Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Promoting environmentally sound gardening practices for over 35 years!
Join Extension Master Gardener Interns Faatimah Muhammad and Krystyn Moon for a beginners’ class on the many aspects of vegetable gardening. In Part 1, you’ll learn how to select a site, improve your soil, plan your garden, and obtain seeds, plants, and equipment. This is a two-part course on learning how to grow a vegetable garden.
Join Extension Master Gardener Interns Faatimah Muhammad and Krystyn Moon for a beginners’ class on the many aspects of vegetable gardening. In Part 2, you’ll learn tips on how to care for your crops as they grow and how to harvest your fruits and vegetables.
Are too many deer endangering our local flora and fauna? If so, what can be done about it?
On February 22 at 7 p.m., join a free webinar with a top national expert on deer management, Dr. Bernd Blossey, a professor of natural resources and the environment at Cornell University.
Winter is an excellent time to prune many trees and shrubs. Extension Master Gardener and ISA certified arborist, Maraea Harris, will explain how to get started with pruning the shrubs in your landscape. The main focus is pruning to maintain healthy trees and shrubs.
Scale insects are among the most injurious and most common insect pests in our landscape. Join Kirsten Conrad, Extension Agent for Arlington County and City of Alexandria, to learn about these sap sucking insects, their particular host plants, their life cycles, and optimal timing and methods for controlling them. Find out how you can work with and encourage natural predators to keep your landscape plants healthy and free of these pests
Sponsored by Friends of Urban Agriculture, Arlington Public Libraries, Plot Against Hunger and VCE, this program provides information and support to those planning to grow food for local food banks.
Plant your seeds and seedlings so they’ll happily. grow for you, and learn when and how to start seedlings from experienced gardeners. Quincy Room, First Floor Free, no registration required …
Are you a gardener with some experience growing summer vegetables and looking to have some fun while upping your garden game? Join Extension Master Gardeners Dona Lee and Susan Wilhelm to learn about practical strategies for getting the most out of your gardening space while addressing environmental impacts such as summer heat, pests, and diseases
Whether you are looking to start a new school garden, enhance your current one, or just maintain what you did last year, join your local Extension Master Gardeners for this …
Join Extension Master Gardener Elaine Mills to discuss the unique lifecycle and distinctive physical characteristics of ferns as well as the many reasons to consider planting them in your garden.
The Plant Clinic at Arlington Central Library is staffed by VCE Master Gardeners, who answer general gardening questions as well as questions about pests and diseases and plant identification. They also provide free soil test kits on request. The clinic is located in the East Lobby of the Library.
Join us as we commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day with a month full of environmentally focused events, activities, and online initiatives that center on the Eco-City Vision in which Alexandria’s residents, businesses, and City government participate in a vibrant community that is always mindful of the needs and lifestyle of the generations to come. We all need to do our part and what better way than through fun, educational, and engaging opportunities.