Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This showy trillium, with flower diameters up to four inches, is a familiar spring native wildflower in the Mid-Atlantic* woodlands of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Plateaus. The Virginia Native Plant Society named Great White Trillium Wildflower of the Year in 1996.
Five things you may not know about MGNV President Cindy Robertson
#mgnv #mastergardeners #bookreview
If you have been thinking about creating a new garden or rejuvenating an older one without spending a lot of money, The Money-Saving Gardener: Create Your Dream Garden at a Fraction of the Cost by Anya Lautenbach may be just the book you need.
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Most cultivated strawberries inherit their sweet flavor from parent plant Wild Strawberry, a lovely, cool-season ground cover, native to much of North America. Though its showy flowers reliably bloom each spring, the fruit, favored by humans and wildlife, develops based on environmental conditions.
#mgnv #mastergardener #Vegetable gardening information and events for April 2025.
#mgnv #mastergardners #soil Learn about adaptive strategies that gardeners can take to improve their soil.
Maintaining the health of our soil is the primary strategy for climate resilience. As the second largest ecosystem after the world’s oceans, soil not only provides physical support of our plants, but also is crucial in the cycling of water and nutrients. In addition, it provides habitat for a multitude of living things, including beneficial microbes that develop special relationships with plants.
