We are your connection to Virginia’s land-grant universities: Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. We provide unbiased, objective, research-based information and educational programs to individuals, families, organizations, and communities in the three broad areas of: Agriculture and Natural Resources; 4-H Youth Development; and Family and Consumer Sciences.
Why Cooperative? We are the product of a cooperative agreement between Henrico County, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States Department of Agriculture. We provide educational programs directed to the needs of Henrico County citizens with the assistance of many dedicated volunteers. The Henrico Extension Leadership Council helps us identify these needs and is our partner in the design, implementation, and evaluation of our education programs.
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Human Services Building - June 13, 2019
Human Services Building
Have questions about the trees around your home?
Trees benefit our lives in many ways, but we often take them for granted. We may not notice their struggles with environmental stresses and poor cultural practices until it’s too late to make a difference. The Henrico County Master Gardeners, in conjunction with the Henrico Extension Office, are offering assistance to Henrico residents providing on-site consultations regarding the care and health of trees. Read more…
Does Your Lawn Need a Little Help?
Let us help you get started toward a beautiful, healthy lawn today. It’s the SMART thing to do and enrollment is easy! Read more…
Let's go Camping!
Henrico Junior 4-H Camp is a one week, overnight camp that will be held July 29 – August 2, 2019, at Jamestown 4-H Center. All youth 9 through 14 years of age as of September 30, 2019, may attend. If 13 by January 1, 2019, participants may choose to attend as a Counselor-In-Training (CIT). Camp cost of $285.00 includes a 4-H t-shirt, lodging, meals, programs, instructional class materials, and transportation by chartered bus. Spaces are limited. Read more…
VCE Volunteer Training Modules
As a Volunteer in our programs, we hope you share our core values for appreciation of differences and inclusion, because as a VCE volunteer, you share our civil rights responsibility to insure that our programs and services are nondiscriminatory. Please take a moment to complete the VCE Volunteer Civil Rights Training Module.
As a Master Gardener Volunteer, learn to minimize risk while presenting VCE programs to citizens of Henrico County by completing the Risk Management Essentials for Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners.
Physical Address
8600 Dixon Powers Dr.
Henrico Government Complex
Human Services Building
Henrico, VA 23228
Mailing Address
P. O. Box 90775
Henrico, VA 23273-0775
Phone
(804) 501-5160
Fax
(804) 501-5169
Office hours:
8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. EST,
Monday through Friday
