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October 2018 Public Education Events
Summer may be over but there is still more to learn from the Master Gardeners!
Attend one of our classes and talks – Native Shrubs for the Home Garden; Putting Your Garden to Bed; and Growing Season Extension and Winter Sowing (the last Wednesday Library Talk).
Be sure to join us at one of these special events:
The 2018 Arlington/Alexandria Urban Agriculture Symposium on Oct. 4, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Registration is open NOW!
The MG Demonstration Sunny and Quarry Shade Gardens Open House on Oct. 14, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
The Wednesday evening Library Plant Clinics end Oct. 14 but the Master Gardener Horticultural Help Desk is open year round, Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 12:00 noon. Continue reading
SHRUB: Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This attractive native member of the Rose family is often found in bogs, swamps, and moist thickets and sometimes on drier balds and rock outcroppings throughout eastern North America. Continue reading
November 2017 Public Education Events
The following are free public education events offered by VCE for November 2017. Holiday and Winter Containers (Note that the class is offered twice) Wednesday, November 1, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Fairlington Community Center, 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, 22206 … Continue reading
Posted in Public Education Events
Tagged Containers, Extension Master Gardener Help Desk, Help Desk, holiday, shrubs, winter interest
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The Garden as Artifact)
The Garden as Artifact By Christa Watters Garden: n. Planted area of ground, a plot of ground where plants such as fruits, vegetables and flowers are grown. (Latin origin hortus garda implies a closed area. Ultimately from a prehistoric German … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, buds, climate change, December solstice, deciduous, evergreens, fruits, garden bone structure, garden structure, gardening, horticulture, invasive species, Master Gardeners, midwinter, seed catalogs, Seeds, shrubs, Simpson Gardens, snow, spring, spring equinox, Trees, vegetables, wildlife, Winter, winter gardens, winter interest
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The Bare Bones of the Garden)
The Bare Bones of the Garden By Christa Watters Here we are at midwinter, halfway between the December solstice and the spring equinox. It’s a hard time for gardeners, a time when the garden seems to sleep and it is mostly … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, buds, December solstice, deciduous, evergreens, garden bone structure, garden structure, gardening, horticulture, Master Gardeners, midwinter, sap, seed catalogs, Seeds, shrubs, snow, spring, spring equinox, Trees, winter gardens, winter interest
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
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