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The Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association supports its members — Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) Master Gardeners serving the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren. The Association leads and financially supports projects, sponsors VCE home-gardening education events, coordinates each year’s Master Gardener class, and provides its members with unique continuing-ed and fellowship opportunities. Annual dues are $20 and open to all certified Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in the Northern Shenandoah Valley unit.

What is a “Master Gardener”?

Master Gardeners HelpingVirginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener are educators who volunteer within their communities to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management, education, and training. Extension Master Gardeners are required to continue their education each year to stay up to date on current issues and recommendations for home gardeners. As an educational program of VCE, Extension Master Gardeners bring the resources of Virginia’s land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, to the people of the commonwealth.

How to Participate

If you’d like to help others while serving your community as a VCE Master Gardener, see when the next class starts on our join page. If you’d like to help without becoming a member, you can join us at our educational events, support our scholarship fund by attending our educational symposium, or pick up some plants and gifts at our GardenFest & Master Gardener Plant Sale.

You can also help while you shop! Click Brent and Becky’s Bulbs Blooming Bucks Program or Amazon’s smile program. Each program donates a portion of your purchase amount to registered nonprofit organizations at no additional cost to you. Choose Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association.

During the Pandemic

We are continuing our mission to advise homeowners on good gardening practices while observing health mandates during the pandemic. The Gardening in the Valley Symposium will be a virtual event on March 6, 2021. We’ve partnered with several area libraries to offer Seed Lending Libraries as new resources for obtaining and learning about seeds. GardenFest will consist of an online plant sale during May with in-person pick-up in early June. We have added a series of free webinars for beginning vegetable gardeners and the Gardening in the Valley Tour will feature five Shenandoah County gardens that can be visited while maintaining social distance.

If you have any type of gardening question, Master Gardeners will remotely research your problem and provide unbiased, research-based solutions. We can answer questions about trees, shrubs, house plants, perennials, annuals, and more! E-mail a description and photos of your gardening problems to the GreenHelpLine in your county.

  • Clarke: NSVMGA.info@gmail.com (include “Clarke County Gardening Question” in the subject line)
  • Frederick: GreenHelpLine.FrederickCo@gmail.com
  • Page: NSVMGA.info@gmail.com (include “Page County Gardening Question” in the subject line)
  • Shenandoah:  greenhelpline@gmail.com
  • Warren: GreenHelpLine.WarrenCo@gmail.com

If you have questions about any programs, please email us at nsvmga.info@gmail.com.

Symposium 2021

Visit our event web page to register.

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Save the Date!

  • Gardening Symposium (A Virtual Event) – March 6, 2021
  • Beginning Vegetable Gardeners Webinar 2 – March 18, 7 p.m.
  • Beginning Vegetable Gardeners Webinar 3 – April 15, 7 p.m.
  • Beginning Vegetable Gardeners Webinar 4 – May 20, 7 p.m.
  • GardenFest/Plant Sale – May and June 2021
  • Beginning Vegetable Gardeners Webinar 5 – June 17, 7 p.m.
  • Gardening in the Valley Tour – June 26
  • Beginning Vegetable Gardeners Webinar 6 – July 15, 7 p.m.
  • FallFest – September 11, 2021

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Symposium is more than a day of education. It's a way for you to help fund scholarships for high-school seniors; a few of our prior awards recipients are pictured. Register today!Get more details on our scholarships at nsvmga.org/programs/scholarships/.Learn more about and register for the "Gardening in the Valley Symposium" at www.facebook.com/events/232627084911109. Planned talks include:- Raised Beds vs. Traditional Gardens with Lynne Phillips- Herbs for Healing and Health with Sondra Baker Johnson- Urban Beekeeping and Apiculture’s Role in Sustainable Urban Agriculture with Brad Garmon- Back to My Roots with Diane KearnsVisit www.biddingowl.com/Auction/index.cfm?auctionID=25928 to see and bid on items in our silent auction, which also benefits the scholarship fund. You don't need to attend Symposium to participate in the auctions! Thank you to the generous EMG Volunteers, members of the public, and businesses who've donated items to our auction! If you'd like to donate an item, please email NSVMGAinfo@gmail.com.---This VCE Educational Event is supported by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association. Extension Master Gardeners are volunteer educators who work within their communities to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management, education, and training. As an educational program of Virginia Cooperative Extension, Extension Master Gardeners bring the resources of Virginia’s land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, to the people of the commonwealth. Learn more about the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program at ext.vt.edu/lawn-garden/master-gardener.html.---Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. 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; M. Ray McKinnie, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State University, 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 Mark Sutphin, Frederick County Extension, at (540) 665-5699/TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. ... See MoreSee Less

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