2025 September – October Public Education Classes – Now Online!
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Public Ed classes offered from September through October 2025 are now online. Each video has been edited and captioned, and each page includes multiple resources.
FERN: Sitobolium punctilobulum (Hay-scented Fern)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Fomerly Dennstaedtia punctilobula, this native of open woods and dry slopes can spread quickly in shady woodland gardens. Crush some leaflets and its common name becomes apparent from the emanating hay-like scent. It is found throughout most of the Mid-Atlantic.
A Complete Guide to Growing Herbs Indoors
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Growing herbs indoors is one of the most rewarding ways to bring freshness, fragrance, and flavor into your home year-round.
TREE: Diospyros virginiana (Common or American Persimmon)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This adaptable, native, pioneer species' common name, #Persimmon, comes from the indigenous Algonquin people who have prized the sweet orange fruit for food and medicinal purposes. This Ebony family member’s hard wood is used for golf club heads and furniture veneer.
Simpson Garden wins Alexandria Y’s Community Partner of the Year
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The Alexandria Y works with many organizations, companies, and donors every year, but it chose Simpson’s Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia as the Alexandria Y’s Community Partner of the Year.
“We couldn’t ask for better partners,” said Nick Dorazio, executive director of the Alexandria Y. “It’s a perfect partnership.”
PERENNIAL: Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This robust native, whose flowers resemble #turtleheads, is named for Chelone (rhymes with “baloney”), a nymph of Greek mythology who was punished for her insolence by being turned into a tortoise. The Virginia Native Plant Society named White Turtlehead 2024 Wildflower of the Year.