Virginia Home Grown Archives
2013 Season
April 2013 Hellebores; Alleyway Oasis; Tree Peony
March 2013 Historic Gardens; JSR Horticulture Program; Daffodils
2012 Season
October 2012 Landscape Design; Hoop House Farming; The Aster
September 2012 Ginger; School Garden; Water Lily
August 2012 Monticello’s Heritage Garden; Edible Landscape; Dwarf Pomegranate
July 2012 Adaptive Gardening; Relay Foods; Coneflowers
June 2012 Archaeological discoveries at Poplar Forest; Moss Gardening; Thistle Varieties
May 2012 River Hero Home Program; Oakencroft Farm; Cotinus coggygria ‘Velvet Cloak’ Smoketree
April 2012 Maymont’s Japanese Garden; Horticulture Program; Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree
March 2012 Tropical Plants; Interior Plantscapes; Japanese Flowering Apricot
2011 Season
October 2011 Oyster Farming, Fall Flower Arrangements
September 2011 Tree Pests Debra Martin, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Coordinator, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services • debra.martin@vdacs.virginia.gov • (804) 371.779 Organic Mulch Julie Gross, President, Norfleet Products • JGross@norfleetproducts.com
August 2011 Grass Roots Lawn Care Susan Edwards and Mike Likins, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Chesterfield County, (804) 751.4401, likinsm@chesterfield.gov. Tall Grass Meadow Beate A. Jensen, Buildings and Grounds Preservation Supervisor, Gari Melchers’ Belmont • (540) 654.1839 Plant of the Month: Fish Pepper
July 2011 Hanover County Cannery: Sheree Bremner, • 804.365.6484 Rain Gardens: Barbara White and Dr. Jim McGlone • Virginia Department of Forestry • 900 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 800, Charlottesville, VA 22903 • 434.220.9070 (office) • 434.989.0665 (cell) • 434.296.2369 (fax) Plant of the Month: Bean Vines
June 2011 Organic CSA: Adam Bresa, Fertile Crescent Farm • (434) 392.6997 Native Plants: Doug Coleman, Director, The Wintergreen Nature Foundation • (434) 325.8169 Plant of the Month: Golden Raintree
May 2011 Hybridizing Magnolia: Bill Smith, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden • 1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA 23228 Antique Roses: Dennis Whetzel, Nursery Manager, Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants • Monticello, PO Box 316, Charlottesville, VA 22902 • 434-984-9819 • dwhetzel@monticello.org Plant of the Month: Japanese Tree Lilac
April 2011 Richmond Tree Stewards: Luke McCall, Arborist, City of Richmond richmondtreestewards.wordpress.com Virginia Grown Program: Yvonne Harris, amFOG (Afton Mountain Farm • Orchard • Greenhouse), 9264 Critzer’s Shop Road, Afton, VA 22920, 540.456.7100, amFOG.net • Charles Green, Marketing Director, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Charles.Green@vdacs.virginia.gov Plant of the Month: Moth Orchid
March 2011 Late Winter/Early Spring Color: Peggy Singlemann, Director of Horticulture, Maymont, 1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia Gouda Cheese: Our Lady of the Angels Monastery (Trappistine Nuns), 3365 Monastery Drive, Crozet VA 22932-2116, sisters@olamonastery.org olamonastery.org, 434.823.1452 Cheese Pairing and Nutritional Value: Kristin Brittle, RD, Program Account Manager, Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc., PO Box 937, Mechanicsville, VA 23111, 800.343.4693, southeastdairy.org, kbrittle@sedairy.org Plant of the Month: Virginia Bluebell
2010 Season
October 2010 Dwarf Conifers: Scott Burrell, Giving Tree Gardens, sburrell@reynolds.edu Chestnut Trees: Virginia Department of Forestry, 434.220.9070, Jerre Crieghton, Research Program Manager, jerre.creighton@dof.virginia.gov, Wayne Bowman, Research Forester, wayne.bowman@dof.virginia.gov Plant of the Month: Sun Patien
September 2010 Edemame Beans: Chris Mullins, Virginia State University, Extension Specialist, Greenhouse and Specialty Crops, PO Box 9081, Petersburg, VA 23806, (804) 524.5834, cmullins@vsu.edu Tree Planting: Van Anderson, Landscape Architect, Waynesboro Landscape and Garden Center, waynesborogardens.com, (540) 942.4646 Plant of the Month: Bush Clover
August 2010 Cut Flowers: Clara Stokes, Belona Botanical Farm, belonabotanicalfarm.com Green Roof at Monticello Visitor Center: Amy Jeffries, Monticello, ajeffries@monticello.org Plant of the Month: Amaranth
July 2010 The Lotus Garden: Tom Brinda, Associate Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 262.9887, lewisginter.org Garden Photography: Paul Goossens, 434.227.9200, ObservationsInTime@yahoo.com, observationsintime.com Plant of the Month: White Chocolate Crape Myrtle
June 2010 AgriBerry: Anne Geyer, Agriberry, agriberry.com Caromont Farm–Goat Cheese: Gail Hobbs-Page, 9261 Old Green Mountain Road, Esmont, VA 22937, 434.831.1393, caromontfarm.com Plant of the Month: Hydrangea
May 2010 AG in the Classroom: Tammy Maxey, Sr. Education Programmer, P.O. Box 27522, Richmond, Virginia 23261-7552, 804.290.1143 (office), 804.290.1099 (field), tammy.maxey@vafb.com, Agriculture in the Classroom Modesto Farms Greenhouses: Gene Goin, 952 Rolling Road South, Scottsville, VA 24590, 434.286.4918, 434.989.4919, Modesto2@peoplepc.com
April 2010 The Italian Garden at Maymont: Peggy Singlemann, Director of Horticulture, Maymont, 1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia Organic Tulips/Cut-Your-Own: Jeroen Koeman, EcoTulips, 3320 Lillard’s Ford Road, Brightwood, VA 22715, 434.242.6369, ecotulips.com, Jeroen@ecotulips.com Plant of the Month: Chinese Snowball Viburnum
March 2010 Soil Testing: Charles Thornton, Tellus Consulting, (540) 672.5292, chasthornton@gmail.com Heritage Breeds: Ramona Huff, Gryffon’s Aerie, 4803 Mount Air Farm, Crozet, VA 22932, gryffonsaerie.com , (434) 823.5725 Plant of the Month: Japanese Cornelian Dogwood