The New River Valley Master Gardeners are volunteer educators within the communities of Floyd, Giles, Pulaski, and Montgomery counties. Extension Master Gardeners work to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management education and training. The Virginia Master Gardener program is an educationally based service program of the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
The New River Valley Master Gardener Association is a non-profit organization that falls under the umbrella of the Extension Master Gardener Program. Members of the Association are active Extension Master Gardeners. Non-profit status allows the organization to raise funds and award community grants to educational, care-giving, or community-based organizations seeking to educate, involve, and/or improve quality of life for participants through a gardening-related project. In addition, members of the organization may apply for mini grants to support their projects.
