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Suffolk Extension Master Gardeners
We Exist to Serve You
Suffolk Extension Master Gardeners (Suffolk EMGs) volunteer their time and expertise to provide FREE horticultural education for residents of the City of Suffolk, Virginia. They provide programs for both youth and adults on a variety of topics like tree care, native plants, flower and vegetable gardening, pest and disease identification, integrated pest management, and more. Visit the programs, events, and demonstration garden pages to learn more!
Ask a Master Gardener
Getting help is easy! Suffolk EMGs can be found at our office, on Facebook, by phone, email, and at various Suffolk farmers markets. Take advantage of our Ask a Master Gardener program, where you can contact us from the comfort of your own home! To submit a question, email us at SuffolkMG@gmail.com or call us at 757-514-4335. When emailing, attach pictures of the plant, pest, or problem and provide a detailed description. This will allow us to serve you. A Suffolk EMG volunteer will respond in a timely manner. Beginning in 2024, volunteers will be providing monthly office hours. Stop by our Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) classroom and obtain research-based assistance with your gardening questions and concerns.
Spotted Lanterfly Information
Pest Alert: Spotted Lanternfly Identification
and Reporting in Virginia
Good morning from the milkweed patch! Native bees are the most successful pollinators of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) here in my suburban Suffolk VA pollinator garden, especially bumblebees and big carpenter bees. If you know this plant, you can smell this! It’s a wonderful scent. What’s blooming in your pollinator garden?
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If you're looking for a volunteer activity to fill some of your free time, Suffolk VCE Master Gardeners might be for you! It's a group of more than 50 people with varied backgrounds -- homemakers, career military, educators, artists, nurses, marketers, farmers, scientists, and so much more -- all with three things in common:
1) a desire to help their community,
2) an interest in gardening, and
3) a little bit of free time over the course of a year to do it.
They build relationships and support systems with each other, becoming travel buddies, plant shopping pals, and real friends, helping through the good and the not-so-good all while volunteering together to provide horticulture educational projects and help to residents of Suffolk.
If you're interested in filling some YOUR free time and becoming part of a great group of volunteers, here's a link to a 13-minute overview of our program, with a little more detail on what it takes to become and stay a Master Gardener and information on this year's training and the application process. drive.google.com/file/d/1cZGFbwzIyZH06V0RL2WXY6riTr80CPGq/view?usp=drive_link
Use the email address at the end or SuffolkMG@gmail.com if you'd like to receive more information, including a digital handout with class calendar.
We encourage you to apply soon at bttr.im/s8kpp. The application period is scheduled to close May 31st.
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Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments and is an equal opportunity employer. For the full non-discrimination statement, please visit ext.vt.edu/accessibility. ... See MoreSee Less
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We’ll be there! We can take gently used black plastic plant pots for our community projects and plant sale. ... See MoreSee Less
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