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Garden Basics: Square-Foot Gardening

Learn how to maximize your growing space in the vegetable garden by using the square-foot gardening method. Square-foot gardening makes it easy to organize your garden layout and stop guessing about spacing. You will also identify weeds more easily. You will take home a chart with suggested spacing for the most commonly grown vegetables, along… Read More »Garden Basics: Square-Foot Gardening

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How to Become an Extension Master Gardener (online)

Join us for an online information session on how to take part in the 2025 training class for Extension Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can deepen your expertise in gardening and share it with the community in fun and rewarding ways. To attend, please register here. 

How to Become an Extension Master Gardener (online)

Join us for an online information session on how to take part in the 2025 training class for Extension Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can deepen your expertise in gardening and share it with the community in fun and rewarding ways. To attend, please register here. 

Open House at the Demonstration Gardens at The Center at Belvedere

From 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Piedmont Master Gardeners will offer educational exhibits and tours of the rose and pollinator demonstration gardens at The Center at Belvedere in Charlottesville. As part of The Center’s programming during the International Council on Active Aging’s Active Aging Week, the free tours will show how a rose garden… Read More »Open House at the Demonstration Gardens at The Center at Belvedere

Open House at the Demonstration Gardens at The Center at Belvedere

From 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Piedmont Master Gardeners will offer educational exhibits and tours of the rose and pollinator demonstration gardens at The Center at Belvedere in Charlottesville. As part of The Center’s programming during the International Council on Active Aging’s Active Aging Week, the free tours will show how a rose garden… Read More »Open House at the Demonstration Gardens at The Center at Belvedere

Dig into the Health Benefits of Gardening

In addition to providing nutritious fruits and vegetables, beautiful landscapes, and fresh flowers, gardening offers a variety of health benefits. As a part of special programming in recognition of the International Council on Active Aging's Active Aging Week, retired nurses and PMG members Kathy Floyd and Beth White will explain how we can reap all… Read More »Dig into the Health Benefits of Gardening