Bedford Area Master Gardeners Association
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Many connections occur before Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights opens (Lewis Ginter). Networks of staff and volunteers merge their talents to plan the event, create hundreds of lighted forms, install miles of lights and prepare for opening night. Go behind the scenes to learn how the Garden quickly pivoted to implement an outdoor event filled […]
Fellow Gardeners: It’s time to sharpen up your garden tools, scan through your plant catalogs, get your seed starter kits set up and sign up for Grow The Good Life! This winter’s program will be virtual. The Bedford Extension Master Gardeners Association is offering four presentations over two weekends in February by Zoom. There will […]
Fellow Gardeners: It’s time to sharpen up your garden tools, scan through your plant catalogs, get your seed starter kits set up and sign up for Grow The Good Life! This winter’s program will be virtual. The Bedford Extension Master Gardeners Association is offering four presentations over two weekends in February by Zoom. There will […]
Brie Arthur, Author, Horticulturist, and Lifelong Home Gardener Saturday, February 27 – 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Mammal browse is one of the biggest challenges that gardeners face. And we all have critters that we are sharing our gardens with, including deer, rabbits, groundhogs, even cats and dogs! The reality is, our gardens are delicious- they are […]
FOR VIRGINIA EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS ONLY Please check with your Virginia Extension Agent for Zoom invitation & registration.
The Virginia Beach Master Gardeners are hosting this one-hour presentation on Urban Vegetable Gardening. The days may be cold and dreary, those seed catalogs are piling up and you long to have really fresh vegetables, but you think that you can’t grow fresh vegetables because you don’t have enough garden space. Urban Vegetable Gardening is […]
Gear up for a botanical journey through North America as we explore the illustrious history of overlooked plants. Justin Fornal will identify weeds we often see growing along modern highways that were once used in Native American ceremonial rituals. He will discuss the process used to create birch sap wine, mojo bags, resin based adhesives, medicinal salves, colonial era […]
Monday, Jun 14, 2021 • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Virtual Zoom Meeting REGISTRATION OPENING SOON! If you would like to get notified when this event is open for registration, please subscribe to our event email list. SUBSCRIBE TO EVENT EMAIL LIST For more information, contact the Small Farm Outreach Program at (804) 524-3292 or […]
Join Marc Abrams, Ph.D. Steimer Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State University as he presents Community Forestry Webinars: The Role of Climate Change on Forest Trees, Including Fall Coloration, in the Eastern U.S. Format: Live Online via Zoom The eastern US is unique in that climate change (warming) has been mainly […]
The final session, in the "Growing Your Own Food"series, will cover the preservation of the bounty from your garden. An overview of food preservation methods, from drying to pressure cooking, including the plusses and minuses of each. Becky will also cover the different equipment used for each method, and the trusted sources for the equipment. […]
Welcome to the first Mid-Atlantic Urban Agriculture Summit! This event launched five years ago and was formerly known as the Virginia Ag Summit. New in 2021, organizers at Virginia Cooperative Extension have extended it to the entire Mid-Atlantic region to facilitate the sharing of even more knowledge and experiences. We invite urban farmers, gardeners, policymakers, government […]