August 23 & 30 - Warrenton
Family
Forestland Short-course: Focusing on Land Transfer to
Generation 'NEXT'
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Are you concerned about passing your family land to
your heirs?
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Do you know your options to pass on your family
woodlands or farm?
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Interested in saving lots of money?
Accepting applications
now for this 2-day hands-on workshop, Space is
limited- don't delay!
September
4 - Madison
Natural Hardwood Charcoal Making Demonstration
(Using Tree-of-Heaven!)
An open-house demonstration occurring at the Madison
Farmers Market next to the Madison Primary School.
Cooking with real charcoal and taste-testing samples
with local sausage!
September 4 - Winchester
Tomato & Garlic
TasteFest
Foodies, gardeners,
garlic-lovers, and tomato-lovers unite and head to
the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) for the
FREE Tomato & Garlic TasteFest! The day will include
cooking demonstrations and sampling; vendors selling
garlic and tomato-related foods, gifts, and
kitchen-gadgets; expert-led lectures; wine;
children’s games; and contests for the largest
tomato and bulb of garlic grown in the Shenandoah
Valley.
Click here for a flyer or contact:
901
Amherst Street, Winchester, Virginia
540-662-1473, ext.
235 •
www.ShenandoahMuseum.org
September 9 - Waynesboro
15th
Annual Urban Tree Health Care Workshop
September 10 - Washington D.C.
Urban Forestry Roundtable: Connecting and
Effecting Urban Forestry Efforts with Underserved
Audiences
September 10 - Science Museum of
Virginia - Richmond
Virginia Green Industry Council 5th
annual Virginia GoGreen Garden Festival
Rick Baker, VDACS – VGGGF Chairman –
301-275-2077
Rick.baker@vdacs.virginia.gov
Click
here for more details
September 11 - Hampton Roads AREC
˘entsible
Gardening
Click here
for more information
September 16-17 - Front Royal
Good Green, Bad
Green: Invasive
Plant Control for Habitat Restoration
Evening Seminar Feature:
Lew Ziska, Ph.D on
"Climate change, CO2 and Invasive Plants"
Registration is available on-line or by mail for
full (2-day) or partial (one-day or evening
seminar only)
September 18
Pearisburg, Giles County
Virginia Master Well Owner
Network (VAMWON) training workshops
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Williamsburg
Healing Thru Gardening
Hosted by James City County and Williamsburg Master Gardeners
This symposium is designed for community volunteers, professionals and allied professionals who work with persons with special needs. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Diane Relf. Topics include wheelchair gardening, developing horticulture skills for the workplace, appealing herbs for the senses and starting a therapeutic gardening program.
Registration Forms
and a flier available here.
September 22
Therapeutic Gardening Symposium
Registration is required for
the one-day symposium JCC/W MG Therapeutic Gardening
volunteers are organizing for September 22.
Click
here for more info or contact Barbara Gustafson (barbara-sg@cox.net)
or Linda Lucas (esllal@cox.net)
if you have questions.
September 23 through
October 3rd Virginia State Fair
Click here to learn how you can be a part of this as a
VMGA Volunteer.
http://www.statefair.com/
September 23 (Evening Public Meeting)
& 24 (Day Conference)- Arlington
Valuing Urban Forests: Science, Application & Action
Details forthcoming at:
http://www.frec.vt.edu/urbanforestvalue/
September 25 - Newport News
VCE
Newport News Master Gardeners present Go Green - $ave
Green “Simple, Sustainable Landscaping”
Click here
for more information
September 24 to 28
Announcing a VT FALL GARDEN TOUR
This is a special invitation for folks that live
in Tidewater, Richmond or northern Virginia.
We are sponsoring a garden tour of Washington,
DC, Philadelphia and New York City. The dates are
September 24 to 28 and the cost is $1150 (double
occupancy). There are pick up points in Hampton,
Richmond and Gainesville. We stay in Hilton Garden
Inns all along the way.
Some of the gardens we visit are: Longwood
Gardens, Chanticleer, National Arboretum, Dumbarton
Oaks, Brookside Gardens, New York Botanic Garden,
Wave Hill, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and more. The
cost of the trip includes dinner near Times Square
and a Broadway show.
Fall is a great time to visit gardens and we're
seeing some of the finest gardens in North America.
