Garden Musings: Invitation
Enjoy another entry in our series of short form thoughts on gardening and gardeners.
PERENNIAL: Geranium maculatum (Wild or Spotted Geranium)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This native wildflower grows in deciduous woods and dappled meadows throughout eastern North America. Its alternative common name, Cranesbill, refers to its distinctive seed capsule, which resembles a crane’s bill. The Virginia Native Plant Society honored it as Wildflower of the Year in 2020.
Saturday, May 20!
Green Spring Gardens Big Plant Sale
Meet and support MGNV Extension Master Gardeners as we join many other vendors at the Green Spring Gardens Big Plant Sale. We have beautiful and unusual plants, including many Virginia natives, to fill your spring gardening needs. Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand to help with plant selection, answer your questions and offer gardening advice. This is an important fundraiser for MGNV!
Garden Profile: Organic Vegetable Garden
The Organic Vegetable Garden (OVG), a demonstration garden supported by MGNV and maintained by Extension Master Gardeners (EMGs), will be a part of Potomac Overlook Regional Park's Florafest on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening:
May 2023
Vegetable gardening information and events for May.
The Last Word
We’ve made bark our featured word for the month and added some other tree-related words (cambium, cuticle, epidermis, parenchyma, periderm, phelloderm, phloem, heartwood, sapwood, xylem) to our MGNV Glossary because April was all about trees. To learn more, click on the links to go directly to the individual Illustrated Glossary pages.