General Membership Meeting & Annual Picnic
2024-08-06 11:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
General membership meeting and annual picnic lunch afterwards.
Location TBA

Executive Board Meeting
2024-09-03 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
ESVMG Executive Board Meeting.
AREC Classroom

General Membership Meeting & Get Er Done 2024
2024-10-01 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
ESVMG General Membership Board Meeting and Get Er Done 2024! The meeting where we help you figure out where you need to be and what you need to do to catch up on your remaining volunteer hours.
AREC Classroom

Executive Board Meeting TUESDAY 11/05
2024-11-05 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
ESVMG Executive Board Meeting, ON TUESDAY election day.
AREC Classroom

General Membership Meeting & Annual Holiday Party
2024-12-03 11:30 - 14:00
General Membership Board Meeting followed by annual Holiday Luncheon.

Location TBD

Executive Membership Meeting
2025-01-07 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
Executive Membership Board Meeting

2025 EASTERN SHORE SMALL FARM WORKSHOP
2025-02-13 08:00 - 16:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
Spend the day at the Virginia Cooperative Extension’s 2nd Eastern Shore Small Farm & Homesteader Workshop on Thursday, February 13th, 2025, from 8am to 4pm. Event location is the Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Painter, VA.

Executive Membership Meeting
2025-03-04 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-06 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-01 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-02 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-11-04 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
ESVMG Executive Membership Board MeetingAll members welcome!

General Membership Meeting
2025-04-01 09:30 - 11:00
ESVMG General Membership Board MeetingAll members welcome!

New Roots Youth Garden in Cape Charles, VA

Managing Pests While Protecting Pollinators
2025-04-03 19:00 - 20:30
VIRTUAL EVENT

Join Emily May with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation‘s pesticide program to talk about how to manage pests while protecting pollinators in home landscapes. Along with providing flowering plants and undisturbed places to nest, home gardens also need to be protected from pesticides. This webinar will discuss some of the key pesticide concerns for pollinators, offer simple pest management tips for home landscapes, give you ideas of how to make your garden more resilient to pest pressure, and help you respond to pests and other insects.

This online meeting uses WebEx. Follow the link to the event website and enter the password to join at the listed time and date.

Event URL: tinyurl.com/ycym9xa4Password: [REDACTED]

Houseplants 101
2025-04-04 10:00 - 11:30
VIRTUAL EVENT

Interested in bringing your gardening hobby indoors or looking to add a little green to your space? Join Extension Master Gardeners Evin Morrison and Rebecca Secula to learn about getting plants to thrive in your home. Evin and Rebecca cover a variety of topics including ideal lighting conditions, potting soil recipes, and how to deal with pests. This presentation is geared toward the beginner houseplant owner but will be a great refresher for anyone looking to make their houseplant ventures more successful.

Brought to you by Master Gardeners Northern Virginia.

This online meeting uses Zoom. Click the Register Here button below to sign up via Virginia Tech.

Introduction to Carnivorous Plants
2025-04-07 19:00 - 20:30
VIRTUAL EVENT

Welcome to the seemingly sinister and ever-intriguing world of carnivorous plants in this introduction class! From the humid southern pine savannas to the humid tropical jungles of Borneo – there’s so much to explore when it comes to these intriguing insectivores.

Speaker: Alexandra Cantwell with Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Alex has over 10 years with the Garden, 4 years as a horticulturalist focusing on native plants, habitat building and sustainable landscaping. She currently serves as Director, Adult Education and Conservation.

This online meeting uses Zoom. Click the below Zoom Link button OR the event image at the listed time and date to enter the meeting at the event website.

2025 Spring NMG Plant Sale
2025-04-10 09:00 - 19:00
Norfolk Master Gardeners is having a SPRING PLANT SALE!

APRIL 10 – Thursday 9:00am til 7:00pmAPRIL 11 – Friday 9:00am til 3:00pm

LOCATION: Millstone Courtyard at The Hermitage Museum and Gardens7637 North Shore Road Norfolk, VA 23505

Botanical Journaling: Combine Art and Science for Plant Identification
2025-04-11 10:00 - 11:30
VIRTUAL EVENT

Explore artful techniques in plant identification throughout the changing seasons with Extension Master Gardener Mary Jennings. She will cover the purpose of botanical journaling: combining scientific observations with artistic documentation. The presentation will review the historical context and the benefits for both Extension Master Gardeners and home gardeners with improved identification skills, detailed record-keeping, and a deeper understanding of plant life cycles.

Brought to you by Master Gardeners Northern Virginia.

This online meeting uses Zoom. Click the Register Here button below to sign up via Virginia Tech.

Preventing Tickborne Diseases
2025-04-25 10:00 - 11:30
VIRTUAL EVENT

If you missed the tick presentation at the ESVMG General Membership Meeting earlier this year or just want more tick information then check this out!

