Fluvanna Master Gardeners

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

Walter Hussey awarded the Governor’s Adult Volunteer Award

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced recipients of the 2016 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Awards at a ceremony held at the Virginia Executive Mansion on Monday.
Adult Volunteer: Walter Hussey (Fluvanna County)
Walter’s passion and excitement for nature led him to plan, map out and implement the 70-acre Meadow Management Program space at Pleasant Grove Park in Fluvanna County. He was instrumental in developing partnerships with six state agencies and a long list of other organizations to get the project off the ground. Collaborating with state agencies enabled Walter to obtain grants for the project, as well as assist in implementing an Earth Day event centered around nature education. He took a public park, with little but abandoned hayfields to offer residents or visitors, and turned it into something special – a place for residents and visitors to enjoy and a haven for native wildlife.

Jefferson Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society May 1 – Annual Native Plant Sale

May 1 from 1pm to 3 pm - Jefferson Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society Annual Native Plant Sale at Ivy Creek Natural Area.    Shop the Annual Native Plant Sale on May 1 at 1:00 pm in the barn. Join the largest crowd of the year at Ivy Creek for the Annual Native Plant Sale sponsored by the Jefferson Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Chapter members will have potted over 1,500 native plants with an emphasis on spring favorites: Virginia bluebells, trillium, Mayapple, wild ginger, Dutchman’s breeches, wild geranium, and others. Summer and fall flowering pollinator attractors including milkweed, beebalm, coneflowers, liatris, asters, and goldenrods will also be featured. Uncommon native trees and shrubs will be offered too. A large portion of the profits are donated to Ivy Creek Foundation, while other educational and conservation activities are also supported. These very affordably priced plants have sold out quickly. In conjunction with the Annual Plant Sale, Ivy Creek will be holding a Yard Sale near the kiosk as well. So check out what the winter and spring cleanings have cleared out from the attic and the barn. The Yard Sale will take place in the Education Building if the weather is wet.
------ The Ivy Creek Natural Area is located six miles north of Charlottesville, VA, at 1780 Earlysville Road. It is one half mile from the intersection of Hydraulic and West Rio Roads. (Google map).

GPMGA 2016 “Success with Herbs”

Announcing the first workshop in the GPMGA 2016 "Success with Herbs" series.  This first session will include lots of practical information on growing herbs easily and successfully in Central VA.  There is no fee for the session, and we are asking that participants pre-register. Registration is limited to 30 participants due to space constraints.

You can register online using this google link:

http://goo.gl/forms/4y67vQAcf1

** If responses total more than 30, there will be a waiting list started and you will be notified**

The other classes in the series are as follows (all held at JSRCC Goochland campus 9-noon):

June 25, 2016      Harvesting, Preserving, and Using Herbs & Maintenance of the Summer Herb Garden

August 13, 2016   Propagating Herbs

October 15, 2016  Putting your Herb Garden to Bed for the Winter

**You will need to register for each session separately. Registration for each of the other classes in the series will be opened 4 weeksbefore the workshop date.**

 

April 23 Goochland-Powhatan Master Gardeners Spring Garden Fest registration is now open

The Goochland-Powhatan Master Gardeners are pleased to announce that registration for their twelfth annual Spring Garden Fest is now open. The event will take place Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Goochland campus of Reynolds Community College.

Information about the event including a detailed description of the classes can be found at http://www.gpmga.org/springgardenfest.htm

Last year we introduced On-line registration!

This is always a great program with many hands on workshops.