Landscape Love Visit Request

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Free Home Garden Consultations

Landscape Love is a free home garden consultation program offered during the spring and summer by the James City County Williamsburg Master Gardener Association. The program helps homeowners in the Middle Peninsula region (Williamsburg, James City, New Kent, Charles City, and Upper York Counties) get reliable gardening advice from trained volunteers certified through Virginia Cooperative Extension.

Our goal is simple: help you understand your garden and grow healthier plants using research-based gardening practices. A key principle of successful gardening is matching the right plant to the right location—considering sunlight, soil, moisture, and local climate. We can help with that!

Landscape Love
Extension Master Gardener Team meeting with homeowner

What Happens During a Landscape Love Visit

When you request a Landscape Love consultation, a team of two to three Master Gardener volunteers will visit your property and walk through your garden with you. The visit typically takes about an hour. During the visit, they will:

  • Listen to your gardening questions and concerns
  • Help identify plants in your landscape
  • Look at plant health problems or growing conditions
  • Suggest plants that may work better for your site
  • Share simple, practical gardening tips

Soil Tests

Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving garden. The Master Gardener team will explain why soil health matters and show you how to use the Virginia Tech soil testing kits, which will be available during the visit. They will walk you through the instructions for collecting a proper soil sample and sending it to the Virginia Tech Soil Testing Laboratory for analysis.

One of Many Landscape Love Extension Master Gardener Teams

Frequently Asked Questions by Homeowners

  • Identifying plants
  • Diagnosing plant problems
  • Choosing plants for sun or shade
  • Finding deer-resistant or low-maintenance plants
  • Learning proper watering, pruning, and mulching practices

After the Visit

After the visit, the Master Gardener team will prepare and send the homeowner a customized report of the visit, with observations, a summary of discussions, and recommendations.

What Landscape Love Does Not Provide

Landscape Love is an educational service. Volunteers can offer gardening advice and plant suggestions, but they do not:

  • Create landscape design plans
  • Provide professional landscaping services
  • Diagnose drainage or engineering issues
  • Perform gardening work

If you would like to request a visit from our Master Gardeners, complete and submit the form below:

Landscape Love Registration

This form is used by homeowners to request a Landscape Love home visit by the James City County/Williamsburg Master Gardeners

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
(Note: Your personal information is not shared with anyone outside of this office. It is used only to contact you to coordinate our Master Gardeners' visit.
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Name(Required)
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Address(Required)
Type of property?
Choice type of property this is. .
Size of garden area
Choose the approximate size of the garden area
What gardening help do you need?(Required)
Check any box that fits the type of questions you have about your garden. (select as many as applicable)
Soil Testing
Would you like us to provide information on soil testing and provide Virginia Tech soil test kits. during the visit?

How did you hear about this year's Landscape Love Program? (Select those that apply)
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Thank you for applying for the Landscape Love Home Visit Program

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