunities to enjoy the second half of life. Designed for people from age fifty to sixty-five, this course covers how to handle investments; set safe spending rates; navigate retirement benefits, health care, and Social Security; organize estate planning; and manage generational financial planning. By the end of the course, participants will have developed an effective action plan to achieve their life goals. 

Building a public botanical garden is not an easy feat. So far, McIntire Botanical Garden (MBG) has been driven by the community’s input, aspirations, insights, and desire to be a place of healing, unity, education and beauty. But the input phase of the garden design process is not complete and through outreach, we are hoping to gather more feedback to ensure the built garden will represent the hopes and dreams of the entire community. This course will outline what has already been achieved in the process toward building the garden and give insight into the road map ahead. The first session will be in the classroom and second session will be a social distanced tour of the garden site. The tour will let you see for yourself how the Garden is already working to showcase some of the unique flora of the Piedmont region, to enhance public knowledge of nature and land stewardship, and to increase access to a place for solace and comfort in the community. OLLI at UVA COVID-19 Liability Waiver

The local wine industry has become an important feature of Charlottesville's landscape. This course will provide an overview, designed to help casual wine drinkers and enthusiasts get a better appreciation of the industry and a background on how it all comes together. Topics will include: 1) history and background of the industry, current status and future challenges; 2) key decisions and steps involved in starting and operating a vineyard; 3) the science and art of making wine—methods, equipment, and decisions involved; 4) an on-site visit to DuCard Vineyards in Madison County, where we will walk through the vineyard and the winery to see it all first-hand, and also do a tasting. NOTE: Wine tasting at DuCard will involve a separate $15 fee; transportation is on your own. Masks and social distancing will be observed.  OLLI at UVA will email a COVID-19 waiver to be completed prior to the DuCard Vineyard tour.  OLLI at UVA COVID-19 Liability Waiver