BIRTHS (7/2/2025) - Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Thomas Jr. of Middletown, announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Winchester Medical Center, Winchester. She has been named Emery… …
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite,’long-blooming and deer resistant (7/2/2025) - One topic that frequently arose two weeks ago at Extension Master Gardeners College was the statewide deer problem. Master Gardeners from Alexandria, Virginia Beach, Blacksburg, Winchester, and Gloucester all complained… …

Local history talks next month at Edgehill House (6/25/2025) - The Gloucester Woman’s Club will be hosting a series of talks of local historic and community interest on Wednesday evenings in July. Each program will run from 7-8 p.m. at… …
Long days, hot days (6/25/2025) - Summertime is here without a doubt; and nature is in bloom. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Lychnis coronaria, rose campion, sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Tricolor zinnia and… …
St. John’s Wort, a sunny perennial (6/25/2025) - After spending five pleasant days with comfortable outdoor temperatures on the beautiful Virginia Tech campus at Master Gardener College, several Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners and I returned to sweltering Tidewater… …


Plants and animals (6/18/2025) - Nature is in its glory as the sun rises to the longest day with the start of summer on Friday. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Cormorants and bald eagles… …





Find out what Master Gardeners do (6/11/2025) - At the Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners’ May meeting, Bob Beyea reported that we have been offered the opportunity to spend Saturday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at… …


Beautiful (6/4/2025) - Nature surrounds us with infinite splendid views. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net. Thriving Purple Martin colony in the yard of Bill and Faith Farinholt, Gloucester. Siberian Water Iris in… …
Almost everything about woodlice (6/4/2025) - Last Saturday, Jim asked me, “Have you ever written a column about roly-polies, those cute little bugs that I find under flowerpots and in the compost? What do they do?”… …

Birds, gardens, flowers (5/28/2025) - We love seeing your photos. Please send them to editor@gazettejournal.net. Beautiful East River view, submitted by Pat Rawls of Foster. Turkey vulture display at Carter’s Cove, Gloucester; sent by Steve… …
The search for a pink lady’s slipper (5/28/2025) - Every spring, I search our woods for one particular species of flower: the pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule), a native orchid found in eastern North America from Maine to Georgia… …


