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. ***************************************************************************************************************** April TBD King George Green Talks: Happy Gardener, Happy Garden.
Learn health and safety tips and tricks to keep you gardening all season long.
Location, Date and Time TBD.
Register: call 540-775-3062 or email VCE Agent Megan Williams at [email protected].
3 April: Workdays at Cedell Brooks Jr Demonstration Garden on Thursdays
Volunteer Opportunity at King George Native Demonstration Garden Thursdays 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24. Project Coordinators, Alvin Calhoun and Mary Ellen Green welcome all Master Gardeners/Interns and other interested parties to take part in weekly maintenance volunteer opportunities at the Native Demonstration Garden at Cedell Brooks Park (11215 Henry Griffin Rd, King George, VA 22485)Thursdays, starting at approximately 9:30 AM and ending sometime before noon. This maintenance schedule (weather permitting) will continue weeklyevery Thursday morning throughout the growing season and will end on November 20, 2025. You can earn as much or as little MG volunteer hours as you wish. Please track and enter your hours in Better Impact under MyImpact page app under Demonstration Gardens at Cedell Brooks Park at https://app.betterimpact.com/Volunteer/Hours. We ask volunteers to bring 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 2025 schedule. Information about a community clean-up day will be announced soon.
5 April: Spring Symposium: (Registration needed by March 28)
Gardening Symposium “Your Beautiful and Resilient Garden.”
Speakers: Bryce Lane and Cole Burrell
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. –
Gari Melcher Home & Studio, 224 Washington St, Fredericksburg
Registration is open now. Click on the MGACRA Home Page for more information
8 and 22 April: MGs Offering Classes through Fredericksburg Parks and Rec https://www.fredericksburgva.gov/1994/Parks-Recreation-Events. This year we are planning Afternoon Walks through Cossey Park Arboretum. Open to All Ages Master Gardeners will lead tours to showcase the flowering shrubs and trees this spring at Cossey Park Arboretum. Immediately following the walks there will be short talks in the park on different horticultural topics pertinent to spring gardening. Dress for the weather/being outdoors and wear comfortable shoes. Location: Cossey Park Arboretum, 1601 Kenmore Avenue, Fredericksburg, 22401. Adjacent to Fredericksburg Dog Park and Community Garden. Deadline to register: Wednesday before each session Instructor: Master Gardeners
Time 1 to 2 p.m.
Place: Cossey Park Arboretum 1601 Kenmore Avenue. Fredericksburg. Adjacent to Dog Park and Community Garden
Topic following Walking Tour: What Native Plants Should I look for this year?
Proceeds from the tour are used for restoration and preservation of historic public gardens in Virginia, and to provide student fellowships in landscape architecture
Looking Ahead: 21 June: Pollinator Week and Flower Show Intro:
Time: 10 to 2 p.m.
Central Regional Rappahannock library, Theater Room, 1201 Caroline St. 22401.
This event is to showcase the groups in the area (Planning District 16) and the Regional Library's readership that work to create habitats to attract pollinators. You can get ideas, find out about a group you might be interested in and come learn about how you can help in your very own yard.
19 & 20 Aug 2025 - Annual Flower Show This is Free and open to the Public. Come celebrate native pollinators with activities like making a firefly that will glow in the dark! Learn about different pollinators and how they pollinate flowers. Transplant a flower* that you can take home to your own garden. *Bring the flowers you grew from your plant to the upcoming Pollinator Flower Show August 19 and 20, 2025. Check back for updates.