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Virginia citizens are more interested in growing their own food and caring for their personal landscape than ever before.  The Henry County/Martinsville Virginia Cooperative Extension is committed to helping citizens know more about maintaining a healthy home environment, creating sustainable rural or urban landscapes, protecting water resources, growing a garden, and properly managing pests and wildlife. The horticulture agent, and master gardener volunteers work to provide training, information, and science-based answers homeowners need. 

 

What will make this plant grow better?  How can it be guarded against disease or insect damage?  How can we protect and improve the soil?  For the answers to questions such as these, you've come to the right place and we can help! 

 

 

 

    

    

 

 

 Have

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Chances are, other people have had the same question, too!  To see if your question has been asked before, please visit the LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION  page to find the answer.

 
 
Interested in Becoming a Master Gardener?
 
Do you enjoy gardening?  Do you like helping your community?  If so, then the Master Gardener Organization may be just right for you.
Please be sure to visit all pages of our site to get an idea of what we do.  Then, if you think this is just right for you, please fill out and return the following APPLICATION
to the Extension Office along with your check payment of $20 made out to the Henry County/Martinsville Master Gardeners.
 
Henry County/Martinsville VCE
c/o Master Gardeners
PO Box 7
Collinsville, VA 24078
 
Once your application has been approved, an email will be sent to you with the Login information for the training page.
 
We look forward to working with you!
In Need of a Plant Doctor?
 

 

If your daisies are droopy, gardenias are grouchy, or grass is just plain dopey...The Horticulture Extension Agent and the Master Gardener volunteers are here to help.  Call (276) 634-4650, Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm. 

 

Master Gardener HelpLine is open Monday and Thursday 9:00am-12 noon & 1:00pm-4:00pm.

 

  

 

Want to know what the Master Gardeners are up to?  Wondering what classses are being offered by the Horticulture Program?  Please visit our Calendar of Events page to find out!

Is it a Fruit or Vegetable?


 

Pumpkin, fruit or vegetable? Tomato, fruit or vegetable? To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable.
 
A Fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds.
 
A Vegetable is the edible stems, leaves, and roots of the plant. 
 

SO...the big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?

 

If the answer is yes, then technically, you have a FRUIT. This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit. It also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts all fruits as well. VEGETABLES such as, radishes, celery, carrots, and lettuce do NOT have seeds (that are part of what we eat) and so they are grouped as vegetables.