Galentine’s Shopping Event

Grab your gal pals and come on down for hours of fun!!!
There are a ton of great vendors ranging from gourmet cupcakes to permanent jelwery to clothing boutiques to Artisan soaps and woodworking to CBD product with Reiki massages with a hint of Pure Romance, just to name a few! More vendors to follow, so please stay tuned and be sure to share, share, share!

There will also be food truck vendors (to follow) along with a travel bartender with cocktails for purchase.
VENDORS:
Horton’s Nursery & Garden Center
Cakes By Ashton LLC – Vegan & Nut-Free Cupcakes
Milkin’ Mama’s Soap – Beautiful Soaps
Aphrodite Beauty x Jo – Permanent Jewelry
Bat Dad Woodworking – Artisan Woodworking
The Scented Lotus – Yummy Wax Melts
Magnolia Birch & Candle Co – Top Notch Candles
Pure Romance by Sarah – 🫠🫠🫠
Andrea Dove w/Your CBD Store-Winchester – Product & Reiki Massages
Cherry on Top Boutique – Edgey Fashion
Sage & Graze – Charcuterie Cups
Beautiful Bread by Gabrielle Dixon – Artisan Breads
Franklin’s Smokin Barnyard – All the BBQ
Lucky Love Designs LLC – Crotched and Etched Items
Mixing With Mel-Mobile Bartending Sevice – Craft Spiked Hot Cocoa
Pink Buggie Designs – The Cup Queen
Almost Heaven Freeze Dried Creations
Mary Kay by Alyson Borowczyk
Tied With A Bow

Iris Society Regional Gathering and Garden Tours

Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, All day; hosted by the Shenandoah and Potomac Iris Society

 

$95 Registration includes 2 lunches and a dinner

Don’t miss this opportunity to visit several gardens that are closed to the public*

Guided garden tours on Friday include Museum of the Shenandoah Valley and Iris Hills Farm*

Guided garden tours on Saturday include Winterberry Gardens*, Opequon Gardens, and Meagher Garden

Saturday evening includes a banquet, presentations by Virginia and Maryland iris hybridizers, and an amazing plant auction

Contact Campbells@IrisHillsFarm.com with questions

Gardening in the Valley Symposium

Join us for the 2023 Gardening in the Valley Educational Symposium.

The Gardening in the Valley Educational Symposium offers a full day of continuing education both for Extension Master Gardeners and members of the public. Proceeds from the symposium benefit the NSVMGA Memorial Scholarship Fund.

2023 Topics and Speakers:

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Ecology in the Garden, Dr. Karin Burghardt, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Department of Entomology and Research Associate, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

10:15–11:15 a.m.

Our Journey from the Vineyard to the Tasting Room, Loretta and Paul Briedé, Briedé Vineyards

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

The Best Flowers for a Better Life, Jessica Hall, Harmony Harvest Farm

1:30–2:30 p.m.

Fungi of Appalachia and Home-Grown Mushrooms, Sharon Briggs, Peasant’s Parcel

2:45–3:45 p.m.

Intentional Garden Design, Ginger Anderson, Education and Outreach Specialist, Oak Springs Garden Foundation

More information and registration: https://nsvmga.org/events/symposium/

Iris Sale

Join the Shenandoah and Potomac Iris Society at West Oaks Farm Market for our big iris sale of the year. This is the time to stock up on all your favorite irises and find new gems to plant in your garden. Come for a variety of tall bearded, reblooming, miniature, and dwarf irises. We are selling a large variety of high-quality iris rhizomes which are ready to plant right away.

Come learn about planting, growing, and caring for irises
Meet local hybridizers and learn about their work

The sale will be held at West Oaks Farm Market’s Peach Festival!

Free

GardenFest

Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Assocation will hold GardenFest on June 3, 2023 at Belle Grove Plantation. The gate opens at 8 a.m. sharp and the event takes place until 2 p.m. The event features plants for sale, raffle items, vendors, the Master Gardener information booth, Second Hand Rose (rummage sale), tool sharpening, and children’s activities.

Admission and parking are free. Tours of Belle Grove’s historic Manor House will be $5 for visitors 12 and older and offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

GardenFest is hosted by Virginia Cooperative Extension and Belle Grove Plantation with support from the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association.

Visit nsvmga.org and or like NSVMGA on Facebook for further details and updates.

Paint Night in the Garden

Join us a for a beautiful evening on the farm. ALL proceeds to go Healthy Families!

To purchase a ticket, please click on “going” in the Facebook event and we will send you an invoice.

Proceeds benefit Healthy Families NSV.

Flower Show

The Winchester Council of Garden Club is proud to present: Give Thanks, Share Love, Spread Cheer, a National Garden Club Standard Flower Show

The Show will be open Friday, November 22, 1-4pm
Saturday, November 23, 10am-4pm

The Show is Free and Open to the Public!
Select arrangements available for purchase at the Show.

The Winchester Council is a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., South Atlantic Region, and Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., Shenandoah District

FallFest at Belle Grove Plantation

When the garden slows down this fall, get a head start on next year with Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners at the FREE FallFest at Belle Grove Plantation on Sunday, September 8, 12-4 p.m.

Sponsored by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener Association, this event includes talks from Master Gardeners, as well as demos, crafts, and giveaways–all free to the public and open to all ages.

Scheduled Talks in the Beverley B. Shoemaker Welcome Center (1918 Barn):
12:15 a.m. Plan a Pollinator Garden for Season-long Blooms with Stacey Morgan Smith
1:15 p.m. For your home Create a Habitat Garden and a Sustainable Landscape for Flora and Fauna with Cy Haley
2:15 p.m. Fall Decorations Using Garden Materials with Lynn Hoffmann
3:00 p.m. Learn Simple Steps for Saving Seeds with Elaine Specht

Under the Tents:
Demos, Craft workshops, and Giveaways throughout the event.
Tool Sharpening and winter storage tips
Dividing Daylilies Demo and Give Away
Fall Propagation of Woody Shrubs Demo
Flower Pounding Crafts
Tours of the Belle Grove Teaching Garden
Kids Gardening Table
Spring Bulb Information Booth and Daffodil Give Away
Master Gardener Information Booth
Peony Sale–come early for best selection!
Pot Recycling–bring in your garden pots and we will reuse or recycle them
And more!

Gardening in the Valley Symposium

Scheduled Topics and Speakers Include:

Organics: Origins, Definitions, and How Organic are the Products You Buy?
Karin French, USDA Training Office

Big Dreams, Small Garden: Creating the Extraordinary in Your Ordinary Space.
Marianne Willburn, Author and Journalist

Medicinal Plants: How to Use Them in Your Home in Everyday Items.
Wendell Combest, Shenandoah University Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

Best Practices for Small Farms: Making a Living by Growing Crops & Raising Livestock.
Tyler and Angel Wakeman of the fifth generation family farm Valley Roots Farm

Native Plants: Attracting Butterflies with Flora Local to the Shenandoah Valley.
Stacey Morgan Smith, VCE Master Gardener

$65 registration includes continental breakfast, hot lunch, and free parking, plus chance to mingle with speakers, win door prizes and ticket auctions, enjoy a mini seed swap, and talk gardening with EMGs and other attendees.

Shop from garden vendors with plants, herbs, and other goodies, as well as books for sale by the speakers and authors of interest.

Check in between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and enjoy breakfast.
Welcome address kicks off the day at 8:45 a.m., and talks end by 4:00 p.m.

View the flyer