Except where noted, all events and meetings are open to the public. Some lectures and events will be offered via YouTube or ZOOM technology. Zoom meetings/presentations will require registration prior to start date. The Free Lance Star and MGACRA Facebook page will also be used to post/advertise all activities. All gardening, insect, plant disease, and horticultural related questions can be called into our VCE office: 540-658-8000. The office serves the four-county area and Fredericksburg. Additional resources are available at: ext.vt.edu where subjects of interest can be searched. ***************************************************************************************************************** 6 April: Cedell Brooks Jr. Demonstration Garden Clean Up Day:
Our Annual Spring Clean-up Day at the native garden at Cedell Brooks Park is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, 2024, from approximately 9:30 to noon. Weather permitting, our plan is to remove spent foliage, remove unwanted weeds and spread compost and mulch. Again, bring your gloves, weeding tools, buckets, and personal water.
Please contact Project Coordinators - Alvin Calhoun at [email protected] or Mary Ellen Green at [email protected], if you have any questions about maintenance of the native garden or the 2024 schedule.
13 April: Spring Symposium: (Registration needed by April 4)
Gardening Symposium “Sustainable Gardening: Growing a Greener Future.”Registration now open! Registration closes 4 April 2024
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. –
Gari Melcher Home & Studio, 224 Washington St, Fredericksburg
Click on the MGACRA Home Page for on-line registration and more information
16 April: MGs Offering Classes through Fredericksburg Parks and Rec
10 to 11 a.m.
Dorothy Hart Community Center, 408 Canal St.. Fredericksburg.
Proceeds from the tour are used for restoration and preservation of historic public gardens in Virginia, and to provide student fellowships in landscape architecture