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Virginia Beach Master
Gardeners
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The Virginia Beach Master Gardener program began
in 1982 and has trained 1,154 people from 1982 through 2011.
In 2011, 235 active Master Gardeners
worked on 25 projects in our city. They contributed 26,178 hours toward these
projects.
"Helping People Grow"
We are proud individuals who meet on common
ground.
For questions or comment contact:
P E Campbell
Master Gardener Coordinator
Agriculture Building, Municipal Center
2449 Princess Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
757/385-4769,
Fax 757/385-5684
Email
pecampbe@vbgov.com
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Advice for gardening in the Hampton
Roads/ Tidewater area
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Do
you need a speaker? Master Gardeners can help!.
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The
Virginia Beach Master Gardener Association is a group of Master Gardener
volunteers trained to provide our community with gardening and horticulture
information drawn from their training, personal experiences and research of
Virginia Tech and Virginia State Universities
To become a Master Gardener,
everyone must complete the Master Gardener training. A program has been
established to provide both novice and experienced gardeners a basic
background in horticulture.
The Master Gardener course,
a 50-hour program, is held once a year through the local extension office.
After the course, the Master
Gardener Interns have one full year to volunteer 50 hours in order to
complete their training and to be recognized as official Master
Gardeners. To remain a Master Gardener, volunteers must give 40 hours
each year thereafter, 8 hours of which must be in continuing education.
For more
information call Virginia Cooperative
Extension, Virginia
Beach Office at: 757-385-4769
Origins
of the program:
The
Master Gardener Program was created to meet an enormous increase in requests from
home gardeners for horticultural information. This increase is primarily derived
from the urban and transient nature of modern American life.
Fifty
years ago, an Extension agent dealt with the questions of a few
hundred farm families. In many regions, however, land that once
constituted a single farm now encompasses several subdivisions,
increasing by the hundreds the number of families an Extension Office must
serve.
In addition, many of these new families are
recent arrivals, and are unfamiliar with the grasses, shrubs, trees and diseases
which comprise the micro-environment of their new urban or suburban home.
They often call their local Extension Office for advice on what to plant and
how to care for it.
Consequently, the Master Gardener Program was created
in 1972 in the state of Washington.
Since then it has spread to 48 states.
Master Gardeners have become a vital
part of the Extension's ability to provide consumers with up-to-date, reliable
knowledge so they can enjoy and protect the value of horticulture around
their homes. Master Gardening has also become a fun and useful volunteer
activity.
Updated 01-23-2012
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