Projects

Master Gardeners are trained volunteer educators who serve our community by assisting local Extension Agents in providing sound and practical gardening information to area property and homeowners. In addition, we work side by side with other community groups in providing hours of community service in the name of gardening education. Below is just a short list of some of the projects undertaken by area Master Gardeners.

All Counties

  • Provide Lectures to the Public Through Various Garden Clubs and Community Groups
  • Provide Lectures to the public through various garden clubs and community Groups
  • Gardenfest at Belle Grove Plantation – First Saturday of June every year.  Open to the public, includes educational displays, lectures, children’s programs and plant sale and hosted by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardeners Association.

Clarke

  • Volunteer with Educational Gardens at Blandy Experimental Farm
  • Answer Questions at the Blandy GardenFair MG Information Booth
  • Answer Questions at the Blandy ArborFest MG Information Booth
  • Volunteer with the DG Cooley Elementary School Roots and Shoots Project
  • Man Weekly MG Information Booth at the Berryville Farmers’ Market
  • Answer Questions at the Annual MG Information Booth at the Clarke County Fair
  • Work with Inmates on Educational Gardens at White Post Correctional Facility

Frederick County

  • Teach children the joy of gardening with the Junior Master Gardener Program for children ages 8 -12, contact Lynn Hoffmann at gwendydog@gmail.com.
  • Greenline answers homeowner gardening questions, call the Frederick County Extension Office at 540-665-5699
  • Garden consultations for homeowners, contact contact the Extension office at 540-665-5699.
  • Help maintain the gardens at the Museum of Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, contact Mary Stickley at gardener@shenandoahmuseum.org.
  •  Work in the historic demonstration garden at Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, contact Lynn Hoffmann at gwendydog@gmail.com.

Page County

  • Man Weekly Help Desk at Page County Extension Office
  • Install Community Gardens & Educating Homeowners through Habitat for Humanity
  • Man Weekly Master Gardener Booth at the Page County Farmers Market

Shenandoah County

  • Man Weekly Help Desk at Shenandoah County Extension Office
  • Grow Vegetables, Educate Volunteers, & Donate Food to Local Food Bank through Volunteer Farm of Shenandoah
  • Present Various Gardening Presentations to Shenandoah Parks and Rec

Warren County

  • Man Weekly Help Desk at Warren County Extension Office
  • Plan an American Anniversary Garden for Government Center Beautification Project
  • Install & Maintain Herb Garden, Butterfly Garden, and a Native Garden
  • Create Educational Literature for Public as part of the Tree Steward’s Demonstration Gardens
  • Plan & Install Calvary Memorial Garden and Second St. Gardens & Create Educational Literature for Public