Master Gardeners of Tazewell County

07/11/2013

New Training Opportunity!

Tazewell County Master Gardeners are offering Master Gardener training on Monday evenings, 6:00-9:00 PM, at the Tazewell County Extension office, from August 12, 2013 through December 9, 2013. Master Gardeners are volunteers trained by and working with the Virginia Cooperative Extension to educate their communities on horticulture-related issues and on protecting the environment. They are extensions of the Extension.
Training includes 50 hours of course instruction, in which specialists cover topics including botany, soil, plant diseases, fertilizers, pesticides, fruits, vegetables, annuals and perennials, landscape design, and more. Course work is followed by 50 hours volunteering in education programs within the county. There is a fee of $110 for the course which includes a comprehensive Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener manual.

If you are interested in learning more about Master Gardeners, and/or want to apply for the training program, please contact the Virginia Cooperative Extension Tazewell County office at 276-988-0405.

If you are a person with a disability and desire assistance or accommodation, please notify John Blankenship at 276-988-4608/ TDD (800) 828-1120) during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

03/04/2013

Apple and pear grafting workshop, Tazewell Fairground, Tazewell, VA, April 6, 2013, 2 sessions (9 AM to noon, and 1-4 PM), $12/session (includes 4 rootstocks). Tazewell Master Gardeners. Call the Tazewell Extension office (988-0405) to register. Bring clean, sharp pruners. There will be a large variety of scion wood available, but you are welcome to bring your own. There may also be some cherry rootstock and scion wood.


Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, s*x, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, s*xual orientation, or marital or family status. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Jewel E. Hairston, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact John Blankenship, Jr., VCE-Tazewell County, at 276-988-0405 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to discuss accommodations 5 days prior to the event.

01/30/2013

There are joys and rewards in growing some of your own crops; there's even beauty.

01/24/2013

We have canceled our fruit and ornamental tree pruning presentation for this Saturday, 1/26/13. We're still scheduled for Saturday, 2/16/13, 1:00 PM, at the Crab Orchard Museum barn. We'll cover pruning and scion wood collection. If you're interested in attending this free presentation, please call the extension office (988-0405) to register.

01/10/2013

Tazewell County Master Gardeners will offer two free presentations on fruit and ornamental tree pruning and scion wood collection at the Crab Orchard Museum barn, in Tazewell, off route 460. Sessions will be Saturday, January 26, 2013, 1:00 PM, and Saturday, February 16, 2013, at 1:00 PM. Please call the Tazewell County Extension office (988-0405) to register for one of the sessions.

09/21/2012

Pesticide alert of interest to bird feeders:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-community/scotts-violations-pesticide-laws-zwfz1209zhun.aspx?newsletter=1&utm_content=09.21.12+FG+&utm_campaign=2012+FG&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email

Scotts admitted to using some pesticides contrary to EPA directives and will pay $12.5 million in criminal and civil penalties.

08/23/2012

Tazewell County Extension Master Gardeners and Agriculture agent, John Blankenship, are offering 2 free information sessions and demonstrations at the Bluefield Branch of the Tazewell County Public Library: w**d identification and management at 6:00, Tuesday, 8/28/12; grass selection and planting at 6:00, Tuesday, 9/25/12. Registration not required.

05/13/2012

Master Gardener College registration is open:
http://www.hort.vt.edu/mastergardener/newsletter/InSeason_MGCollege2012.pdf

05/02/2012

STRAWBERRIES AT THE MARKET!
David Mann Farm fresh picked Strawberries will be available at the Tazewell Farmers Market on Saturday May 5 and Saturday May 12. The price for the berries will be $12.00 per gallon bucket. To place an advance order call Market Manager Bill Bunch at 276-971-0964, email [email protected] or message us here. Locals, please share this status to help spread the word :)

04/22/2012

Celebrate Earth Day by reading Silent Spring, the classic that started the environmental movement 50 years ago, or try Plastic Ocean: how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans by Charles Moore, or The man who planted trees : lost groves, the future of our forests, and a radical plan to save our planet by Jim Robbins.

04/19/2012

Tazewell Farmers Market opens 1 May. The Market is taking orders for strawberries, to arrive for the Strawberry Festival 12 May. More info at http://www.facebook.com/TazewellFarmersMarket

04/15/2012

The Mid-Atlantic Garden Faire is 20-22 April 2012
http://www.gardenfaire.net/

Orchids Dogwoods Gardening with Moss Growing Mushrooms Pressed Flowers Stone Walls Landscaping Ground Covers Plant Pathology and much much more!