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  • Home
  • Joining Master Gardeners
  • Projects & Programs
    • Ask a Master Gardener
    • Community Outreach >
      • Seed Cart
    • Gardens >
      • Demonstration Gardens
      • Historic House Gardens
    • Help Desk
    • Community Events
    • Steward Programs
    • Speakers Bureau
    • Youth
    • Scholarships
  • Events
    • Gardening Talks and Workshops
    • Spring Plant Sale
    • Rain Barrels
  • Learning Resources
    • Videos
    • Native Plant Resources >
      • Wildlife Habitat
    • Lawns
    • Vegetable Gardening
    • Organizations
Community Outreach
Sentara Horticulture Therapy Workshops
Virginia Beach Master Gardeners visit the Virginia Beach Sentara Nursing and Rehab Center to share educational and hands-on experiences in horticulture with the patients.  Patients will be given the opportunity to continue to learn, grow and participate in activities related to nature, horticulture and the world around us.  Some of the programs planned for 2018 include learning how to force bulbs, creating a small dish garden, creating a piece of art work with dried flowers, and creating holiday decor from natural materials.

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Seed Library
​VBMGA has been stocking a Seed Cart at the front of the Central Library since 2018.  Each month we provide a new set of seeds (Vegetable, Herb and Flower) for participants of the program to pick up from the cart. In 2021 we also opened seed carts at Princess Anne and Kempsville Libraries.

This project is designed to offer a collection of organic, non-GMO and open-pollinated seeds at the MEO Virginia Beach Central, Princess Anne and Kempsville Libraries.  Any citizen can come into the library and take a one each per month of a vegetable, herb and flower pack of seeds to grow in their own yard.  Each month there will be a new variety of seeds offered.  In addition, educational programs will be offered at the library to share the best methods to produce healthy plants from the seeds offered. Since 2018, over 300,000 seed packets have distributed! The seed library will be open whenever the library is open.  On the first Monday and the third Saturday (from 1-4 pm) of each month, Master Gardeners will be on-site to answer your questions. 

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​Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments. Its 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, military status, or any other basis protected by law.

Master Gardener Help Desk
2449 Princess Anne Rd
Virginia Beach, VA 23456
757-385-8156

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