New River Valley Master Gardeners

Sharing Knowledge, Empowering Communities

Carol Kauffman

Pulaski Community Youth Center Garden Project

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Under the direction of Master Gardener Beth Kirby, the Garden Project at PCYC’s Summer Camp offered Fairlawn youth the opportunity to learn about gardening and practice their new skills – planting, weeding, watering and harvesting. With a lot of compost and elbow grease, the kids transformed a blank slate of raised beds into a tasty assortment of veggies and lovely annual flowers and perennials. Future Master Gardeners, here we come!

Images of Summer by NRV Master Gardeners

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  • Hugh Osmus
  • Carol Kauffman
  • Carol Kauffman
  • Dwarf zinnias grown and donated by MGs to Recovery Community Center – Pulaski
  • Ruth Ann Sloop Whitener
  • Gleaning at Kentland Farms
  • Gleaning Summer Squash -Kentland Farms
  • Hale Community Pollinator Garden
  • Lisa Lloyd

Virginia Native Plant Society

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The New River chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society will be coordinating with Sustainable Blacksburg this fall when they hold their second annual Fall is for Planting Native Plants Sale. The sale will take place on Saturday, September 26 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Blacksburg Price House Nature Center located at 107 Wharton St SE. Payments will ONLY be accepted through PayPal or by check.

Blacksburg Share the Spare

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Is your garden overflowing with produce?

Do you need help harvesting your fruit trees?

Would you like to share your bounty with the community?

Please don’t let any local food go to waste!

 We collect over two tons of fresh produce each year!

  • You can drop your extra produce at the Master Gardener’s Share The Spare table at the Blacksburg Farmers Market, corner of Draper Ave and Roanoke, Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm. They will distribute it to local groups who need fresh produce. 
  • You can ask for volunteers to help you harvest your trees – at least 1/3 of the harvest will go to needy families through local food banks. If desired, the homeowner may keep 1/3 of the harvest and up to 1/3 of the harvest will go to the pickers!
  • We welcome volunteers for our harvesting team! Ask how you could help in our effort!

Contact Lynn Brammer lbrammer@vt.edu (pictured)