Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This native of much of North America was once a dominant grass of the tallgrass prairie. A good choice for erosion control on slopes, it combines well with robust wildflowers, like butterfly-weed and purple and orange coneflowers, and other native grasses.
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Welcome to Leslie Fillmore, our new Associate Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources, Arlington County/City of Alexandria. Leslie has been our Master Gardener Coordinator for the past eight years. We are delighted that she has been promoted to this new role.
#gardening #mgnv #book review
Nature’s Action Guide provides gardeners (and armchair gardeners) with 15 do-it-yourself actions that anyone can undertake to create or restore ecologically functioning wildlife habitat in a yard or other spaces.
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Vegetable gardening information, planning for next year, gardening journals, and holiday gift guides for gardeners in your life.
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No discussion about how we can help cope with climate change would be complete without addressing the critical importance of trees. Trees offer habitat, nesting sites, and a variety of food to wildlife and the life functions of trees provide many other beneficial ecosystem services.
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
While each of its flowers lasts only a day, Swamp Rose-mallow can be covered with up to 20 striking, saucer-shaped blooms at a time. This stately perennial is native to marshes, riverbanks, and moist meadows and woods scattered around the eastern United States.
