23 June

WTMG Orientation

Mark Carroll

Western Tidewater Master Gardeners

23 June

Basic Botany / Taxonomy

Mark Carroll

Western Tidewater Master Gardeners

25 June

Soils / Nutrient Management / Fertilizers

Extension Agent, Agriculture and natural resources

City of Chesapeake

7 July

Basic Entomology

Unit Coordinator Extension Agent, Agriculture and natural resources

9 July

Abiotic Stress / Plant Pathology

Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist

Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center

16 Jul

Diagnosing Plant Damage

Unit Coordinator Extension Agent, Agriculture and natural resources

21 July

Integrated Pest Management / Pesticide Safety – Risk Management

Unit Coordinator Extension Agent, Agriculture and natural resources

23 July

Plant Propagation

Senior Extension Agent, Agriculture and natural resources, Horticulture

28 July

The Vegetable Garden

Jose Fortuny

Western Tidewater Master Gardeners

30 July

Fruits in the Home Garden

To Be Determined (TBD)

TBD

02 August

(Optional) Vegetable Garden Workshop (Saturday)

Jose Fortunty

Western Tidewater Master Gardeners

4 August

Indoor & Herbaceous Plants

TBD

TBD

6 August

Lawns

Sterling White

Western Tidewater Master Gardeners

16 August

(Field Trip – Pinkham) Woody Landscape Plants (Saturday)

Brian O’Neil

Virginia Society of Landscape Designers

Former Director of Horticulture at Norfolk Botanical Garden

Former Director of Living Landscapes at Norfolk Botanical Garden

18 August

Pruning / Practical

D. W. Coble

ISA Certified Arborist, Bartlett Tree Experts

20 August

Landscape Design / Water Conservation

25 August

Habitat Gardening for Wildlife

TBD

TBD

27 August

Virginia Native Plants

TBD

TBD

TBD

Field Trip – Habitat Gardening Workshop

Jose Fortuny

Western Tidewater Master Gardeners

3 September

Graduation Celebration

Western Tidewater
Master Gardeners