New Announcements
1. 2025 Extension Master Gardener College Save the Date: June 10-15 in Blacksburg! Registration will open April 29.
2. Plant sale list! Check our list of 2025 plant sales and find one to visit!
3. Webinar Series
· April 7, 2:00 pm | Horticultural Therapy & Therapeutic Horticulture: Definitions & Examples of Practice with Leah Diehl: Leah Diehl, Director of Therapeutic Horticulture at Wilmot Botanical Gardens and Lecturer in the Environmental Horticulture Department at the University of Florida will discuss horticultural therapy. Register for the April 7 webinar here
· All webinars are recorded and posted in the webinar archive
4. Louisa – Mineral Farmer’s Market 2025 Backyard Gardening for Kids: Hands-on gardening sessions for kids held at the Mineral Farmers Market on the following Saturdays from 8:00am – 12pm. No cost to attend. https://www.louisacvmg.org/events-calendar
· April 26 – Planting Veggie Seeds
· June 7 – Planting Flower Seeds
· July 5 – Chia or Grass Hair on Face pots
· Aug 2 – Planting Succulents
· Sept 14 – Bird seed Feeders
5. Louisa EMG – Backyard Gardening Seminar: Trees & Shrubs – Saturday, May 10, 2025, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon, Louisa County Library, 881 Davis Highway, Mineral, VA 23117 – Join the Louisa Master Gardeners for a comprehensive Backyard Gardening seminar on planning, planting, and pruning trees and shrubs! Learn valuable tips on selecting the right trees or shrubs for your landscape, proper planting techniques, and essential pruning methods to ensure healthy growth and beautiful blooms. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced gardener, this session will provide valuable insights to help your shrubs thrive. For additional information, please contact us at louisamg@gmail.com.
6. NICH Infographics – A great advocacy resource if you need to explain the value of plants in different settings!
Old April Events
7. Suffolk EMG Plant Sale at the Earth & Arts Festival – April 26, 2025 – Historic Downtown Suffolk – Suffolk’s EMG plant sale is again part of the Suffolk Earth & Arts Festival. Volunteers will have an assortment of native perennials & shrubs, ready-to-plant vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and a variety of other perennials, annuals, and trees to add to your garden at reasonable prices. A free native tree giveaway is planned, along with an Ask a Master Gardener booth and recycled garden tools sale. Proceeds support VCE MG programming in the City of Suffolk.
8. GPMGA 18th Annual Spring Garden Fest – April 26, 2025 – Reynolds Community College 1851 Dickinson Rd, Goochland, VA
· The 18th Annual Goochland Powhatan Master Gardener Associations Spring Garden Fest will be held 8am-3pm April 26, 2025 at Reynolds Community College, 1851 Dickinson Rd, Goochland, VA 23063. This is a free, family friendly event that is a celebration of all things related to gardening. For a small registration fee you can sign up for 3 of the 12 classes being offered on topics including invasive and native plants, year-round color in the landscape, attracting birds and pollinators, deterring pests and disease, gardening in the shade, and organic vegetable gardening. If you like to learn by doing you can take advantage of hands-on workshops on building a rain barrel, propagating plants, and solving problems with Orchids (bring yours). Online registration and a complete list of these educational opportunities is available at
https://www.gpmga.org/spring-garden-fest
9. Rapidan River Master Gardener Annual Plant & Yard Sale – April 26th, 2025, 9:00AM-4:00PM – Carver Center 9432 North James Madison Hwy Rapidan, Virginia 22733 – Join us for our annual plant sale, featuring a diverse selection of locally 🌿grown indoor and outdoor plants🍅 In addition to plants, browse our yard sale for gardening tools and decorative items. More info in flyer here.
Old May Announcements
10. York/Poquoson Spring Plant Sale – May 3rd, 8am-12pm, York Learning Garden 301 Goodwin Neck Road (adjacent to the York County Public Safety Building). More info in flyer here.
