Opportunities

Master Gardener Coordinator

Job Opening: Master Gardener Coordinator (Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, and Fluvanna counties)

The Master Gardener Coordinator will partner with ANR agents in Planning District 10, (Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, and Fluvanna counties) to provide program development/support to existing Master Gardener volunteers and their educational efforts in those communities. The Horticulture agent, based in Albemarle County, will provide oversight to this position. Job details at the following website:

https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=473404

Required Qualifications

Communicate activities of the Master Gardeners with the Horticulture agent and unit personnel. Supervise daily operations of the Albemarle Horticulture Help Desk
Serve as a resource for volunteers and clientele on horticulture topics. Support Volunteer Programming.
Teach evaluative and diagnostic skills. Would need to obtain VA pesticide certification (category 10).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in horticulture or plant science preferred.
Field experience with ornamental and edible plants preferred.
Experience working with volunteers and experience in a supervisory capacity

Cathryn Kloetzli

Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Albemarle County Office

460 Stagecoach Road

Charlottesville, VA 22902

(434) 872-4580
Fax: (434) 872-4578

Head Gardener Position

Gardener position for the management of an estate property in Orange, Virginia. The property consists of a historic home and gardens, open fields, and woods nestled along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the garden, there is an herb garden, foundation plantings, naturalized bulb plantings, a vegetable garden, cut flower beds, and a small orchard.

Duties will include seasonal management of garden beds as well as scheduling day to day projects. These tasks include: fruit and vegetable production, pruning and care of small trees, orchard trees, and shrubs, pest and disease management, weeding, mulching, trimming, lawn care, flower arranging, and seasonal outdoor/indoor floral decoration. Some experience in all these areas is highly encouraged.

The gardener must be able to research and find plants and suppliers for seasonal plantings and new beds, as well as coordinate and oversee work done on property by outside contractors.
At least 2 years horticultural education required with some experience in garden design, planting, and maintenance.

Contact: Gillian Andross, Executive Assistant to Mark Kington, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- or call Gillian Andross or Brian Trader at (703) 519-3599.

Lightly on the Ground Radio

Beekeeper and Photographer David Stover has studied why and how honeybee colonies collapse. He will describe the challenging, often complicated practice of keeping healthy hives and how anyone can make that small effort, and enjoy knowing they have helped bring about the resulting large environmental impact. All gardeners and anyone with a lawn or pots on a deck can help preserve these vital, busy beings.To hear the conversation, click here!

Beekeeper David Stover on Lightly on the Ground Radio:
Wednesday, Noon, May 11 on WRIR 97.3 lpFM and WRIR.ORG

Richmond Independent Radio -- Alternate Wednesdays at noon
Not close to Richmond? Listen at WRIR.ORG, where Lightly on the Ground is also webcast at 11 on Thursday. http://wrir.org/

National Young Farmers Coalition

The National Young Farmers' Coalition is a new organization created by and for young farmers in the United States. Our areas of focus are policy change, farmer-farmer learning, and farmer network building.

We are in the process of developing a policy platform for the National Young Farmers’ Coalition and we need your help. We have created a survey that will guide our policy priorities.

Would you be interested in spreading the word about our survey to the young and beginning farmers with whom you work?

Please direct your contacts to http://youngfarmers.org and the survey (which only takes about five minutes to fill out). Additionally, if you know any young farmers who would be interested in having a profile on our site, please have them contact < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it > (posted 2/2/11)