The Piedmont Master Gardeners Association
460 Stagecoach Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902-6441 434/872-4580 Fax: 434/872-4578
In 2007, PMG’s 137 members together volunteered 10,756 hours to community and organization projects. Calculated at the hourly equivalent for volunteer work, the total labor contributed by PMG members last year added up to more than $250,000.00.
The true value of our volunteer efforts, of course, has more to do with community pride and commitment than with dollar signs. We love channeling our passion for gardening into opportunities to give back to the communities we call home. Some of our favorite activities focus on sharing our gardening knowledge with friends and neighbors. Last year alone our volunteers logged almost 1,500 hours at our Horticulture Help Desk, City Market (Charlottesville), and Crozet farmers' market, offering advice and researching garden-related questions. We also logged more than 1,500 hours hours of volunteer work for the Jefferson Area Board for Aging and Intergenerational Gardening. Members made time to contribute 646 hours of mentoring to our newest classes of Master Gardeners. To boot, we continued preparing and planting our first-ever demonstration garden, at the old Ix Building site near Charlottesville's downtown mall.
Come back and visit this section often for regular updates on our volunteer activities. We hope you'll be inspired to join us or find volunteer opportunities of your own!
"The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the whole world."
-Charles Dudley Warner-
Official Project List
In the community:
Albemarle County Fair
Charlottesville/Albemarle
Master Gardener Training
City Market (Charlottesville)
Crozet Market
Habitat for Humanity
Historic Garden Week
Horticulture Help Desk
Ivy Creek Natural Area
Jefferson Area Board of Aging
PMG Demo Garden
PMG Speakers Bureau
PMG Spring Plant Sale
Rose Garden (Senior Center)
Scottsville Historic District Landscapes
Scottsville Levee
Wildflower Path
Senior Center Speakers Bureau
Spring Lecture Series
University Montessori School
Inside PMG:
PMG Website
The Cultivator Newsletter
Written Communications
PMG Volunteer Timesheet
Directions to "The Rock"(PMG's Demonstration Garden)
Application for approval of a new volunteer project ___________
** PMG Demo Garden: Weekly work group sessions at "The Rock." Winter workdays vary according to what needs to be accomplished. See PMG Calendar for dates and details. Need directions? Click on "Directions" button above. Contact: D. Tompkins. Consult your 2008 PMG directory or the Volunteer Coordinators list in the Members Only section for contact info.
**Horticulture Help Desk needs volunteers for the 2008 season. Contact D. Miller to find out the wheres, whens and how you can help.
