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Master Gardener Organizations In Virginia
- Bedford Area Master Gardeners Association
- Central Virginia Master Gardeners
- Eastern Shore Virginia Master Gardeners
- Fairfax County Master Gardeners
- Green Spring Master Gardeners
- Loudoun County Master Gardeners
- Master Gardeners of Central Rappahannock
- Newport News Master Gardeners
- Norfolk Master Gardener Association
- Northern Neck Master Gardeners
- Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardeners Association
- Piedmont Master Gardeners Association
- Prince William County Master Gardeners
- Virginia Beach Master Gardeners
- Virginia Master Gardener Association
Other Local Gardening Related Links (non MGNV)
- 4 Mile Run Farmers' & Artisans Market
- Arl/Alex VCE Blog
- Arlington County Farmers' Market
- Brookside Gardens
- Capital Naturalist by Alonso Abugattas
- Del Ray Farmers Market
- Del Ray Farms
- Green Spring Gardens
- Mid-Atlantic Gardener
- Old Town Farmers' Market
- U.S. Botanic Gardens Events & Programs
- U.S. National Arboretum Events & Programs
- Upper King Street Fresh Farmers' Market
- Urban Ag in Arlington
- Virginia Native Plant Society
- Virginia Tech Weed ID
Other Local Nature Friendly Organizations
Tag Archives: Monarda didyma
PERENNIAL: Monarda didyma, Scarlet Beebalm
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic This member of the Mint family, native to eastern North America, grows in dense clusters along creeks and banks, as well as in thickets and woods. Prized by humans as an aromatic herb, … Continue reading
There is More to a Garden than Flowers and Foliage – Wildlife in the Shade Garden
Written by Mary Free, Certified 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 effloresce. As the canopy thickens, light dapples flowers of … Continue reading
Posted in Demonstration Gardens, Public Education, Shade Garden
Tagged 'Jacob Kline', (Sphyotrichum cordifolium, Apis mellifera, Argia fumipennis violacea, ASK before you ACT, Chesapeake Bay watershed, crab spiders, Creating Inviting Habitats, ephemerals, female violet dancer damselfly, Fisher's eastern chipmunk, Leucauge venusta, Monarda didyma, National Pollinator Week, northern brownsnake, orchard orb weaver spider, Poanes zabulon, Quarry/Shade Garden, Storeria dekayi dekayi, Tamias striatus fisheri, Terrapene carolina carolina, tiny syrphid fly, Troglodytes aedon, Wildlife of Arlington: A Natural Heritage Resource Inventory Technical Report, Zabulon skipper
