Fluvanna Master Gardeners

Working with the community to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management educational Programs. SG

Alert from VT re late blight in Virginia – tomato and potato growers

From: Behalf Of Rideout, Steven Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:03 PM To: VCE- Subject: Late Blight found on Tomato in Virginia

 

Unfortunately, late blight has been confirmed in Leesburg, VA by the Plant Disease Clinic in Blacksburg. Potato and tomato growers (especially in the northern part of the Commonwealth) should take precautionary actions and increase scouting. For more information on late blight please refer to the extension publication link about this potentially devastating disease. Please let us know if you have any more questions.

http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-6/ANR-6_pdf.pdf

 

 

Steve Rideout

Director

Associate Professor of Plant Pathology/Extension Specialist

Virginia Tech - Eastern Shore AREC

33446 Research Dr.

Painter, VA 23420

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR DISEASE UPDATES AND ALERTS: www.facebook.com/vtesarecpp

 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Gardening – JUNE 7 AT 1 PM – a FREE educational program OPEN to the Fluvanna Community…Help Desk opens at Noon.

Sponsored by Fluvanna Master Gardeners......

Gardening can be therapeutic for anyone and has been used as therapy for those with physical, emotional and social disabilities, for children, and for those who are elderly.

On Saturday June 7, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm the Fluvanna Master Gardeners will host a community education program on Therapeutic Gardening.  The Master Gardeners  will also be operating the Horticultural Help Desk from Noon to 1 pm.

This program is presented by Phyllis Turner, PhD, RN, VA Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Bedford County, VA. and author of the VCE Publication “Therapeutic Gardening” (HORT-66NP).  http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/HORT/HORT-66/HORT-66.html 

Learn how to:

•Adapt the garden – build raised beds, containers, wider paths

•Adapt the gardener – exercise to tone, use the right tools

•Adapt the plant materials – select plants that reduce the work of gardening

The program will be conducted at the Lake Monticello Clubhouse which is located at 41 Ashlawn Blvd, Lake Monticello – which is on Lake Monticello Road (route 618), Palmyra, VA 22963. From outside the Lake, go to the Main Gate on Lake Monticello Road, tell the security staff that you are attending the Therapeutic Gardening workshop in the Clubhouse. Go straight through the gate on Ashlawn Blvd until the end. The Clubhouse is on the left. The session will be in the Faulconer Room on the upper level.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact John Thompson, VCE Fluvanna at 434-591-1950 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations 7 days prior to the event. *TDD number is (800) 828-1120.

For more information, visit www.fluvannamg.org and complete the Contact Us form.

We look forward to seeing you there.

FMG PLANT SALE May 3, 2014 – Sellout!! Thanks, Everyone!

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Hi, All Gardening Friends - Thank you for making our May 3 Plant Sale a success.   The proceeds will enable us to continue our Plant a Row project at the Community Garden at Pleasant Grove, the Children's Garden at Carysbrook Elementary, providing community education programs and many other activities promoting environmentally sound horticulture practices.  We look forward to seeing you at our gardening Help Desk at the Pleasant Grove Farmers' Market on Tuesdays from 2 to 5 pm or contact us online at www.fluvannamg.org.

The FMG Plant Sale is Saturday May 3, 2014!!

Sale begins at 9 am and ends at noon.  There will be a selection of deer resistant plants (please note – no plant is deer proof); sun and shade plants;  annuals and perennials.  Edibles will include herbs, tomatoes and peppers.

Some of our plants are grown by our Fluvanna Master Gardeners.  However, we are a small group and cannot grow enough variety and quantities to meet the demand. We obtain the rest of our plants from an established local nursery in Fluvanna. The plants we sell are used to local growing conditions.

Fluvanna Master Gardeners will be on hand to  answer your gardening and plant questions.

Please come and support our fundraising effort.  Funds are used to promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through educational and other programs in the Fluvanna community.

Please see the Public Events column on right of our Home page for May 3 to find location and directions.  Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Living in the Garden: A Plant Lover’s Symposium May 17, 2014 Fredericksburg, VA

The Master Gardener Association of the Central Rappahannock Area

Presents 2nd Annual

Living in the Garden: A Plant Lover’s Symposium

Saturday, May 17, 2014

8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Lee Hall, University of Mary Washington

1301 College Avenue

Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Flyer is attached below.    For more information please contact:

Guy Mussey at VCE Stafford Office 540-658-8000 or Tina Will at [email protected]

www.mgacra.org

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Symposium on Old Trees April 6 and Hiking Forest Tour April 13, 2014

There is a wonderful opportunity in C'ville on 6 April to learn from the experts about old trees on three Virginia Presidential estates. See the attached flyer for details.

There is a further opportunity to follow up this symposium the next weekend with an actual hike/ tour of a part of one of these forests. More info on the forest is here: http://www.montpelier.org/mansion-and-grounds/james-madisons-landmark-forest

The hike/ tour is Sunday 13 April 2014:  Working Woods Walk at James Madison’s Montpelier, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.  Explore beyond the Mansion and the lawn to the woods of Montpelier.  Venture deep into the Montpelier Demonstration Forest on a two-hour hike.  Learn from experts about conservation and cultivation strategies that generate mutual benefits to man and nature, both in Madison’s time and today.  Consider society’s dependence on this important natural resource then and now.  The walk through President Madison’s beloved woodlands will be led by Virginia Master Naturalists through a state-of-the-art trail showcasing various forest & habitat tending methods.  $10/person, or $5 with admission to the Mansion tour; children under 6 years old are free.  The tour begins at 2:00 PM at the Visitor Center.  This program is a Virginia LEAF – Link to Education About Forests – program.  For more information, see: http://www.montpelier.org/visit .  In case of inclement weather, call (540) 672-2728, ext 141 or ext 252 for further information.

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