First Saturday in May
Annual Festival of Gardening
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The Hill City Master Gardeners offer home grown plants for sale along with
baked goods, garden art, and books. Educational lectures and children’s activities
highlight the event at the Aviary in Miller Park from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
Free parking at 420 Grove Street and Miller Park Pool.
Parking is available in lots at Miller Park Pool, 2100 Park Ave., and behind the Parks and Recreation Building, 301 Grove St. There are a limited number of handicapped parking spaces at the Aviary. Assistance in transporting your purchases to your vehicle will be available.
All proceeds fund the volunteer efforts of the non-profit organization. HCMGA trains Master Gardeners, conducts programs to teach elementary school children through its Children?s Horticulture Education Grant Fund, and continues the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program in Lynchburg and Amherst and Campbell Counties.
Mark your calendar for the first Saturday in May, come to Miller Park and celebrate spring, nature and gardening with the Hill City Master Gardeners. Adopt a plant to enhance your home. Learn how to beautify and improve your home gardens and have a great time with fellow gardeners.
HCMGA Compost Education Center open for Garden Day
The Hill City Master Gardener Volunteers are on hand throughout the day at their Compost Education Center located in the Old City Cemetery on Taylor Street on Garden Day.
The Compost Education site has been redesigned to display the composting process using various types of bins. Heirloom flowers and vegetables will be planted in the newly enlarged gardens. Recycling nature's refuse was a standard agricultural practice in the nineteenth century. Soil conditioned with compost enriched by worm castings is still an excellent growing medium.
Master Gardeners, under the sponsorship of Virginia Cooperative Extension, explain to visitors how to turn Lynchburg red clay into a rich loam that produces vigorous plant growth. As you drive around the cemetery loop, the Compost Center is located on the right hand side of the road just before reaching the Chapel on the left.
Spring - Horticulture questions and plant concerns
Horticulture questions and plant concerns can be addressed to Hill City Master Gardener Volunteers at the Lynchburg Community Market. Trained Master Gardeners staff the Gazebo from 8am to 11am on Saturday mornings starting in mid-March and continuing through the growing season.
They are available at the Virginia Cooperative Extension office (455-3740) during the season from 9am til noon beginning in April. Fresh plant samples may be brought to the office for identification, diagnosis, or transfer to Virginia Tech. Plant samples should be securely wrapped in plastic.
The Hill City Master Gardener Association is pleased to announce the election
of its 2008 Executive Board. Serving on the Board are: Sue
Chipman, President; John B. Casler, Vice President; Pam Hanse, Treasurer; Bill
Morton, Immediate Past President; with Betty Drinkard and Joe Pond as Directors.
Since membership in the Association now exceeds one hundred certified Master
Gardener Volunteers, Director positions have been increased from four to six
to more adequately represent the membership and guide the organization.
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