For more information,
check out our website:
http://www.mcduff.hort.vt.edu/NYCFall2010/Index.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact me.
Robert F. McDuffie,
2008 William E. Wine Award for Teaching
Excellence Landscape Architect and Associate
Professor
Department of Horticulture Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0327 email:
mcduff@vt.edu
540 231 7432 fax: 540 231 3083 webpage:
http://www.mcduff.hort.vt.edu
September
24, October 1, 8, 15
VCE Heart of Virginia Master Gardeners -- Fall
Gardening Series
September 24 - Destination: Helleborus, Barry Glick
- Sunshine
Farm and Gardens
Oct. 1 - Putting Your Garden To Bed for the Winter, Jim
Revell
- Bedford Area MG
Oct. 8 - The Things we do to Our Trees and Still Expect
Them to Live, Sherry Kern - VA Beach MG
Oct. 15 - Water Gardening Made Easy, Liz Dunn
- Heart of
VA MG
Oct. 15 - Rain Gardens, Deanna Fehrer
- Heart of VA MG
For more information visit our web page at
www.HOVMG.org
OCTOBER 1-2, 2010
American Community Garden Association’s
Growing Communities
Northern Virginia Regional Leadership Training
Seminar: A workshop for Community Gardens Managers,
Volunteer Coordinators, Community Organizers and
Organization Developers
Two day, hands-on workshop teaches ACGA's Growing
Communities: Community Building and Organizational
Development through Community Gardening curriculum.
Learn strategies to develop leaders and create
strong gardening communities. Learn the principles
and practices of community building programs using a
participatory approach to community building.
For more info
Click here
and here
for two flyers or contact:
Kirsten Conrad Buhls Agriculture Natural
Resources Extension Agent Virginia Cooperative
Extension 3308 S Stafford St. Arlington VA 22206 703
228 6423
kbuhls@vt.edu
October 9 - Galax
VMGA Board Meeting in scenic Galax. Come to
the meeting and enjoy fall in the mountains.
Directions are here, and
lodging choices are available
October 9
Grow Your Own
Farm-to-Table Program
Come to this informative
workshop, hear statewide panelists discuss their
programs, take a tour, eat a locavore lunch, and
leave with a seeding schedule to synch your growing
season up with the school year, multi-disciplinary
lesson plans, and lots of resources from the
Virginia Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom Program!
Registration Deadline: September 27. Click here to
download the registration form. See the Headwaters'
Farm-to-Table news for more information or to
register online through Paypal:
http://www.headwatersfdn.org/farm-to-table/index.php
For More Info Contact:
Trista Scheuerlein
Farm-to-Table Program Director A
Headwaters/Rappahannock County Public Schools
Partnership PO Box 114 Sperryville, VA 22740 Phone:
540.987.3322 Home office: 540.987.8312 Email:
farm2table@headwatersfdn.org Website:
http://www..headwatersfdn.org/farm-to-table/
October 15 (tentative) – Page &
Rappahannock Counties
34th
Annual Fall Forestry & Wildlife Bus Tour:
Through Forest Types, Across Geology and Over the
Northern Blue Ridge
VMGA
Education Committee Presentation!
'School Gardens' October 16, 2010
AN ‘IN-DEPTH’ EDUCATION SEMINAR
SCHOOL GARDENING PROGRAMS
Natural Bridge, in Rockbridge County
Explore FIVE successful, proven
programs
Learn Hands-on & curriculum
techniques Strategies for outdoor education To relate
gardening to VA SOL’s
Enjoy A weekend get-away for
Fantastic fall color
The Blue Ridge Pkwy.~ Natural Bridge
~ Historic Lexington
Registration forms and brochure are available.
Click Here.
Registration is limited to 95!
Questions?
Rockbridge County MG Contact:
Barbara Thomas - 540-460-7383,
bethomas@rockbridge.net
VMGA Contact -
Barbara Geer - 804-861-8055, keano@rcn.com
Saturday, October
30Charlottesville
Virginia Master Well Owner
Network (VAMWON) training workshops
SAVE THE DATE!!
2011 International Master Gardener College
Hosted by WVU Extension and
the WVMGA.
The conference will be in Charleston, WV the
week of October 10-14. Some information is now available
on the 2011 web site:
http://imgc.ext.wvu.edu/.
More will be added as we approach the conference date.
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