Gardening Tips from Vicky Campbell

Vicky Campbell, who works with the City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities, has compiled helpful handouts to guide you through your gardening this spring and summer. Check them out below!

Tips for social distancing in community gardens

Essential vitamins and how to incorporate them into your diet

Venomous vs. non-venomous snakes

How aquaponics work

Backyard bees of North America

Old Farmer’s Almanac: Learn everything you need to know about planting, growing and caring for popular vegetables, fruits, and herbs

Bee identification

Natural pest control using essential oils

Dangerous bugs

Beware of Giant Hogweed

Planting guide by item

Insect repellent guide

How to avoid killing a tree

Healthy soil and plants handout

66 things you can grow in containers

Pollinator habitat garden

Soil decomposition

Interpreting soil heavy metals

Making compost from yard waste

Gardening by direction

Integrated pest management ideas for vegetable gardens

Growing vegetables in containers

Ideas for tinctures and other extracts from weeds in your garden

Pesticide-free rose garden

Warming up to worms – activity for children

Richmond native plants for pollinator/habitat gardens

Composting kitchen scraps with worms

Children’s books for gardening & cooking

New disease on Crepe Myrtle trees