Stay up to date with the latest garden happenings!  Check out our blog, explore MKG in the News, or watch our How-to Videos.


MKG Blog

Our blog posts aim to keep you up to date on what’s happening at the garden: What’s growing, what we’re up to, and ways to get involved. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay in touch!

 
 
 

MKG in the News

 
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Madison House Volunteers go Big on Saturday

It was a big weekend at UVA. On Saturday, the same day the University celebrated the national champion men’s basketball team, hundreds of volunteers organized a day of service. Read More…

 
 

 

UVA Sustainability: Get Engaged. Be Bold.

UVA’s Bicentennial Sustainability Leadership Summit highlighted the University of Virginia’s progress toward its sustainability goals and its commitment to a sustainable future. MKG was featured in this video.

 

 
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Perennials for Patients

Through MKG, Reanna Panagides, class of 2020 started Perennials for Patients, a group of UVA nursing students who make and deliver bouquets of MKG grown flowers to UVA Health patients in need of uplift.

Read about how Reanna started the program, and check out a recent UVAToday report about how the Morven Kitchen Garden marked her UVA experience.

 
 

 

UVA Football: Gameday Behind the Scenes

During one Saturday Rootspective ran around the Charlottesville area to follow food waste from the UVA alumni tailgate to Black Bear Composting, which lead to the Morven Kitchen Garden.

 

MKG How-to Videos

 

Planting Lettuce

Looking to start gardening but overwhelmed by how difficult it seems? Growing lettuce is an easy way and rewarding way to get into gardening—you can even grow lettuce in pots! Give this video a watch and get out there and start growing!

 

 

Planting Onions

We made this short instructional video for all you home-gardeners! Learn how to plant onions with this gardening video, and get out there and give growing onions a try yourself!