Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
Join Extension Master Gardener Nina DeRosa, a leader in our Organic Vegetable Garden, for our discussion on succession planting to learn how you could have a steady stream of year-round harvests and so much more.
Has summer has got you and your garden down? Plants drooping, insect attack, aggressive weeds, and is that a fungus? Join Extension Master Gardener Beth Buffington for tips on what you can do right now and what you can plan to do to make sure your summer garden thrives in the future.
Kids are invited to join Extension Master Gardeners for an in-person activity to learn about honeybees in the Small Space Garden at the Fairlington Community Center during the Fairlington Farmers Market on Sunday, July 20.
Have you had a spectacular garden this year? Are your beans beautiful and your zinnias amazing? Come to the Arlington County Fair and enter the Competitive Exhibits for Fruits and Vegetables or Flowers! Entries will be judged by EMGs and there are prizes galore to give you bragging rights in your neighborhood. Categories are available for kids, teens and adults.
The Arlington County Fair is so much more than rides and food! Gardeners, cooks and bakers, bring in your entries for the County Fair Competitive Exhibits. Blue ribbons are in your future with prize winning vegetables and flowers, breads, baked goods and preserves. Drop by the Virginia Cooperative Extension booth for information and answers to your gardening questions.
Join the Extension Master Gardener volunteers at the Arlington Courthouse Farmers Market Plant Clinic as they demonstrate how to maximize the lighting for your container plants on a balcony or patio. Drop in for a few minutes or stay to chat! The clinic is open Saturdays from 7:30 – 11:30 a.m., April 26 – September 27, …
Kids! Did you know that the broccoli we eat is the FLOWER of the broccoli plant? Or that a carrot is the ROOT of a carrot plant? Join Extension Master Gardeners to read The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons, and be surprised by how many plant parts we eat each day! Children will also help illustrate a mural with their own ideas about what plant parts we eat. At least one parent or caretaker
must remain with each child.
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Join Extension Master Gardener Beth Buffington for a discussion of the ways to include figs in your home landscape as well as for recipes and suggestions of how to enjoy their abundant harvest.
Come tour the Extension Master Gardeners’ Organic Vegetable Garden and sample the many kinds of peppers we grow!
Get ideas and inspiration to help build a greener community in Arlington on Sunday, September 14, 2025 10:30-4:30 pm!
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Are you tired of the time and costs to mow, water, fertilize, and maintain your lawn? Are you tired of a yard that looks just like all the others? Join Extension Master Gardener Donald Bobby to learn about alternatives for reclaiming part or all of your lawn to create a more sustainable and interesting landscape.
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Come out and bring your family, friends, and neighbors to the third annual Family Fun Day at the Alexandria YMCA!
Simpson Garden Extension Master Gardeners will answer questions and provide garden-related fun activities for kids.