Local Programs

Horticulture Programs

Please contact Ashley Appling 540-727-3435 x 355 or email ashappling@vt.edu for any horticulture questions.

2024 Master Gardener Waiting List

2023 Drinking Water Clinic Waiting List

Culpeper County 4-H Clubs

The 4-H year runs from October 1 through September 30 of each year.  

4-H Cloverbud Clubs are open to any youth between the ages of 5-8 during the 4-H year and our 4-H Clubs are open to youth ages 9 – 18.

Contact the office for more details 540-727-3435 or email Cristy Mosley at cmosley1@vt.edu

CSR Overnight Camp Photos June 12-16,  2022

Culpeper-Shenandoah-Rappahannock Overnight Camp

June 18-22, 2023

CSR Camper Application $365   

CSR TEEN Application $290

CSR CIT Application $325

SCHOLARSHIP FORM

CMR Farm Show 2023 July 6-10, 2023

• Award of Excellence Application
• Leadership Award Application
• Achievement Award Application
• Outstanding Senior Member Application

Engaging with Communities

Virginia Cooperative Extension specialists in community viability work with Extension agents, campus-based faculty, organizational partners, communities, and individuals to further opportunity and build capacity in five program areas:   

• Leadership & Planning
• Community Enterprise and Resiliency
• Community Food System and Enterprises
• Community Planning
• Emerging Community Issues

Examples of our work include training county elected officials, educating entrepreneurs, facilitating collaborative projects, supporting the growth of community food systems and local economies, enhancing agent skills and community capacity in facilitation and leadership, conducting problem-driven research, and creating publications and tools that address critical community needs.

Do you have a question about Community Viability?

Perhaps one of the Community Viability specialists below can help you. Contact a Community Viability specialist or direct a question to them using our Ask an Expert system.

Community Viability Specialists

• See a list of our Community Viability Specialists

Helping Families Thrive

The family unit is the cornerstone of a healthy community. Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) program area strives to improve the well-being of Virginia families through programs that help put research-based knowledge to work in people’s lives.  FCS programs reach tens of thousands of families across the commonwealth each year helping Virginians make good choices for themselves and their families, which strengthens their communities.  Locally, we provide FCS programs in the following areas: