The Roanoke 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 Roanoke improve their lives.
We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability.
3738 Brambleton Avenue SW
Roanoke, VA 24018-3639
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Main Office: (540) 772-7524
Fax: (540) 776-7136
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Upcoming 4-H Events
Unless otherwise noted, events are held at the Brambleton Center.
Share-the-Fun talent show try-outs: Sunday, February 19, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Click here for registration form.
Second Teen training of the year: Monday, February 20, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Share-the-Fun talent show: Friday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. at Virginia Western's Whitman Auditorium.
**Roanoke Valley Junior 4-H Camp (Skelton 4-H Center): July 9-13. Download your registration form here!**
Lots of great things are also happening at the Skelton 4-H Center this winter, including:
• Winter Cloverbud Camp: February 25-26, open to “cloverbuds” (5-8 year olds) and their parents! This is the first time the camp has been offered in about FIVE years, but the requests have been coming in to bring it back.
Registration deadline for this camp is two weeks prior to the camp date. As always, trained teen and adult volunteers are needed for 4-H Center camps – if you fit this description, we’d love to have you! Please help us promote these camps by sharing with friends, family, neighbors. Contact Amber with any questions.
Upcoming FCS Events
Master Food Volunteers
Are you interested in nutrition? Do you love food, and want to learn to learn new things? Would you like to meet new people and give back to our community? If so, here is a wonderful opportunity for you to become a Master Food Volunteer (see brochure). This thirty-hour training course will be held Tuesdays in October and November. Once completed, you will be required to give back thirty hours of volunteer time. Click here to download the application, and feel free to contact Deb Chappell for more information at 540-772-7524 or dchappel@vt.edu.
Upcoming Agriculture and Horticulture Events
Private Applicator Pesticide Recertification – January 26, 2012
Growers’ Academy– starts January 24, 2012
Roanoke Innovative Leadership – starts February 9, 2012
Roanoke Regional Fruit School – production updates for commercial tree fruit growers, February 14, 2012 (details TBA)
Playing in the Dirt II – at the Roanoke City Main Library, February 28, 2012, 6-8 pm (details TBA)
Playing in the Dirt II – at the Salem Museum, March 17, 2012, 9 am - 2 pm (details TBA)
VCE Master Gardener Training Program. Fall 2012. For more information, contact Sheri Dorn (sherid@vt.edu).
Shaping Extension's Future Website
Learn how Virginia Cooperative Extension is making a difference in the lives of Virginians across the commonwealth at future.ext.vt.edu. This site includes stories about our programs, regular messages from our director, answers to frequently asked questions, and the ability for you to comment and ask questions. Come share your personal stories and ideas for shaping Extension’s future.