Healthy Kids Day 2026: Fun at YMCA Alexandria
Join us at YMCA Alexandria on April 18 for Healthy Kids Day! Enjoy fun activities, meet friends, and celebrate fitness for all ages.
Word Quiz of the Week
Often, and erroneously, referred to as berries, what type of fruit do holly, fringetree, and partridge-berry have?
SHRUB: Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
The upright oval crown common in the young plants of this elegant shrub often becomes, with age, irregular with drooping lower branches. Creamy white flowers give way to pink berry-like fruits, edible when ripened to deep blue-black.
Restoring Nature Action 4: Choose Plants to Support Insects, Birds, and Other Wildlife
#mgnv #mastergardener #pollinators
Action 4 of our Restoring Nature series calls for choosing plants to provide pollen, nectar, and other food sources for insects, birds, and other wildlife.
March is the Time to Start Seeds Indoors
#mgnv #seedstarting #vegetablegardening
If you like to be able to choose exactly the vegetables you want to eat and grow in your garden, March is the time to start your seeds indoors.
Word Quiz of the Week
#MasterGardener #MGNV #Glossary
Is the first flower to bloom on a cyme at the top or the bottom of the main axis?