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Welcome to the Virginia Master Gardener Association

The mission of the Virginia Master Gardener Association is to foster communication, education and fellowship among Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener volunteers.

Elections are open!

It’s that time again: VMGA is preparing to elect a new slate of officers. The officers take office in June at the Annual Meeting, but must be elected in order to ensure the proper timing is met for nominations and elections. VMGA needs YOU! Expect an invitation to vote from Election Runner, our electronic balloting service.  The URL for our elections will probably be, https://vmga.electionrunner.com.  Each VMGA member who is current on dues will get an invitation to vote via email.  Vote when you get it as elections will close February 25.  The Slate of officers nominated are below, but it will be possible to write in any candidate for each office.  Officers MUST be current members of VMGA.

President    Stacey Morgan Smith

Vice President    Jeanne Lamczyk

Secretary   Deb Straw

Treasurer Betsy Brown

It’s that time again: VMGA is preparing to elect a new slate of officers. The officers take office in June at the Annual Meeting,but must be nominated by the end of our December regularly scheduled meeting in order to ensure the proper timing is met for nominations and elections. VMGA needs YOU! Read more about it here.

Education Committee

Register now for the November 11 Continuing Education event! Hone your plant problem solving skills with information about the process and applying those skills to the most widely planted landscape shrub, boxwood. Are you familiar with GDD and PPI? No? Learn how these indicators help gardeners monitor for pests and diseases, with additional information on vegetable growing. An optional tour of Saunders Brothers’ hundreds of acres of boxwood, fruit trees, annuals, perennials and trees and shrubs is available for the first registrants. For more details, see the Education Event page!

VMGA Officers, 2022-2023

President – Georgianna Hall
Vice-President – Nelda Purcell
Treasurer – Stacey Morgan Smith
Secretary – Deb Straw
Past President – Leslie Paulson