· Are you looking for new plants at great prices? If so, we have the sale for you! York/Poquoson Master Gardeners will hold their Annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 3rd from 8 a.m. to Noon at the York Learning Garden located at 301 Goodwin Neck Road (adjacent to the York County Public Safety Building). Annuals, perennials, native plants, shrubs, trees and Yorktown onions will be for sale. Come early as favorite plants run out fast! For more information, call the Extension Office at 757-890-4940.
11. Heart of Virginia education series:
· Ollas for watering 5/3/25 Noon – 1 pm Prince Edward Extension Office, 100 Dominion Dr., Farmville, VA: Join us for an exciting discussion about using Ollas in your garden
12. Heart of Virginia Plant Sale – 5/3/25 8 am till sold out – Prince Edward Extension Office, 100 Dominion Dr., Farmville, VA
· Rain or shine! Come shop our selection of plants. There will be a nice selection of native plants as well as house plants, trees, shrubs, bulbs, etc. We look forward to seeing you there!
13. Hill City Master Gardener Festival of Gardening Plant Sale – May 3, 2025- E.C. Glass High School Lawn – Lynchburg, VA
· The Hill City Master Gardeners are excited to invite the community to our annual Festival of Gardening, set to take place on Saturday, May 3, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This beloved event will be held on the scenic lawn of E.C. Glass High School, offering a perfect setting to celebrate the joys of gardening. The Festival of Gardening is a one-stop shop for plant enthusiasts of all levels. Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase a wide variety of plants, including annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, natives, shrubs, and more. Plants have been grown by Master Gardeners from seed, cuttings, or divisions. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a curious beginner, there will be something to inspire and excite everyone. Competitive pricing makes it possible for all gardeners to provide for their spring plantings. Admission is free, and parking is available on-site. Whether you’re looking to add new plants to your garden, learn more about sustainable gardening practices, or simply enjoy a morning outdoors, the Festival of Gardening is an event you won’t want to miss.
14. Western Tidewater Master Gardener’s Spring Plant Sale – May 3rd, 2025 – Blackwater Regional Library, 14362 New Town Haven Lane, Carrollton,VA – Western Tidewater Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale , May 3rd, 9:00 am – 1:00pm at the Blackwater Regional Library, 14362 New Town Haven Lane, Carrollton. Rain or Shine! Our Spring plant sale will offer a variety of plants from our local volunteers and gardeners: annuals, perennials, native plants, shrubs, house plants and trees for sale. This year we have an amazing collection of donated gardening books available for purchase. We will have plants at great prices and suitable for your area. Proceeds support our local WTMG learning gardening and master gardener learning programs. Bring your wagons and come early as favorite plants run out fast! CASH or CHECK only. More details on available plants list to be posted the end of April on the Western Tidewater Master Gardeners facebook page. https://bit.ly/.WTMGPlantSale
15. Patrick Co. Master Gardener’s Annual Plant Sale – May 10, 2025 8-12 noon – StuarRotary, main building 264 Woodland Dr. Stuart, VA 24171
Old Announcements
16. Allium leafminer – Participate in a citizen science project to monitor the spread of this new pest of alliums!
17. A message from VMGA: “I’m sorry to share the passing of longtime VCE Master Gardener and VMGA member, Tom Bolt. Tom was named to VMGA’s Honor Roll at our 2024 annual meeting. Tom was extremely active in his local Norfolk unit and its association, as well. My thoughts are with those of you who knew him best, as well as his family and friends.”
18. A message from VMGA: “It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of longtime VMGA member, Past President, and dedicated VCE Master Gardener Volunteer Bill McCaleb of the Southside/Halifax unit, on March 13th. In early 1997 Bill McCaleb took the Master Gardener Classes, shortly thereafter he became a volunteer Master Gardener Coordinator and since September 1998 he has been the Extension Master Gardener Coordinator for Halifax. For more than 25 years he has been an avid EMG and Extension Program Assistant, Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is also an EMG Tree Steward. All of this AFTER a 32 Year Career with the US Federal Government. Bill was an active member of VMGA and with the EMG State Office, assisting with the development of the program over the last decades.”