UNIT REPORTS JUNE 2005 Va Tech, Blacksburg
AMHERST, CAMPBELL and LYNCHBURG (Hill City MGA) Al Thompson	Our Festival of Gardening (FOG) was a tremendous success. We raised nearly $5,000 to support our Youth Horticulture Grant Fund, Master Gardener Training, and the Volunteer Programs of the Hill City Master Gardener Association. The Festival of Gardening consisted of a plant sale, a bake goods sale, a creative Garden Art sale, and offered to the public at no charge, free educational workshops and children’s activities. We would like to thank those patrons who supported this event, especially the Master Gardeners from other Units within our State. Our next major event will be Thomas Jefferson's Tomatoe Faire. A community celebration of horticulture, it is a joint effort of the Hill City Master Gardeners and the Lynchburg Federation of Garden Clubs. It is an opportunity for our community residents (including our children’s gardening programs) to display the results of their hard work in vegetable gardens, flower gardens and orchards. The produce and flowers are displayed, judged, and the winners are awarded ribbons. Tomatoe Faire is the first Saturday in August (August 6^th), come join us.
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