UPCOMING EVENTS
GARDENING BASICS: YOUR OWN BACKYARD – April 5 & 12, May 3 & 17, various locations – Click on the “Blog” page for details
HELP DESKS (WESTMORELAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, LANCASTER) RETURN – APRIL 2025
Farmers Markets (Heathsville, Irvington, Tappahannock) Return – April 2025
The Art in Nature – Native Plants, Rappahannock Art League, April 4, 4-5 pm, at the RAL Art Center, 43 Main St., Kilmarnock
Stratford Hall’s Brews & BBQ Festival – April 5th, 11 am – 6 pm
Earth Day, Saturday, April 19, Heathsville Farmers Market
Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School Earth Day Fair on Friday, April 25 from 8:30 – 12:00.
Daffodils behind the VCE office, Heathsville
The Extension Master Gardener Program is an educational program of Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE). Working with VCE offices in Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and Essex Counties, we are able to bring the knowledge and expertise of Virginia’s land-grant universities – Virginia Tech and Virginia State University to the people of the Northern Neck.
Our organization supports a variety of programs specifically targeted to the unique growing conditions and environmental concerns of our largely rural region, which is bordered by two major river systems and the Chesapeake Bay. Activities highlighted on this website include science enrichment programs in the schools; seminars and workshops for gardeners; gardening advice; horticultural therapy for seniors; a speakers’ bureau; shoreline advisory services; and specialized gardens demonstrating basic gardening principles.
We invite you to attend our programs, visit our demonstration gardens, and come to us with your gardening questions. You can reach us by email, by visiting or calling the VCE office in your county, and by stopping by our booths at farmers markets and special events throughout the area.