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Basic Gardening Course to be offered The Northern Neck Master Gardeners (NNMG) will be conducting a free Basic Gardening Course on three Saturdays in September at the Lancaster Community Library, 16 Town Centre Drive, Kilmarnock, VA 22482. Each session will require separate registration.  “Our NNMG volunteers have been fielding more questions than ever at our booths at local farmers’ markets and local Virginia Cooperative Extension offices”, said Susan Lindsey, project head of the new Basis Gardening Course. “Conditions over the last few years have made more people aware that gardens can ..read more

Biologist, pollinator conservationist, and award-winning author Heather Holm will be one of the featured speakers at the Northern Neck Master Gardeners’ (NNMG) 29th Gardening in the Northern Neck seminar. The seminar is scheduled for Saturday, March 25, at the White Stone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive in White Stone. The theme of the seminar is “In Your Own Backyard.” “Heather passionately informs and educates audiences nationwide about the fascinating world of native pollinators and beneficial insects and the native plant communities that support them,” said NNMG president Lynn Osbo ..read more

Northern Neck Master Gardener Pam Brown works with one of the Boys & Girls Club students at the “pizza garden.” The Northern Neck Master Gardeners (NNMG) have undertaken a vegetable growing program at the new Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Neck (BGC) facility in Burgess. The program, “Growing Healthy Lifestyles,” is funded through a grant for community and school gardens from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program at Virginia Tech. The NNMG Youth Education Committee co-chairs, Carmela Crawford and Bethany Bosold, have worked with Imani Robinson, Northumberland Bo ..read more

Extension Master Gardeners Sue Kosinski and Karen Williams research a gardening question. Northern Neck gardeners can get free, reliable answers to their yard, landscaping, and gardening questions by contacting one of the Northern Neck Master Gardeners’ (NNMG) Help Desks. Trained volunteers staff the Help Desks at Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) offices three days each week. They take phone calls, respond to emails, and inspect samples brought in by local gardeners and homeowners.   “Our skilled and knowledgeable Extension Master Gardeners are available to answer questions and provid ..read more

The Northern Neck Master Gardeners maintain several different Demonstration Gardens located throughout the Northern Neck. These gardens illustrate ideas, plant varieties, and gardening techniques for various applications.    One of these gardens is the Farm Museum Garden located at the Northern Neck Farm Museum located at 12705 Northumberland Highway, east of Heathsville. The Farm Museum Garden produces a variety of vegetables and fruits. During the growing season, the vegetables and fruits are delivered weekly to the Healthy Harvest Food Bank in Warsaw.    “So far this ye ..read more

Bryce Lane will be a featured speaker at the 28th Gardening in the Northern Neck (GNN) Seminar hosted by the Northern Neck Master Gardeners (NNMG). The seminar will be held at the White Stone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive, White Stone. The theme will be “Landscape, Viewscape, Escape!” “Lane’s topic will be ‘Landscapes That Save the World: The Importance of Biodiversity in the Garden’,” announced GNN Chairperson and NNMG vice president Lynne Osborne. “Bryce will explain how gardeners can use the principles of biodiversity to help solve the gardening challenges of today – climate chang ..read more

C. Colston (Cole) Burrell will be a featured speaker at the 28th Gardening in the Northern Neck Seminar hosted by the Northern Neck Master Gardeners (NNMG).The seminar will be held at the White Stone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive, White Stone. The theme will be “Landscape, Viewscape, Escape!” Cole Burrell, a native Virginian, has been a self-described chlorophyll addict and birding enthusiast since childhood. He is a garden designer, lecturer, photographer, and naturalist. He has spent a lifetime studying native plants in the wild and in gardens. He uses this knowledge to blend natur ..read more

Joseph Tychonievich will be one of the featured speakers at this year’s Gardening in the Northern Neck seminar hosted by the Northern Neck Master Gardeners. The seminar is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, at the White Stone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive in White Stone. This will be the 28th Gardening in the Northern Neck Seminar, and the theme of the seminar is “Landscape, Viewscape, Escafpe!” Joseph’s topic will be “Rock Gardening: Reimaging a Classic Style for Today’s Garden.” He will show how rock gardens can be created in a space that would otherwise be wasted and bring add ..read more

  The demonstration vegetable garden at the Northern Neck Farm Museum near Burgess, one of several demonstration gardens maintained by NNMG, produces a variety of vegetables and fruits. Each week during the growing season, the harvest is delivered to the Healthy Harvest Food Bank in Warsaw. Susan Losapio and Bonnie Schaschek head up the Farm Museum garden project. In 2020, the garden yielded 1,500 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for the Food Bank. This year, as of the end of November, the garden has produced more than 1,100 pounds of produce. The garden continues to produce kale ..read more