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COMMUNITY MARKET BOOTH
Lynchburg Community Market, 12th and Main Streets
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2012 Chair: Roslyn Cheagle
Saturdays - Mid-March through Mid-October 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Staffing by Roalyn Cheagle
Two Master Gardeners staff an information booth (the gazebo) and answer gardening
questions from market visitors.
FESTIVAL OF GARDENING
The Aviary in Miller Park
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2012 Co-Chairs: Iva Scott, Jackie Asbury
First Saturday in May 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The Festival includes sales of Master Gardener grown plants, morning coffee, juice and muffins, garden accessories. Offered to the public at no charge are three horticultural seminars inside the Aviary, demonstrations and childrens' activities. Master Gardeners are available to answer gardening questions.
This is an HCMGA annual fundraising event. Proceeds support our Youth Horticulture Programs in the schools and neighborhood centers, training new Master Gardeners, and other volunteer programs of the Hill City Master Gardener Association.
HOME VISITS
2012 Co-Chairs: Bill Morton, Starke Mundy
Problem you want to discuss? Call for a home visit and a Master Gardener will be there to help.
MASTER GARDENER COMPOST EDUCATION CENTER
Old City Cemetery, 4th and Taylor Streets
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2012 Chair: Kaye Moomaw
The Compost Education Center is located by the maintenance shop at the Old City
Cemetery. We have an exhibit of different compost containers. There are two
demonstration gardens - one with amended soil and one without. The Compost Education
Committee goes on the road at times, taking their compost containers with them.
They appear at various functions around the City demonstrating what to do with
yard waste. They also provide education sessions at the Compost Education Center.
MASTER GARDENER HOT LINE
MG Office in the Extension Office
301 Grove Street
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2012 Chair: Jack Curtin
Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - Noon, during the growing season.
MGs staff the Virginia Cooperative Extension Office in Lynchburg. Master Gardener Volunteers give research-based information as well as laboratory access to solve client's horticulture problems. They answer questions, accept samples of sick plants or insects for identification, and research horticulture questions.
SPEAKERS BUREAU
2012 Chair: Joe Pond
Times and Locations Vary
The Hill City Master Gardener Association maintains a Speakers Bureau with seventeen
speakers who can present programs on over 60 different gardening subjects. A list
of available topics is attached for your review. For further information on scheduling
speakers for your club or organization, please contact Master Gardener Joe Pond
at 384-7868 or by email at mgspeakers08@verizon.net.
An information packet containing a complete list of speakers and contact information
will be mailed to you. For your review, click here
for a list of available topics.
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