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Projects & Programs

Daffodil Festival

Chairperson: Rose Sullivan

As part of their outreach and education programs, Gloucester Master Gardeners lead guided walking tours of the gardens located at The Bulb Shoppe and at the home of Brent and Becky Heath during Daffodil Festival weekend. The tours offer a glimpse into the history of Brent and Becky’s as well as an opportunity to learn about what grows well in our area; which daffodils, bulbs, shrubs and trees are in bloom at that time of year; and a behind-the-scenes look at their facilities and catalog business. Proceeds support Gloucester Extension Master Gardener Scholarships and community educational programs.

Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal Articles

Chairperson: Susan Camp

Provide gardening resources to the public via weekly Gazette-Journal column “Gardening Corner.”

Gloucester Home and Garden Show

Chairperson: Laurie Hoffman

The Gloucester Master Gardeners have been participating at the Gloucester Home and Garden Show since 2022. At the show, we offer gardening advice in scientifically based horticultural practices and serve as a resource to the public to answer their gardening questions.

Historic Garden Week

Chairperson: Bonnie Bernard

Brent and Becky's has become an GEMG Standing Committee where Master Gardeners now man a booth at Brent and Becky's to provide tours of the gardens as requested and answer horticultural and tour information for visitors that come from all over the country to Virginia.

Honeybee Day

Chairperson: Pamela Darney

Horticulture Therapy - Walter Reed Convalescent Center

Chairperson: Terrie Evans

Master Gardeners meet twice a month with residents of the Walter Reed Convalescent Center for horticulture related education and projects.

Learning/Demonstration

Gardens

Beaverdan Park Learning Garden

Chairperson: Laurie Hoffman

Woodville Park Learning Gardens

Chairperson: Tammy Petrowicz

Library Speaker Series

Chairperson: Henry "Hurricane" Thompson

In jointly sponsored events, the library and the Master Gardeners have planned monthly horticulture lectures at the Main Street Library. There will be no Library Speaker Series in 2026, however, it will resume in 2027.

Machicomoco Indigenous Peoples Celebration

Chairperson: Katie Monsma

Master Gardeners Present (New for 2024)

Chairperson: Bob Beyea

Master Gardeners Present, formerly known as “Second Saturdays” in 2023, are lectures organized by Bob Beyea to encourage the public to join Gloucester Master Gardeners on the third Saturday of each month in the Chesapeake Room at Brent and Becky’s Bulb Shoppe to learn more about how to make your garden the best, and easiest, it can be! There is no charge or registration for this informative session packed with great information. See the home page for a dates and a list of topics.

Master Gardener Training Class

Chairperson: Steve Faherty

Plant Extravaganza

Chairpersons: Wendy Calder

Held in September each year at Moose Lodge 886 Family Center, Route 17 in Gloucester County, Virginia. Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners have worked tirelessly throughout the year nurturing and pampering plants so that we can offer a variety of native plants, perennials, trees, shrubs, herbs, house plants and many gently used garden tools and more at great prices. Proceeds benefit the Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners Scholarship Fund.

Plant Extravaganza Save the Dates Handout

Ready, Set, Grow

Chairperson: Anne Markwith

Ready, Set, Grow is a hands-on science program designed for upper elementary students. Students take on the role of young botanists as they explore the parts of a flowering plant through a guided daffodil dissection. Through observation, labeling, and discussion, students deepen their understanding of the parts of a plant and learn how photosynthesis allows plants to make their own food.