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. ***************************************************************************************************************** 5 June at 1 p.m. King George Green Talks: Native Plant Garden Tour
Learn about the huge variety of native plants, and see how it has grown in 7 yrs.
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].
5 June: Workdays at Cedell Brooks Jr Demonstration Garden on Thursdays
Volunteer Opportunity at King George Native Demonstration Garden Thursdays 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26. 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.
7 and 21 June Plant Clinic: Plant Clinic at CRRL Library. Main Lobby from 10 to Noon. 1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.
10 and 24 June Afternoon Walks at Cossey Park Arboretum
Time 1 p.m. 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 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.
Cossey Park Arboretum 1601 Kenmore Avenue. Fredericksburg. Adjacent to Dog Park and Community Garden
June 10 Topic: Is that really an herb?
June 24 Topic: Integrating Native Plants in Your Landscape.
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.
Non-profit groups (plant and pollinator related) that would like to set up a display can contact Laurie Clarkston.This can be a local garden club, a school group, a neighborhood, local Boy/Girl scouts, church groups. If your group would like to participate, contact Laurie: [email protected]. Tables and Chairs provided; you bring the info.
Also:Master Gardeners will be giving out small pots of native plants (native VA or Native to the US). One per family. Limited numbers available. Annual seedlings in small pots for kids who are interested in participating in the Pollinator Flower Show this coming August 19 & 20. One plant per child. Limited numbers available.
Looking Ahead: 19 & 20 August: Annual Flower Show
Annual Flower Show (see August Calendar page) Flower Show in Theater Room Fredericksburg Library 1201 Caroline St. 22401.
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. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE! *Bring the flowers you grew from your plant to the upcoming Pollinator Flower Show August 19 and 20, 2025. Check back for updates.