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On the Echinacea – What’s that Insect? Answers!
We wrap up pollinator week with one last challenge: can you identify the insects in the video? These hairy pollinators were buzzing around the Echinacea at Green Spring Gardens on Wednesday. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Pollinators, Public Education
Tagged insects, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, Native plants, pollinators
On the Echinacea – What’s that Insect?
This year, June 2oth is not only the summer solstice, but the beginning of Pollinator Week, created to advance public awareness of the significant environmental benefits provided by pollinators. This is the perfect opportunity to stroll through an MGNV demonstration or other public garden to enjoy the flowers and see how many different pollinators you can find. Stop and observe pollinators in action. Notice their characteristics and behavior. But most of all, appreciate their efforts and the many benefits that they provide. Continue reading
Posted in Demonstration Gardens, Pollinators, Public Education
Tagged Echinacea, insects, Native plants, pollinator week, pollinators
Zika and Mosquito Control
VCE/Master Gardeners and our local jurisdictions and are very serious about helping our community learn the best management practices for mosquito control in light of the current Zika health crisis. Attend one of these public education sessions and keep up on … Continue reading
Posted in Event, MG in the Garden, Public Education
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, insects, Master Gardeners, mosquito, mosquito control, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Zika
How to Celebrate National Pollinator Week – 15-21 June: Go Native!
National Pollinator Week – See how MGNV can help you “Go Native!” with pollinators. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Pollinators
Tagged animal pollinators, bee bountiful, bee showy, bee-friendly flowers, Best Bets to Attract Polllinators, birds, butterflies, climate, environment, Eupatorium, flowering plants, genetic diversity, Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort, insects, Joe-Pye Weed, Landscape, MGNV, National Pollinator Week, native habitat, native landscaping, Native plants, native pollinators, pesticides, pollinators, predation, Science magazine, Solidago rugosa, Sunny Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, U.S. Forest Service, VCE, Verbene hastata, Virginia, Virginia Cooperative Extension, wildlife, wildlife habitat
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Photographing the Tried and True Sheets: Part 2 – Capturing Flowers and Fruits
Written by Mary Free, Certified Master Gardener Part One of Photographing the Tried and True Sheets explored how best to capture the forms of plants and trees in photographs. You can read part one here! This week, a closer look at capturing … Continue reading
Posted in Community Gardens, Demonstration Gardens, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, MG in the Garden, Public Education
Tagged A. tuberosa, Alexandria, Arlington, Asclepias tuberosa, bumble bee, bumble bees, Echinacea, Echinacea purpurea, Euonymus, Euonymus americanus, Flower, fruits, Glencarlyn Community Library Garden, Glencarlyn Library, Heart's-a-Bustin', insect, insects, liatris, liatris spicata, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, MGNV, MGNV Sunny Garden, milkweed bug nymphs, milkweed bugs, milkweed nymphs, monarch butterflies, monarch butterfly, Monarch caterpillars, Native plants, non-natives, perennials, photographing plants, pollinators, skippers, Sunny Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tick Season Arrives in Arlington and Alexandria
VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ARLINGTON COUNTY OFFICE Fairlington Community Center, 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington VA 22206 Telephone 703-228-6400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2014 Contact: Kirsten Buhls, Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent, (kbuhls@vt.edu) Tick season arrived a little later this … Continue reading