Ticks can be tiny and hard to spot, and bites from these arachnids can be irritating and harmful to your health as they can transmit serious diseases, including Lyme disease, the Alpha-gal food allergy, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Ahead of the spring planting and gardening season, join Elizabeth Forrey, Tick Surveillance Coordinator for the Virginia Department of Health, for a timely presentation on the ecology of tickborne diseases in Virginia with a discussion of several tick species and important tips on tick bite prevention.

Brought to you by Master Gardeners Northern Virginia.

This online meeting uses Zoom. Click the Register Here button below to sign up via Virginia Tech.

Blessing Of The Worms 2025
2025-04-27 15:00 - 17:00 | New Roots Youth Garden, 50 Fig St, Cape Charles, VA, 23310, United States
Bring the whole family for this annual Eastern Shore spring special event hosted by Cape Charles’ nonprofit New Roots Youth Garden. It will be an exciting and fun time for young and old!Enjoy free hot dogs and open garden activities!

Regenerative Gardening: Growing Food Successfully and Sustainably in a Changing Climate
2025-05-01 19:00 - 20:30
We know that climate change is already affecting the weather and seasonal patterns of temperature and rainfall. Because these changes affect plant growth, being aware of them and making some simple changes in how you garden can help you grow your own food more successfully. Gardeners can also be part of the climate solution by using climate-friendly sustainable gardening practices. As a bonus, many of these practices also make gardening easier!Dr. Sara Via is a Professor and Climate Extension Specialist at UMD College Park. Before she began to teach Marylanders about climate change impacts and solutions in 2014, Sara did experiments on the genetics and evolution of specialized host plant use in insects. She now works extensively with the Maryland Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists and speaks to community organizations about climate impacts and solutions, biodiversity, and climate-friendly landscaping and gardening. Since 2020, Sara has offered a Climate Change and Sustainability webinar series every summer. Learn more at www.climatecorner.org.

This online meeting uses WebEx. Follow the link to the event website and enter the password to join at the listed time and date.

Event URL: tinyurl.com/3v44bnufPassword: [REDACTED]

What is a GMO?
2025-05-12 19:00 - 20:00
The term GMO is often misunderstood and misused. So… what is it exactly? This program will discuss the differences between reality and internet/media-defined GMOs. In addition, the speaker (Roy Flannigan) will discuss the differences between genetically modified organisms and transgenic organisms.

This online meeting uses Zoom. Click the below Zoom Link button OR the event image at the listed time and date to enter the meeting at the event website.

General Membership Meeting & Annual Picnic
2025-06-03 11:00 - 14:00
ESVMG General Membership Board MeetingAll members welcome!

Location TBD

General Membership Meeting
2025-08-05 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
ESVMG General Membership Board MeetingAll members welcome!

Planning Meeting for Serenity Garden
2025-08-15 09:30 - 10:30 | Serenity Garden, 20306 Badger Lane, Onley, 23416
You are invited to a meeting for the Serenity Garden at Onley Rural Health Center on August 15, 2025, at 9:30 am, to discuss the garden’s development and potential contributions, with an opportunity to fill in last required hours for interns before the end of the year.

The address is 20306 Badger Lane, Onley 23416, near the Walmart. At the traffic light on Route 13, turn SE onto Coastal Boulevard, then take the first right onto Badger Lane. The Center will be on your left; the garden is located on the left side of the building.

Agnes Ker’s Herb Garden
2025-09-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Ker Place, 69 Market Street, Onancock, Virginia, 23417, United States
Everyday Essentials in Food, Medicine and Hygiene in 1801

Join Julie Cardinale and Doris Gebel, Virginia MasterGardeners, for an outdoor lecture on the ways Agnes Kermay have used her herb garden in 1801 to nourish, heal,and maintain her household. Julie & Doris will provide ahands-on demonstration showcasing the practical usesof herbs then and now.

General Membership Meeting & Get 'Er Done 2025
2025-10-07 09:30 - 11:00 | AREC, 33446 Research Drive, Painter, VA, 23420, United States
ESVMG General Membership Board Meeting & Get ‘Er Done 2025Let us help you figure out how to complete your remaining volunteer hours!

General Membership Meeting & 2025 Holiday Party
2025-12-02 11:00 - 14:00
ESVMG General Membership Board Meeting followed by our annual Holiday Party!Location TBD

Growing an Herb Garden for Health, Happiness & Habitat
2026-03-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Ker Place, 69 Market Street, Onancock, Virginia, 23417, United States
Join Julie Cardinale and Doris Gebel, Virginia Master Gardeners, for an engaging lecture on the joys and benefits of growing herbs at home. The talk will explore key topics: What are Herbs, Why grow Herbs, Where to grow Herbs and How to grow Herbs
