Name: Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Start: 2025-09-15T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-15T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Northside Library

June 2025
“Through The Garden Gate” Returns with Free Pollinator Week Garden Tours

June 21, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Piedmont Master Gardeners’ Through the Garden Gate program returns this summer with intermittent “pop-up” garden tours emphasizing sustainability, based on the Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping developed by the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council. Gardens on the tours will serve as outdoor classrooms, educating the public on how best management practices help preserve our… Read More »“Through The Garden Gate” Returns with Free Pollinator Week Garden Tours
Garden Basics: Growing Tomatoes with Confidence

June 21, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Flavorful, vine-ripened tomatoes are often the main reason many of us plant a vegetable garden. This session will provide practical advice on the basics of tomato growing success, including: Choosing tomato varieties Planting guidelines Caring for tomato plants Dealing with tomato diseases and pests Harvesting and storing tomatoes. Space is limited. Registration opens April 11… Read More »Garden Basics: Growing Tomatoes with Confidence

Free
July 2025
Garden Basics: Resilient Gardening

July 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Trinity Episcopal Church 1118 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, United States

How do we adapt our gardens to handle a changing world and more extreme weather? Learn how to meet the challenges of unpredictability in your garden and weather extremes such as drought, excessive rain, and unseasonably high or low temperatures. Space is limited. Registration opens May 10 and closes at 5 p.m. July 18, 2025,… Read More »Garden Basics: Resilient Gardening

Free
Albemarle County Fair’s Agriculture and Home Arts Contests

July 30, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - August 2, 2025 @ 9:00 pm

Gardeners, fruit growers, brewers, bakers, beekeepers, wine makers, artists, photographers, and crafters are invited to enter the agriculture and home arts contests for this year’s Albemarle County Fair, July 31 to August 2 at James Monroe’s Highland. Visit https://albemarlecountyfair.com/ to find contest categories and instructions and to register for the contests online. The Piedmont Master… Read More »Albemarle County Fair’s Agriculture and Home Arts Contests
August 2025
Garden Talks at the Albemarle County Fair

August 2, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

James Monroe's Highland 2050 James Monroe Parkway, Charlottesville, VA, United States

On Saturday, August 2, Piedmont Master Gardeners will give short talks on “Late Summer in the Vegetable Garden” at the Albemarle County Fair, held at James Monroe's Highland. These 15- to 30-minute talks will take place in the Highland garden. 11 a.m. Weeds in the Home Vegetable Garden, by Tonya Moon 1 p.m. Pests in… Read More »Garden Talks at the Albemarle County Fair
Strategies for Environmentally Friendly Lawn Substitutes

August 5, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Maintaining a lawn can be labor intensive and environmentally challenging—but what are the alternatives? Piedmont Master Gardener Janette Martin will present options for reducing your lawn and making it more environmentally friendly, such as replacing some lawn with clover, ground covers, and wildlife-friendly native plant beds. She will also suggest solutions for problem spots like… Read More »Strategies for Environmentally Friendly Lawn Substitutes
September 2025
Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Virtual Event

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This online information session will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can… Read More »Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 4, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Virtual Event

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This online information session will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can… Read More »Join Us Online: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Rain Barrel Workshop at Starr Hill Downtown

September 4, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Starr Hill Downtown at the Dairy Mkt. 946 Grady Avenue (Suite 101), Charlottesville, Virginia

Every time it rains, stormwater carries nutrients from fertilizers, bacteria from pet waste, and chemicals from herbicides and pesticides from our homes to local waterways. Using a rain barrel at home is a way to reduce stormwater pollution and conserve water. A single rain barrel can collect hundreds, even thousands of gallons of rainwater annually.… Read More »Rain Barrel Workshop at Starr Hill Downtown
Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Gordon Avenue Library 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, VA

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This information session at Gordon Avenue Library will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn… Read More »Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 10, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Scottsville Library 330 Bird Street, Scottsville, VA

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This in-person information session at the Scottsville Library, 330 Bird Street, will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t miss… Read More »Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener
Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

September 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Northside Library 705 Rio Road West, Charlottesville, VA

Are you passionate about gardening? Would you enjoy sharing your passion with others? Then consider becoming an Extension Master Gardener. This in-person information session at the Northside Library, 705 Rio Road West, will tell you how to take part in the 2026 training class for Master Gardeners serving the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. Don’t… Read More »Join Us: Learn How You Can Become an Extension Master Gardener

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