NORTHEAST
Chesterfield
Chesterfield County Master
Gardeners continue to stay very busy and respond to our clients needs. We have
completed 195 clients in the Grass Roots program and 52 clients for the
Gardening for Chesterfield Residents. These numbers are down from last year and
we suspect the economy has been the main factor.
The demo garden out front of
the Extension Office has been a great education tool and fall crops will be
planted for further education. Home gardening has been the big topic for our
free seminars, as well as the other regular seminars on lawns, etc. Another
topic gaining much popularity is sharing your yard; living with wildlife.
Another new topic added to our free seminars is gardening for the older
citizens, such as, “Raking without Aching”. We continue to accept walk-in and
answer phones daily.
Please visit the new
website: http://offices.ext.vt.edu/chesterfield/
Lynn
Foote
Gloucester
Bonnie Bernard
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Hanover
Hanover MG's
will host a Homeowners Gardening Series Saturday August 29th - Turf and
Sustainable landcare are the topics. Twenty Homeowners are registered.
Over 115 pounds of produce has been harvested
and donated to Hanover Human Services for distribution from our new demo plot.
Don't forget to Volunteer
for the First VA State Fair held at The Meadow, Doswell VA- Sept 24- Oct 5th
contact Christy Brennan ctb47@comcast.net
Christy Brennan
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Henrico
On Saturday, September 19th
the second annual Henrico Harvest Fair will be held at the Armour House and
Gardens at Meadowview. Doors open
at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine. Most
activities are free and special activities are planned for the kids, Brent
Heath of Brent & Becky’s Bulbs will be a featured speaker. Registration forms
are available at www.co.henrico.va.us/extension.
This is presented by the Henrico County Master Gardener Association in
cooperation with Virginia Cooperative Extension and Henrico Recreation and
Parks.
Our Junior MG program has
been expanded and we now have classes in the summertime. We are also hard at
work on our Gardens Growing Families project.
Our MG association website
is www.Henricomga.org
Beverly Cochrane
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James City Co./Williamsburg
http://jccwmg.org/
Jim and Nelda Pressly
Newport News
Anita Smith
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Northern Neck
Ted Munns
www.nnmg.org
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York County
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NORTHERN
Albemarle/Charlottesville
Piedmont
www.PiedmontMasterGardeners.org
Joyce Grunewald
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Arlington/Alexandria
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Name: George Graine
Unit: Fairfax
Local Association: Fairfax County Master Gardeners Association
Program: The Home Turf Team (Keep it Simple; Keep it Green)
of Fairfax joined with Loudoun Turf Busters at a field day for our respective
turf nutrient management programs.
Dr. Mike Goatley, Jr. (Turfgrass Specialist, VaTech) discussed turf
grass selection and maintenance. Adria Bordas (Ext Agt, Fairfax) discussed
weeds as indicators of turf problems and Debbie Dillion (Ext Agt, Loudoun)
discussed the all important topic of soil testing and understanding the
results. After the presentations, we met at the Loudon MG demonstration garden
where we had an opportunity to discuss turf plot samples, learn how to
calibrate a spreader, and witnessed a core aerator demonstration. Unfortunately weather moved in and we
were unable to practice measuring and soil sampling; however, we were given a
homework assignment to figure out how to measure various homeowner lots that we
would probably come into contact with in the near future.
Other: A debriefing on Master Gardener College-2009 and
suggestions for the college in 2010 was attended by those who attended the
college. We also received e-mail
comments by those who were unable to attend the briefing. All of this information will be
forwarded to the Master
Gardener College Advisory
Team for their consideration. The
two-hour debriefing primarily concerned management and administrative aspects
of the college experience although we briefly touched on the academic program
too.
Unit Contacts:
Extension
Agent: Adria Bordas, abordas@vt.edu,
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 1050, Fairfax, VA 22034.
President: Janet Barbee, janet_barbee@msn.com,
3234 Fox Mill Road, Oakton, VA 22124.
Website/Master: www.fairfaxmastergardeners.org,
Amol Kaikini/amol.kaikini@gmail.com.
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Green Spring Unit
The hi tech committee has
completed updating the power point presentations, adding new ones and making
the list available to our MGs.
Display boards have also been updated this summer.
Our first brochure was just
printed, “Connecting the Community with Environmental Horticulture
Education.” It contains
information on what we do as MG as well as information on how to become a Green
Spring Master Gardener.
Joan Richards
Cyndi Bishop
Unit Rep
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/PARKS/gsgp/
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Loudoun
Ingrid Fovargue
VMGA Rep
Loudoun County
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SOUTHEAST
Norfolk
Don Snipes
drsnipes@cox.net
757-625-7143
www.nmgv.org
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Prince George
We’re getting ready for our
Fall Plant Sale/Clinic on Oct 17th. The fall does not bring in as
many clients. Has anyone else had the same experience?
Starting August 31 the Help
Desk will be on hiatus. It has been really slow this year.
The Greater Tomato Contest
will be ending on August 31. This contest has been very successful. We will be
announcing the winners soon!
www.pgmga.org
Cheryl Sebera
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Virginia Beach
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SOUTHWEST
The Blue Ridge (Carroll,
Grayson, city of Galax)
Name:
Charlie Whittle
Unit:
Master Gardeners of the Blue Ridge
Local Association: Master Gardeners of the Blue Ridge (Carroll, Grayson,
city of Galax),
Unit
rep: Charlie Whittle, cwhitjr@embarqmail.com, 78 Creekside
Drive, Dugspur, VA 24325.
Website/Manager: Site under development.
CENTRAL
Amherst, Campbell, and
Lynchburg (Hill City MGA)
Our School Programs in five
of Lynchburg’s City’s Schools have settled down to us just watering and weeding
through the summer. Our School
programs will pick back up in late September. The Master Gardeners are keeping busy this summer at several
community centers throughout the city.
We continue to staff the
phone in the office to assist our Extension Agent Don Davis with horticulture
questions. We also staff a booth
at the Community Center every Saturday morning as well as Wednesday mornings.
Deborah Straw
Website –
www.hcmga.com