Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
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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.
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Stipules are modified leaves whose size and form vary among species. Typically much smaller than and distinct from primary leaves, they may be overlooked by casual observers. However, rose stipules are easy to identify—a pair fuses along the base of the petiole, creating a distinctive wing-like appearance.
