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AMHERST, CAMPBELL and
LYNCHBURG Karen Sacasky |
President/Coordinator Ken Smith recently traveled to Washington D.C.
to accept a national award from Keep America Beautiful on behalf of
Hill City Master Gardeners and Citizens for a Clean Lynchburg, Inc. As part of the education, an MTD Yard Man
Vac was demonstrated to the public and Master Gardeners talked about how to
turn yard waste into mulch or compost. This project won nationally as Best
Sponsor Support for KAB’s Great American Cleanup. During the fall, we have been involved in a new project redesigning
the entrance gardens at Amherst County High School. Technical students, administration and
faculty worked under the direction of Master Gardeners to remove all old,
overgrown plants and replace them with a more pleasing combination of plant
material. Our Extension
Agent invited a few Master Gardeners to participate in a meeting with Dr.
Pat Sobrero when she visited our Extension Office in the fall. We certainly enjoyed meeting our new VCE
Director. |
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CHESAPEAKE Pinky Derieux |
The Eighth
Heritage Arts Festival took place on November 6 and 7. CMGVs displayed a
farm theme consisting of a barn façade decorated with hay bales,
pumpkins, gourds, mums and pansies.
As a prelude to the Festival, Virginia
Dare Soil and Water Conservation District held Farm Days At the Heritage
site on November 5. 400 first-grade
students, teachers and parents toured
eight hands-on educational stations where they learned about the many facets
of agriculture and natural resource conservation. CMGVs provided a craft
station and an interactive skit called “Who Polluted the Chesapeake Bay New intern
training classes will
begin on January 25 with a class of 31 interns. Agent interviews were conducted
on December 3 and an offer has been extended. We anxiously look
forward to the services of a new agent. |
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FAIRFAX George Graine |
Outreach.
We are in process of developing a series of articles to help citizens
in Fairfax County with their gardening efforts. This ambitious idea is designed to offer homeowner/civic
associations horticultural articles for inclusion in their in-house
publications such as newsletters. Diagnostic
Laboratory (Jan-Oct 2004). The
laboratory facility is supervised by | |