New Kent County Staff
New Kent County Staff

The New Kent County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is your local connection to Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.

Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, we help the people of New Kent County improve their lives.

We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability.

11809 New Kent Highway, Suite 1
P.O. Box 205
New Kent, VA 23124

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday

Main Office: (804) 966-9645
Fax: (804) 966-5013
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Raised Bed Garden Clinic

Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. - Noon

FREE!

Location: New Kent Extension Office 
                11809 New Kent Highway
                New Kent, VA

Reserve your spot by calling (804) 966-9645 or emailing millsm@vt.edu 

Master Gardeners and guest speaker, Dan Nortman, York County Horticulture Extension Agent, will talk about the advantages of raised bed gardening with vegetables, what it takes to have a successful vegetable garden, how to create a garden design, good soil composition, ways to add organic matter, "Good Bugs & Bad Bugs", and companion planting.

 

Flyer attached.

Pruning Clinic

Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. - Noon

FREE!!

Please register by March 15th by calling (804) 966-9645 or email millsm@vt.edu.     

Location:  New Kent Extension Office

                  11809 New Kent Highway, Suite 1

                  New Kent, VA 

Master Gardeners will teach proper pruning techniques.  Hands-on pruning demonstrations will cover landscape trees and shrubs...plus...tools, sharpening and safety, and educational publications.

Please bring your own pruning tools.

Flyer attached.

2012 New Kent 4-H Junior Camp

July 30-August 3, 2012

Open to youth ages 9 to 13 (by September 30, 2012)

Camp Registration is now open.

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