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Topic
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Handouts
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Visuals
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African Violets - Learn to care for African Violets & other
gesneriads.
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Yes
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Yes
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All About Herbs - Selection, care, and use of common and unusual
herbs.
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Yes
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No
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Backyard Composting - The do's and don'ts of composting landscape wastes.
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Yes
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No
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Beneficial Insects - A slide presentation on bugs that are good for your
garden.
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Yes
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Yes
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Botanical Latin for Gardeners - Learn to speak the language of
plants.
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Yes
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Yes
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Coastal Gardening - How to select & grow landscape plants in coastal
Virginia.
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Yes
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Yes
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Container Gardening - Enjoy gardening without bending or digging, by
planting container gardens for your porch or deck.
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Yes
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No
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Crape Myrtles - Everything you always wanted to know about this popular
landscape plant.
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Yes
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Yes
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Diagnosing
Plant Diseases - Become a plant
doctor to your own plants.
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Yes
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Yes
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History, Horticulture
and a Place we all call Home -
Celebrate Jamestown's founding with America's Anniversary Garden
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Yes
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Yes
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Topic
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Handouts
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Visuals
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Honey Bees; Plant Pollinators - Learn why bees are important around
your garden and how you can encourage them to visit.
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Yes
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No
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Insect Pests in the Vegetable Garden - How to recognize and organically
control detrimental insects.
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Yes
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Yes
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Language of Flowers - How to say it with flowers.
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Yes
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Yes
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Lawn Establishment & Maintenance - Turf grass selection and
maintenance techniques for Hampton Roads
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Yes
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No
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Limahuli:
National Tropical Botanical Garden - Take a virtual tour of a unique Hawai'ian garden.
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Yes
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Yes
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Native Plants - Welcome the Natives to your garden.
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Yes
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Yes
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Organic Gardening Concepts - How to grow vegetables and flowers
without the use of chemical pesticides.
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Yes
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No
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Perennials and Annuals - Which plants to select for color in
the garden.
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Yes
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Yes
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Plant Propagation - Seed and vegetative propagation methods for the home
gardener.
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Yes
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No
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Planting Bulbs and Companion Plants in Containers - Learn to create unforgettable
bulb/plant combinations in pots.
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Yes
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Yes
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Topic
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Handouts
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Visuals
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Raised Bed Gardening - How to produce a bountiful harvest with limited space
using raised beds, vertical gardening, double-digging and crop rotation.
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Yes
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Yes
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Right Tree, Right Place - Selecting the right tree for your
garden landscape to minimize future problems.
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Yes
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Yes
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Things We Do To Our
Trees - A humorous look at
common tree care practices.
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Yes
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Yes
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Troubleshooting
Hazard Trees- How arborists
determine if a landscape tree is possibly hazardous and assessing possible
causes and management practices.
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Yes
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Yes
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Uses of Herbs in
Colonial Jamestown - Learn how
herbs were used by early settlers for many purposes
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Yes
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No
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Virginia
Beach Master Gardener Volunteers - An overview of the VBMG program, projects, and goals.
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Yes
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Yes
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Weed Identification and Control - How to handle weeds in the home
landscape.
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Yes
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Yes
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Winterizing Your Garden - How to carefully prepare your
garden to survive the winter season.
Updated 1-7-2008
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Yes
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No
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