Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
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In casual conversation, you might hear this term used to describe a person who is easily cheated or deceived, but in botany, it describes a shoot originating underground from the root or stem of a plant; what is it?
Join us at YMCA Alexandria for Healthy Kids Day! Enjoy fun activities, meet friends, and celebrate fitness for all ages.
#MGNV #MasterGardeners #plantsale Come celebrate Spring in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden!
This Saturday, April 18, 2026 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Rain or Shine)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
The genus name of this showy native honors naturalist John Tradescant. Its common name may derive from several characteristics: its crouching spider-like leaf arrangement or web-like flower filaments or sap secretions. Virginia Native Plant Society honored #VirginiaSpiderwort Wildflower of the Year in 2008.
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Max Ferlauto is the youngest person ever, at 18, to complete Extension Master Gardener training in the Arlington-Alexandria Virginia Cooperative Extension unit. Today, at age 30, Dr. Max Ferlauto – who earned a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Maryland in 2024 – is Maryland’s state entomologist, working to protect rare insects.
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What are the dense tufts or rows of hairs found on some species of irises, spiderworts, and turtleheads?
