Newport News Master Gardeners

Files for Gardeners

Below you will find files that will guide you towards a more organic approach to garden.  These presentations are informative and will give you ideas toward making your gardening experience more productive financially as well as helping the environment.  Please know that these files are virus free.

Some files require MS PowerPoint.  If you do not have the program, you may download and install the PowerPoint Viewer here.

Compost Happens!!
Plant Propagation
The Good, The Bad and The Bugly
The Shady Garden

Useful Handouts.  All require Adobe Reader

VCE Publications and Educational Resources (Link)
Vegetable Planting Guide
Trees for Landscape Containers and Planters
Tree and Shrub Planting Guidelines
Soil Preparation
Shrub Pruning Calendar
Seed for the Garden
Deciduous Tree Pruning Calendar
Home Lawn Fertilization in Virginia:  FAQs
Growing Azaleas and Rhododendrons
Fall Vegetable Gardening
Composting
The Culture of Camellias
Backyard Wildlife Habitat
2010 Pruning Handbook for the Virginia Peninsula