Grafting workshops coming up in March

The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park announces grafting workshops in partnership with the Wise County Virginia Cooperative Extension office.

Phil Meeks with the Wise County Virginia Cooperative Extension Agency will host four grafting workshops this year at the park. Two will be on Tuesday, March 2 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and two will be on Wednesday, March 3 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park in the museum’s Victorian parlor. Rootstock will be available, as will a number of varieties of scion wood. If participants have old varieties they’d like to graft, they’re welcome to bring their own scion cuttings. 

Registration is $20. Each registered person will get seven rootstock, and additional may be purchased at the workshop for $1 each. Registration may be made at the Virginia Cooperative Extension office in Wise. Participants can email Phil Meeks at pmeeks@vt.edu, or call 276/328-6194 for more information.

Due to current state COVID guidelines, class sizes are limited to eight people per class. Participants are required to social distance between those not in the same household. Masks are required to be worn inside all state owned facilities.
For additional information about the tree grafting workshop, please call the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park at 276/523-1322.

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