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. *****************************************************************************************************************
3 July: Workdays at Cedell Brooks Jr Demonstration Garden on Thursdays
Volunteer Opportunity at King George Native Demonstration Garden Thursdays 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31. 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.
5 and 19 July: Plant Clinic : 10 a.m. to Noon at Main Branch of CRRLibrary on Main Floor. 1201 Caroline St. 22401. 15 July at 12 p.m. King George Green Talks: Powhatan Posies Pollinator Picnic ** Location Changed See Below!
Kid Centered Education on our pollinator friends.
Location: Cedell Brooks Jr Park, 11215 Henry Griffin Rd. King George, VA 22485.
Register: call 540-775-3062 or email VCE Agent Megan Williams at [email protected]
Looking Ahead: 19 & 20 August - 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.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Theater Room, 1201 Caroline St. Fredericksburg, VA 22401.