Healthy Kids Day 2026: THIS SATURDAY!
Join us at YMCA Alexandria for Healthy Kids Day! Enjoy fun activities, meet friends, and celebrate fitness for all ages.
Join us this Saturday at the Glencarlyn Library Garden Spring Celebration and Plant Sale!
#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)
PERENNIAL: Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort)
#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.
Youngest EMG now Ph.D. expert on ‘leaving the leaves’
#mgnv #leavetheleaves #entomology
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.
Word Quiz of the Week
#MasterGardener #MGNV #Glossary
What are the dense tufts or rows of hairs found on some species of irises, spiderworts, and turtleheads?
2026 January – March Public Education Classes – Now Online!
#mgnv #mastergardener #gardeningclasses
Public Ed classes offered from January through March 2026 are now online. Each video has been edited and captioned, and each page includes multiple resources.