Loudoun County Master Gardeners

Loudoun County Master Gardeners

Upcoming Events

Unless otherwise specified, all Association Meetings are held at 7 PM at the Loudoun County Extension Office, 30 Catoctin Circle SE, Suite B, Leesburg, VA 20175. Lower Level Conference Room.

Association meetings focus on a speaker of interest and are open to the general public.

August 5: Welcome to Banshee Reeks, Ron Circe, Manager, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. Ron Circe has degrees from Texas A&M in biology with an ecology emphasis. He worked as a research scientist for the USGS for 20 yrs; owned environmental consulting companies in TX and VA, specializing in wetland ecology and has authored over 50 professional journal articles. He has been an adjunct professor at Shenandoah University, Old Dominion, George Mason and VA Tech. He has been the manager for Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve since 2000.

Sept. 2: Urban Farming, Tyler Brown. Tyler Brown is the Project Manager of Real Food Farm, a new urban agriculture project in Baltimore, MD. The Farm is a project of Civic Works, Baltimore's Service Corps, and is selling fruits, herbs and vegetables for local institutions and communities using "hoop houses"—low-cost, plastic greenhouses. The project seeks to utilize unused land, build a model for production-scale agriculture in the city environment, and provide healthy fresh food and job skills for Baltimoreans living in food deserts. Tyler was born and raised in Leesburg, VA.

Oct. 7: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Update on Loudoun County's Landfill and Recycling Efforts, Tony Hayes. Tony Hayes has been the Recycling Specialist for Loudoun County since 2000. Prior to that he worked at the National Association of Counties as a Research Associate on recycling and pollution prevention. He began his career in this field in 1993 as a recycling coordinator for the City of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Loudoun County recycles tons of materials every year. Tony Hayes will tell the fascinating story of what happens to it.

Nov. 4: Holiday Arrangements Demonstration, Darcy Justin, Master Gardener. With over 20 years of design experience, Darcy brings her bold creative approach to all aspects of floral design and garden design. She has taught floral design, gardening and garden design principals for the National Cathedral, Fairfax County Parks and Recreation, Loudoun County Parks Authority, workshops for garden centers, master gardeners groups, garden clubs, and special interest groups.

Jan 6. Square Foot Gardening, Linna Ferguson. Linna is an everyday person who is passionate about eating locally and raising her own food. Her passion is to show anyone, no matter their lack or time or space that they can grow their own healthy food. Linna has been growing her own food for over 10 years and her focus is to show people CREATIVE ways to grow food in their back yards. See her website, http://www.foodscaper.com.