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Horticulture Programs

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

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Water Clinic
Culpeper 4-H

Culpeper County 4-H 

Visit our website for more information: 

https://tinyurl.com/Culpeper4H

Contact the office for more details 540-727-3435

Cristy Mosley at cmosley1@vt.edu

Elizabeth Walker elizaaw@vt.edu 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:   

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

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: