Projects & Programs
Daffodil Festival
Chairperson - Rose Sullivan
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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.
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Demonstration Gardens
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Beaverdam Park Water-wise Teaching and Demonstration Garden
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Woodville Park Demonstration Gardens
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Woodville Park
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Gateway to Gloucester
Chairperson: Wendy Calder
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In 2006 Master Gardeners began planning for the provision of plantings at each toll booth on the northbound side of the Coleman Bridge to greet all who enter Gloucester County.
Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal Articles
Chairperson - Susan Camp
Provide gardening resources to the public via weekly Gazette-Journal column “Gardening Corner.”
GEMG Roster List
Chairperson - Rose Sullivan
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Gloucester Home and Garden Show
Chairperson: Kathy Gierlak
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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.
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Historic Garden Week
Chairperson: Bonnie Bernard
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Brent and Becky’s has become an EGMG 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.
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Honeybee Day
Chairperson: Pamela Darney
Horticulture Therapy - Walter Reed Convalescent Center
Chairperson: Terrie Evans
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Master Gardeners meet twice a month with residents of the Walter Reed Convalescent Center for horticulture related education and projects.
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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.
See also: Calendar of Events
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Machicomico Indigenous Peoples Celebration
Chairperson: Katie Monsma
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Young boy learning how to grind corn at Machicomico State Park on Indigenous Peoples Day.
Master Gardeners Presents... (New for 2024)
Chairperson: Bob Beyea
“Master Gardeners Presents...”, 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
Master Gardener Training Class
Chairperson: Steve Faherty
Newsletter
Chairperson: Janet Gomez
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Pictorial Directory
Chairperson: Rose Sullivan
Plant Extravaganza, 2022 and 2023
Plant Extravaganza
Chairpersons: Bob Beyea and Melanie Storrs
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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.
Publicity
Chairperson: Kay Williamson
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Ready, Set, Grow
Chairperson: Anne Markwith
A program geared towards 4th graders to familiarize them in what photosynthesis is and what role it plays in our environment. They are also shown and participate in analyzing the different parts of a plant (in this case, a daffodil flower) to illustrate how a plant converts energy to food and how it reproduces.
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Teaching Gardens
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Water-Wise Teaching Garden at Beaverdam Park (PDF)
Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners' Water-Wise Teaching and Demonstration Garden brochure (PDF)
Trello
Chairperson: Bob Beyea
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Trello - Master Gardener Help Desk
Do you have a question visit Trello. Your request will be forwarded to the network of Master Gardeners that service Gloucester County.
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Woodville Park Demonstration Gardens
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Website
Chairpersons: Debbie Rollins and Ruby Gardner
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