Some lectures and events will be offered via YouTube or ZOOM technology. 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.  Guy Mussey is our VCE Agent for the four-county area and Fredericksburg.  Additional resources are available at: ext.vt.edu where subjects of interest can be searched.

Any Zoom meetings/presentations will require registration prior to start date.  See MGACRA website homepage or Facebook page to register
 
 
MGACRA Monthly Meetings: 
14 Sep - MGACRA Board Meeting, 1:30 p.m.  POC: Tina Will brianandtina.will@gmail.com

21 Sep - MGACRA General Meeting at 6:30 p.m., Rappahannock Regional Library,
               1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg VA 22401
               Guest Speaker/Subject:  Jessica Addis/Microgreens
               POC:  Margene Sims, mmsims@aol.com
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24 Sep - MGACRA Picnic, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at St. Clair Brooks Park (Area B) on Butler Rd.  MGACRA Awards and Plant Swap.  Bring your own supper and bring a dessert to share.  Water will be provided.

27 Sep – 4th Tuesday Program - CANCELLED

 
 
MGACRA Volunteer Opportunities:
Cedell Brooks Native Demonstration Garden:  Coordinator Alvin Calhoun welcomes volunteers to join him at the Cedell Brooks Park Native Garden in King George VA. Workdays are every Thursday, beginning at 8:00-11:00 a.m. to avoid the hottest part of the day.  Please feel free to come with your own tools (including a weed bucket)!  Please contact Alvin if you have any questions about the native garden at aac.a4@gmail.com.
 
Cossey Park:  Volunteers are needed each Thursday beginning on 15 Sep, 8:30-10:30 a.m.  We will weed and maintain the tree and shrub plantings at Cossey Park in Fredericksburg.  If you have them, bring pruners, loppers, a digging fork or shovel and thorn proof gloves.  Recommended long pants and sleeves.  Don't forget your drinking water!  The park is located at 1601 Kenmore Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.  Coordinator Tina Will can be reached at brianandtina.will@gmail.com

Native Garden at Widewater State Park:  Coordinator Beth Daily welcomes all volunteers to join her at Widewater State Park in Stafford VA.  Reach out to Beth with any questions about the garden and the 2022 schedule.  Beth can be reached at elizabethdaly@juno.com.
 
Belmont Nature Trail:  MG Jody Wilken is the Grounds Coordinator at Belmont, and she is looking for some volunteers to work on the Nature Trail and/or give educational walking tours to visitors.  The trail is located in King George VA.  Though you would be volunteering as an MG, Belmont has its own internal volunteer process which includes a background screening (paid for by Belmont).  Jody can be reached at (jwilken@umw.edu).
 
Chatham Historical Gardens:  Did you know that you can earn volunteer hours every Wednesday, year-round, from 8am-1pm by joining project Coordinator Carol Hyland in the beautiful Chatham Historical Gardens?  Interested?  You can sign up in Better Impact (click on the Opportunities tab, go to the Opportunities Calendar, and click on whatever Wednesday works for you!), or you can just turn up with your pruners.  Chatham Manor is located in Stafford County.  Please contact Carol if you have any questions at  cahyland@cox.net

4th Tuesday 2023  MGACRA is looking for volunteers to be speakers for the 2023 season of the 4th Tuesday education program.   We especially would like to emphasize local talent.  Although the meeting will be one hour, we may combine 2 talks for some sessions if each speaker only needs 20-25 minutes.  These will be ZOOM /virtual presentations.  4th Tuesday presentations run April through September at 7pm.  This an opportunity to share with each other our interests and experiences.  Any time you spend in researching and preparing your talk, plus giving the talk will count as volunteer hours.  If you would like to give a presentation to your fellow gardeners, please contact Margene Sims  (mmsims@aol.com) or Joan Pope (joanpopeva@gmail.com). Let us know your topic, and a target month or two.  Ask questions!”
 
 
 
MGACRA Continuing Education Opportunities:
 
Soil Sample Video:  The Extension Office has prepared a short video on how to take a good soil sample!  The video is now up on YouTube and will be posted on our website.  You can also click on the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J93LtWMTs0   Watching the video WILL COUNT towards your Continuing Education hours.
 
Do You Need Education Hours?  All 2021-2022 presentations and lectures are available for viewing via YouTube.  The links to all available presentations and lectures are located on the MGACRA website Home Page.

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(Page last updated: 9/9/2022 RF)