Welcome to the website of the James City County/Williamsburg (VA) Master Gardeners. We support Virginia Cooperative Extension with a range of public outreach and educational programs serving our area, including turf and lawn, landscape, and plant disease clinics, therapeutic gardening, extension help desk, and a range of gardening projects with children. Please follow the links to your left to explore our programs. Or, use the Google search bar (below) to look for a specific topic of interest to you.

Mission of the James City County/ Williamsburg (JCC/W) Master Gardeners

The purpose of the James City County/Williamsburg  Master Gardener is to learn, educate, and communicate environmentally sound horticultural practices to the community.  Trained by the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Master Gardener volunteers are committed to offering information to the public through sustainable landscape  management educational programs.

Meet the 2011 Class of JCC/W-New Kent Master Gardeners

James City County-Williamsburg-New Kent Master Gardeners recently honored graduating interns from the 2011 class.

Doris Heath, Virginia Cooperative Extension Unit Coordinator thanked the interns for their hard work and efforts in the many projects in which they participated throughout the community. The new Master Gardeners had to complete 70 hours of classroom training and in MG projects which included Incredible Edibles, local School Gardens, Therapeutic Gardening, Waterwise Gardening, tour guides at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden, Help Desk at the VCE office and many other activities. A slide show was presented to the new Master Gardeners recapping their year.
Carol Fryer and Barb Landa, Trainee Class Coordinators, presented the class with wonderful class memories, their Master Gardener certificates, lanyards and name tags. Reception and refreshments followed
First Row: Jordan Westenhaver, Sharon Voerman, Donna Thibeault, Ellen Greene, Iris Grant, Nancy Bayne
Second Row: Cathy Hill, Vallerie Hillyer, Deborah Griesinger, Patty Ridgway,
Third Row: Avril Purvis, Sherry Sumerlin Lisa Stefanick, Lisa Harty, Joanne Sheffield, Vince Rasper, Jim Henry, Ken Caro, Gary Streb, Toy Carpenter.
Additional graduating 2012 class members not shown were: Diane Hare, Pattie Louche and Sally Pittman-Smith

Reid-Shields Learning Gardens 2011 Vegetable Harvest--photo gallery

Peninsula Tree Stewards 2011 class photos

New Tree Steward, Carolyn Gaertner	New Tree Steward Patsy McGrady
New Tree Steward, Mitzi Balma	10 Years as Peninsula TS Leaders, Sue Liddell and Peggy Manning

Meet the New Kent Master Gardeners

Residents of New Kent County have been members of several of the recent MG training classes. Quietly their numbers have grown and they have accomplished a LOT, notably Carole's Garden--a display garden now in its second iteration as the Extension Office moved to new quarters--and the annual Farm Tour:
Carole's garden--and many of their other achievements--is shown in their presentation:

NK MG Presentation (LARGE, 57Mb PDF)