Educational Outreach Programs

 

Click on a project from the below list for specific details and locations we can be found:

 

Arbor Day Program

Norfolk Beautification & City Projects

Street Tree Inventory Updating

Spring and Fall Plant Sale

Grass Guru Turfgrass Specialist Program

Help-Line for NMGV

NMG Volunteer Training Program

Plant Doctors

Speakers Bureau

 

Fred Heutte Center Gardens

Hermitage "Living Shoreline" Docent program

Norfolk Botanical Gardens Docent & Plant Doctors

Oriental Gardens at Norfolk's Pagoda

Virginia Barnyard garden at the Virginia Zoo Park

Weyanoke Wildlife Sanctuary

 

Virginia Flower And Garden Show

Virginia Tech Display Gardens at HRAREC

 

YOUTH PROGRAMS

A new committee to identify NMGV projects that will involve Norfolk’s youth has been created.  We hope to reach a larger number of youngsters by assisting recreation center staffs with garden design, installation, and maintenance and with other educational activities. We’re looking for bright, imaginative, enthusiastic people who enjoy working with youngsters in a horticultural setting.

 

The first project was developed by Juanita and Lenny Snead at the East Ocean View Recreational Center, 9520 20th Bay St, and will be the prototype for other recreational centers. They have 2 large gardens plots. The City of Norfolk cooperates by tilling the plots and providing compost. Juanita and Lenny work with a wide range of youngsters growing vegetables and catching fish. At the end of the summer, they have a fish fry, featuring vegetables the youngsters grew, where they all enjoy the fruits of their labor. Many of the kids never before saw the plants from which their food grows.

 

HORTICULTURE THERAPY

 

PLANT THERAPY AT NORFOLK SENTARA HOSPITAL:

At Norfolk Sentara Hospital we conduct garden and plant activities with rehabilitation patients on the 9th and 2nd floors and patients on the 6th floor.