New River Valley Master Gardeners – Sharing Knowledge, Empowering Communities

Knowledge and Inspiration

Pass Along Plants

Learn about our Pass Along Plants projects and how sharing your plants can make a world of difference in many lives – including yours!

Light Up Your Plants – A Guide to Indoor Lightening

This very useful article was written by NRVMGA Bill Kealy. He explains how indoor grow lightening works and how to benefit your plants this winter.

Visit Our Projects

Click here to learn more about gardens to visit in our program counties, learn about pollinators, and learn about our NRVMGA community grant program that contributes funding to support these gardening projects.

Plant Clinic

The NRV Master Gardeners will hold a plant clinic/information booth on Sept 11th from 10:00 am to 4:15 pm at the Floyd Livestock and County Fair at Chantilly Farm in Floyd. In addition to free seeds and gardening information, there will be free houseplant root cuttings to take home.

New River Valley Fair – July 26th – 31st

NRV Master Gardeners will be offering daily plant clinics as well as fun and informative gardening activities such as creating moss Fairy Gardens, houseplant cuttings, herb gardens, fall veggie gardens, bud vase flower arrangements and more! Stop by our booth in the Wysor Building on the NRV fairgrounds in Dublin each evening from 5:00-9:00 pm and Tuesday/Saturday from 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm. For more information visit https://nrvfair.com

NRV Garden Tour

The NRV Garden Tour is scheduled for Saturday July 10th, 9:00am-5:00pm. The Tour, sponsored by the Friends of the Library with the cooperation of the New River Valley Master Gardeners’ Association, will visit five local gardens in the Blacksburg area. For more information or to purchase tickets ($15) online: http://www.mfrlfriends.org/wp/garden-tour/

Rain Barrel Workshops – June 9th and June 23rd

Interested in making your own Rain Barrel? Join Stan Stanley for one of his upcoming workshops. Click here for more information.

The New River Valley Master Gardeners are volunteer educators within the communities of Floyd, Giles, Pulaski, and Montgomery counties. Extension Master Gardeners work to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management education and training. The Virginia Master Gardener program is an educationally based service program of the Virginia Cooperative Extension.

The New River Valley Master Gardener Association is a non-profit organization that falls under the umbrella of the Extension Master Gardener Program. Members of the Association are active Extension Master Gardeners. Non-profit status allows the organization to raise funds and award community grants to educational, care-giving, or community-based organizations seeking to educate, involve, and/or improve quality of life for participants through a gardening-related project. In addition, members of the organization may apply for mini grants to support their projects.

Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) Resources

Visit the VCE website which features expanded offerings of resources including publications, videos, curriculum and programs of interest to gardening enthusiasts from beginner to expert.

Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments, and is an equal opportunity employer. For the full non-discrimination statement, please visit ext.vt.edu/accessibility.

Knowledge and Inspiration

Pass Along Plants

Learn about our Pass Along Plants projects and how sharing your plants can make a world of difference in many lives – including yours!

Light Up Your Plants – A Guide to Indoor Lightening

This very useful article was written by NRVMGA Bill Kealy. He explains how indoor grow lightening works and how to benefit your plants this winter.