August is a busy month as we harvest summer crops and begin planting for fall harvests.
The Garden Shed
A Community Newsletter published by the
Piedmont Master Gardeners
August 2025-Vol.11, No. 8
August in the Ornamental Garden
The August To-Do List
Invasives Watch
Focus on stiltgrass this month
Upcoming Events
Mark your calendar!
Small Trees for the Home Landscape
Small trees can play both aesthetic and ecological roles in a home landscape.
Growing Fresh Fall Greens by David Garth
Now is the time to plant cool weather greens to be harvested in the fall and into the winter.
Sensational Slime Molds
The unusual and beneficial organisms that may appear in the garden
The Garden Shed
A community newsletter published by the Piedmont Master Gardeners each month.
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We — the writers of The Garden Shed — would like to introduce ourselves and our free online community newsletter. We are members of the Piedmont Master Gardeners, which simply means we have all been trained to share the scientific expertise of Virginia Tech and the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. More important, we are your friends and neighbors with a passion for gardening – and learning more about it. Each month we will communicate the tasks that we are performing in our ornamental gardens, edible gardens and lawns. Each month’s newsletter will also contain a featured topic, ranging from growing roses to preventing pests and diseases in your vegetable garden, plus a recipe for something fresh from the garden.
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