The Long View – Meditations on Gardening: Why We Garden
Heeding the call to garden in an environmentally sound manner is a worthy objective.
Culinary, Fragrant & Medicinal HERBS!
You're welcome to come anytime to visit, taste, smell, enjoy the Glencarlyn Library Herb Garden located behind the library building next to the patio.
Sunny Garden Renovations 2014
Written by Elaine Mills, Extension Master GardenerPhotos by Elaine Mills and Liz Pittleman With the support of their team of Master Gardener volunteers and interns, coordinators Kate Donohue and Joe …
New Monarch Waystation at Bluemont Park
The Bluemont Bird and Butterfly Garden began around 2004. The space, which had been just another parking lot island, was filled with various flowering perennials and shrubs and was used and maintained by park rangers. When the county changed its policies regarding ranger assignments, no rangers were permanently assigned to the park and it fell into disrepair.
There is More to a Garden than Flowers and Foliage – Wildlife in the Shade Garden
By Mary Free, Extension Master Gardener In early spring, the Quarry/Shade Garden is hardly shady. Before the trees have leafed out, sun streams through bare branches beckoning the ephemerals to emerge and …