User groups

Some of the groups who rely on VT AREC expertise & experience:

Educational

Tidewater Community College horticulture classes
Norfolk State University
Virginia Wesleyan University
Hampton University
Old Dominion University
Hampton Roads elementary, middle and high schools
Local VoTech programs

Local home school programs
Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners
Virginia Master Naturalists
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Barry Robinson Center Horticulture Instructors
Virginia Tech – various researchers (transportation, vegetable, wildlife)

Public

Garden clubs
Photographers
Bird watchers
Geocaching
Dog walkers and trainers
Scouts
State Fair youth plant ID team
Virginia Flower & Garden Expo

Professional

The American Hort Foundation/Horticultural Research Institute
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture
Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association
Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Short Course
Virginia Turfgrass Foundation
Virginia Turfgrass Council
Come to the Bay Turfgrass Short Course
Virginia Strawberry Growers Association
Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals
Wetlands Watch
Elizabeth River Project
Lynnhaven River NOW
Southeast Virginia Urban Forest Roundtable
Trees Virginia

Government

Virginia Dept Environmental Quality Coastal Zone Management
Virginia Dept Conservation and Recreation
Virginia Dept of Wildlife Resources
Municipal stormwater departments
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission