The Piedmont Master Gardeners Association
460 Stagecoach Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902-6441 434/872-4580 Fax: 434/872-4578
Since 1989, the Piedmont Master Gardeners Association has been bringing together VCE Master Gardeners in Central Virginia to share gardening wisdom, enjoy camaraderie, learn new skills, and contribute to local communities through dozens of volunteer activities.
Our members run the gamut from full-time farmers to 'weekend warriors' . . . from young parents to high-energy seniors. What we all have in common is a passion for 'playing in the dirt' and a desire to give something back to our neighborhoods, towns, and parks. Every member of PMG volunteers a minimum of twenty hours each year to create or maintain public landscaping, teach classes or workshops, or answer the public's questions on a wide variety of gardening topics. Our demonstration garden in Charlottesville---"The Rock"---is just one of many projects designed and driven by PMG volunteers.
Please explore our Reference Desk for gardening tips and hands-on help, our THREE Calendars of Events for happenings here and nearby, and our Volunteer Projects to see what PMG is doing in your community. Bookmark our website, too, and plan to drop by regularly to enjoy the latest gardening news, resources, and events in the area!...........We look forward to helping you have the best gardening year yet in 2009!
"The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies."
-Gertrude Jekyll-
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General
!! "Through the Garden Gate" tour series began April 11. Popular monthly tour series of gardens in the greater Charlottesville area. See the Close to Home calendar for details. A MUST-DO, MUST-SEE for anyone who loves to get a behind-the-fences-and-hedges peek at the private paradises created by some of the region's most talented gardeners! Tours on May 9, June 13, July 11, and September 12, 9 to noon.
!! Albemarle County Fair will be accepting entries on Monday, July 27, 4 to 7 p.m. at the fairgrounds. Check out
www.albemarlecountyfair.com for details.!! "Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservation Work of The Garden Club of Virginia, 1975-2007" New book by Margaret Page Bemiss showcases the organization's ongoing campaign to save some of the Old Dominion's finest gardens. Click here for an order form.
!! PMG's Help Desk Call us at our HQ: 434/872-4583, M-F 9-11:30 a.m. We LIVE to answer plant and bug questions! Challenge us!
!! New Master Gardener course started in January 2009. Mondays, 9 to noon, beginning January 5, ending May 18. Interested in signing up for the next course?? Click here for general details and here to see a typical application form. Classes are limited in size. Fresh details and application forms for the next series will be posted when available.
PMG Members
!! PMG volunteer hours due June 30! See the Timesheet FAQs for details about how to submit your hours to Margie.
!! PMG Annual Picnic will be held July 9, 2009. McIntire Park, Pavilion #3, 4-7 p.m. Admission: side dish, salad, fruit or vegetable to feed 8-10 people. Other goodies provided by PMG. Bring a folding chair. See June issue of The Cultivator for more details. RSVP to Meredith Mercer or Faye Warner.
!! Attention PMG members! Did you forget to submit your volunteer hours to M. Adamson by June 30, 2009??? For a refresher on how to submit your hours, click here.
!! PMG Officers for 2009: President: Jay Gillenwater; President-Elect Dorothy Tompkins; Secretary: Pat Huber; Treasurer: Ann Foster. See Volunteer Coordinators list in Members Only section for committee leadership.
Work at The Rock (PMG's Demo Garden) will continue on TUESDAYS, 10:00 a.m., weather permitting. To receive e-mail notices, send your e-mail address to dorothytompkins@mac.com.
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