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James City County/Williamsburg
Master Gardeners

The Master Gardener Program

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Welcome to the website of the James City County/Williamsburg (VA) Master Gardeners. We support Virginia Cooperative Extension with a range of public outreach and educational programs serving our area, including turf and lawn, landscape, and plant disease clinics, therapeutic gardening, extension help desk, and a range of gardening projects with children. Please follow the links to your left to explore our programs. Or, use the Google search bar (below) to look for a specific topic of interest to you.

Mission of the James City County/ Williamsburg (JCC/W) Master Gardeners

The purpose of the James City County/Williamsburg  Master Gardener is to learn, educate, and communicate environmentally sound horticultural practices to the community.  Trained by the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Master Gardener volunteers are committed to offering information to the public through sustainable landscape  management educational programs.

New Tree Steward Class

Twenty-seven Master Gardeners are currently taking the Tree Steward class, including six from JCC/W:  Beverly Baker, Larry Gaskins, Janet Giffin, John Giffin, Dave Sisson and Pam Sisson.  A favorite class has been the Tree ID with Dr. Stewart Ware.

Dr.Ware-and-Class

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Pruning at the Waterwise Garden

Pruning Clinic volunteers Carol Fryer and Iris Grant pruning perennials at the Low Maintenance Demonstration Garden at the JCC Human Services Center.

prining at the waterwise garden

Meet the New Kent Master Gardeners

Residents of New Kent County have been members of several of the recent MG training classes. Quietly their numbers have grown and they have accomplished a LOT, notably Carole's Garden--a display garden now in its second iteration as the Extension Office moved to new quarters--and the annual Farm Tour:
Carole's garden--and many of their other achievements--is shown in their presentation:

NK MG Presentation (LARGE, 57Mb PDF)

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