Good Gardening at the Pretlow
- Good Gardening 2025
Mary D. Pretlow
Anchor Branch Library
Join us for this informative series on gardening in Hampton Roads
Free Talks begin at 6:30 PM
- Feb 19 Preparing Your Spring Veggie Garden
- Mar 12 Everything You’ve Wanted to Know about Compost
- Apr 16 Love and Care of Camellias
- May21 The Cult of the Tulip: A History of Madness, Mayhem, and Murder
- June 18 Growing a Cutting Garden - Lori Knight
- July 16 Garden Safety - Cathy Peyton
- Aug 20 Saving Seeds from Your Garden - Kenyon Vandervelde
- Sept 17 Square Foot Gardening for Fall & Winter Vegetables - Paul Ziegler
- Oct 15 Weeds - Sally Clarkson
Norfolk Extension Master Gardeners
We offer presentations on various gardening subjects through our Speakers Bureau. To learn about currently available topics, or to make arrangements for a speaker, contact the Norfolk Extension Office at 757-683-2816 or norfolkvce.mg@gmail.com.
Our Speakers Bureau does not charge a fee. However, a donation from your organization will help Norfolk Extension Master Gardeners with our educational outreach programs to children and adults throughout the City of Norfolk.
Donations may be made payable to the Norfolk Master Gardener Association (NMGA) and mailed to:
Norfolk Extension Office
830 Southampton Avenue, Suite 2069
Norfolk, Virginia 23510-1001
The VCE Master Gardener Program
Mission: Sharing knowledge. Empowering Communities.
Vision: To be the VCE volunteer organization extending horticulture and environmental outreach across the Commonwealth.
Core Values:
- Respect - The environment, each other, and those we serve.
- Accountability - Wise stewardship of resources. To our organization, our community, and each other.
- Collaboration - Willing to work with a diverse group to reach a common goal. Actively seeking out partners.
- Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments. Its programs and employment are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression,
- national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, military status, or any other basis protected by law.
