May

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.

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1 May: Workdays at Cedell Brooks Jr Demonstration Garden on Thursdays

Volunteer Opportunity at King George Native Demonstration Garden Thursdays 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29.
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 weekly every 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.

3 May: Plant Clinic at Central Regional Rap Library Main Lobby. 1201 Caroline St. 22401

8 May at 1 p.m. King George Green Talks: Ready, Set, Grow

Learn about starting and succeeding in your garden from seeds to smiles.
Location: L.E. Smoot Library 9533 Kings Hwy, (Rte 3) King George, VA
Register: call 540-775-3062 or email VCE Agent Megan Williams at [email protected]

14 May: MGACRA Board meeting via Zoom.

21 May: MGACRA Monthly Meeting & Education Program:

13 and 27 May: MGs Offering Classes through Fredericksburg Parks and Rec

1p.m.
Topic: Afternoon Walks through Cossey Park Arboretum.
Address: 1601 Kenmore Avenue, Fredericksburg. Adjacent to the Community Garden and Fish Pond.
Instructors: Master Gardeners will highlight the trees/shrubs in bloom. Immediately following on site there will be a short talk on a pertinent horticultural topic.
May 13 Topic: The Adventures of Rosemary & Thyme
May 27 Topic: "But, it's so pretty!" Cultivars that change the flower form.
Free but registration needed: fxbgparks.com then Activities/Nature/MGACRA Programs: https://secure.rec1.com/VA/fredericksburg-va/catalog. You will have to create a login account.
Come dressed for the weather. No rain date planned at this time.

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.

May 2025