Speaker’s Bureau
Are you looking for a speaker for your club or organization?
As a part of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Piedmont Master Gardeners offer speakers on a wide range of gardening topics in keeping with our mission to educate, engage, and inspire our Charlottesville-Albemarle communities to value and follow environmentally responsible, science-based horticultural practices.
Our prepared library talks include:
Conservation Landscaping
Backyard Composting
Earthworms: Friend and Foe
Getting Started in the Vegetable Garden
Why Landscaping with Native Plants Matters
Basics of Food Preservation
Growing Roses
Shade Gardening
Spring Garden Cleanup
Seed Starting
Soil Food Web
Deer-o-Scaping
Sustainable Gardening and Landscape Practices in a Changing Climate
Planting for Pollinators in Your Garden
“The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side,” but must it be?
“Love Food, Hate Waste”
Pollinator Gardening with Three Pots
Creating a Bird Friendly Yard
Don’t Guess; Soil Test
Deicing Solutions
Water-wise Gardening
USDA Organic – What does it mean?
Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for a Beautiful Container Garden
Why and How to Reduce Chemical Use in your Yard and Garden
“Spotted Lanternfly Hitches a Ride: Virginia Welcomes Its Newest Invasive Pest”
Albemarle County Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP); Why is it important to protect biodiversity and what can we do to help?
How it Works
Our presentations are based on using environmentally sustainable, sound horticulture practices and principles and are informative and fun! Fill out a request form here or contact Caroline Polk at polkeditorial@gmail.com for any further questions.
After you have submitted a program request, our coordinator will give you a call to discuss your interests. With enough lead time we can create a tailored talk for your organization. Alternatively, we have the following talks prepared in a thirty to forty-minute PowerPoint format which can be presented by one of our Extension Master Gardeners.
We do not charge a fee for speakers, however, as a non-profit volunteer organization, we accept and appreciate donations. Your donation helps to support our various programs and activities in our community.