The flowers we eat
The Garden Shed
A Community Newsletter published by the
Piedmont Master Gardeners
November 2025-Vol.11, No.11
Invasives Watch
Chinese Privet
Upcoming Events
Get your calendar out!
The Ornamental Garden in November
Tasks & Tips
Plants that Provide Food for Wildlife in Winter
What can we do to support birds and other wildlife in winter? A lot, as it turns out.
The Edible Garden in November
November is the time to wrap up outdoor edible gardening for the year while beginning to prepare the garden for spring planting.
The Garden Shed
A community newsletter published by the Piedmont Master Gardeners each month.
Piedmont Master Gardeners has published The Garden Shed monthly since January 2015. All articles are accessible full text in our archives. There you can browse or read entire issues. To find an article on a specific topic, use the search tool below.
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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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