A flyer for the VB Master Gardeners Fall Festival on October 10, 2026, featuring images of various native plants and flowers, including Swamp Milkweed, Blue Mist Flower, Purple Coneflower, Hollow Joe Pye Trumpetweed, Swamp Sunflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Swamp Verbena, and New York Ironweed.
Events
Seed Harvesting
Oct 10
Seed Harvesting
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Children's Nature Based Crafts, Tree Steward Games and Whole Festival Scavenger Hunt
Oct 10
Children's Nature Based Crafts, Tree Steward Games and Whole Festival Scavenger Hunt
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Demo - How To Build a Birdhouse
Oct 10
Demo - How To Build a Birdhouse
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Cockroach Race
Oct 10
Cockroach Race
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Herb Garden Tips
Oct 10
Herb Garden Tips
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Demo - Container Layering with spring bulbs
Oct 10
Demo - Container Layering with spring bulbs
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Theme Garden Tour
Oct 10
Theme Garden Tour
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Demo - Turning Waste into Gardeners Gold
Oct 10
Demo - Turning Waste into Gardeners Gold
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Cockroach Race
Oct 10
Cockroach Race
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Demo: Landscaping at Home with Dr. Fox
Oct 10
Demo: Landscaping at Home with Dr. Fox
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Free Raffle
Oct 10
Free Raffle
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VBMG Fall Festival

Saturday, October 10th

10 am to 3 pm

Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center

1444 Diamond Spring Road, Virginia Beach

Food Trucks

Demonstrations

by Master Gardeners

Ask a Master Gardener Booth

Bake Sale

Water Stewards

will be selling Rain Barrels.

Tree Stewards

will be there with some fun games.

Children’s Activities crafts, scavenger hunts, cockroach races, and games

Groups and Societies

Learn more about various gardening groups in Hampton Roads

Tours of the Gardens at AREC

Plant Sale

Fall Plants, native plugs, bulbs, houseplants, succulents, trees and shrubs

Tidewater District Flower Show

Flower Show Information