NORFOLK MASTER GARDENERS
"Growing Knowledge. Cultivating Community."
Norfolk Master Gardeners work to make a better environment through education, outreach, and hands-on gardening projects.
2025 Upcoming Events in South Hampton Roads
Programs and Services
Good Gardening at the Pretlow Library
Mary D Pretlow Anchor Branch Library
When: Sept 17th at 6:30PM.
Topic: "Square Foot Gardening for Fall & Winter Vegetables"
Speaker: Paul Ziegler
Stay tuned for further updates to the 2025 schedule.
The NMGs Crape Myrtle Pruning Project
was in Colonial Place
Residents of Colonial Place improved the appearance of their crape myrtles with
guidance and instruction
from the NMGs.
For more information about this project, contact:
Paulette Crawford: Crawford27@cox.net or (757) 650-4129
Ginger Farrell: vafarrell@yahoo.com or (757) 972-5987
It's September in Norfolk, Virginia. See the Planting Guide for Zone 8b.
(Pending the new guides from Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension Service that will include the recent change to 8b).
Norfolk’s Plant Hardiness Zone has changed with the new 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.
Plug in your zip code to see - all of Our Fair City is now in Zone 8B, with slightly warmer average winter temperatures as measured from 30 years of data. Zone boundaries for more than half the U.S. have changed in this map.
For us, this has implications for potentially longer growing seasons, weeds germinating earlier, and an increase in the number of insects. If only that translates to more pollinators!
As always, Norfolk Master Gardeners suggest that growers look for native species first. Plant Virginia Natives has links to important information about the long-term impact of these plants, which plants are invasive, where to buy natives, and the current Native Plants for Hampton Roads. This guide is available to download now, but a new edition is due out early next year. We look forward to seeing changes to the guide that may stem from the revised Hardiness Zones in our region.
The Norfolk Master Gardener Association fosters communication, education, fellowship, and leadership among our members. The Association provides staffing, management and organization for approved Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener (VCE-MG) programs.
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