Welcome to the BMGC Gardening Blog!
We’ll include things on here that you want to share – just with club members. Any suggestions that you’d like to share with “the world”, we will put on the “Gardening Tips and Resources” page, which is public. Any notes or additional info shared by presenters each month will also be posted here for your reference!
To get started, please enjoy the lecture notes from Master Gardener Fern Campbell’s Sept 2023 lecture on “Why Landscaping with Native Plants Matter”. She asked that we keep this presentation on the Members-Only page, and so if you download or copy the presentation, please respect her wishes not to disseminate it further – it’s for “Club Reference Only!”
Part 1of 2 – Why Landscaping with Native Plants Matters
Part 2 of 2 – Why Landscaping with Native Plants Matters
And from Linda Blum’s very detailed and entertaining lecture: Soils Basics – Slides from September 2024 Lecture
February 2025: Presented by Claire Denton-Spalding, Master Gardener – “Hedgerows – Growing a Living Fence”. A fascinating lecture, with these 3 supporting documents available for you to check out: Claire’s Hedgerow Lecture Slides, a Resource List for Growing Hedgerows, and a Hedgerows Brochure.
March 2025: 3/11/25: Here are the notes and slides from the fascinating lecture “From Seed to Bloom” by Emily Ann Steinbach of Black Haus Blooms in Earlysville, VA.