Upcoming MGNV Events
-
Register Online for MGNV public education classes!
-
Blogs by our Master Gardeners
What’s Happening at Our Demonstration Gardens?
For Master Gardeners
VCE
Previous Post Archives
Tag Archives: Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Season of Change for Judy Funderburk
By Alyssa Ford Morel, Certified Master Gardener After 17 years as a co-coordinator in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Judy Funderburk is stepping back from that leadership role in favor of simply enjoying gardening in it. Serving as a leader … Continue reading
VIEW FROM THE GARDEN
It’s the time of year when Gardeners talk enthusiastically about “Spring Ephemerals,” using this term to describe native wildflowers, such as Virginia Bluebells, Trout Lily, Toothwort, Spring Beauty, Bloodroot, Trillium and Woodland Phlox. The word ‘ephemeral’ often means short-lived, but in the case of native plants, transitory is more accurate. Continue reading
Posted in Demonstration Gardens
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, brook trout, bulbs, buttercup-like flowers, Caucasus, Chionodoxa luciliae, Dwarf Netted Iris, ephemerals, Eranthis hyemalis, Erythronium americanum, Flowers, gardening, Glencarlyn Community Library Garden, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Glory-of-the-snow, Grape Hyacinth, Hyacinth, Iris, Iris reticulata, maroon trillium, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, MGNV Demonstration Gardens, mottled leaves, Musari botryoides, Narcissus, phlox, Puschkinia, Puschkinia scilloides, Scilla siberica, Shade/Quarry Garden, Siberian Squill, Snowdrops, spring, Spring Ephermerals, spring flower, spring minor bulbs, Striped Squill, Toadshade, trillium, Trillium grandiflorum, Trillium sessile, Trout Lily, tulip, tulips, Wake Robin, Winter aconite
Leave a comment
Culinary, Fragrant & Medicinal HERBS !
If herbs are in your garden or your future garden, you won’t want to miss AutumnFest, September 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Glencarlyn Library Community Garden. Continue reading
Posted in Demonstration Gardens, Event, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Herbs
Tagged Alexandria, annuals, Arlington County and Alexandria, AutumnFest, basil, dill, ferns, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, herb, herb garden, lavender, non-natives, nutmeg, perennials, pineapple sage, rosemary, shrubs, The Complete Book of Herbs, Trees, tropicals, Virginia Cooperative Extension Demonstration
Leave a comment
Sun, Sept 29th, Glencarlyn AutumnFest
Sunday, September 29th, 10am to 3pm. “Autumn Fest,” a fall plant sale and gardening program, will be held at the Glencarlyn Library Demonstration Garden on Sunday, September 29, from 10 am until 3 pm, rain or shine. Just in time … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Tagged Arlington, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Native plants, VCE
