Village Garden

07/01/2026

Help us help some great children in our area, and have the BEST TIME ALL SUMMER, at any of the 23 SummerSupperSomm dinners from 7-1 thru August!

05/23/2026

Summer Supper Somm will host its sixth dinner series this year at 22 destinations across the commonwealth. The creation of Village Garden RVA and Barboursville Vineyards, it’s a harvest celebration treating diners to a couple of enchanting hours filled with exquisite Virginia wines and Village Garden heirloom tomatoes — and all for a great community cause. Link in comments.

05/15/2026

05/09/2026

Great story here from Eileen Mellon and Richmond Magazine on a wonderful chef, Keera Mason, her mentor and supporter Leah Branch, and the culinary family culture embodied by the Roosevelt crew. Enjoy!

The Roosevelt line cook Keera Mason is a key player in the kitchen:

richmondmag.com/restaurants-in-richmond/keera-mason-the-roosevelt/

04/06/2026

If you haven’t yet, don’t plant your tomatoes til later this week. If you have—get your covers on today! Soil temps are fine now after the last week of warming—but blackberry winter (the third wave after dogwood winter and redbud winter) is upon us! Here, at Village Garden, we have an initial 350 well-hardened tomatoes nestled in already, some over a week in (but we have 2000 more lined up, and can replace the 350 if needed). Our stakes are already in, so normal row covers don’t work but we will use painters plastic (the very thin stuff for furniture, not floors) and “punch” it over the stakes. Brief moratorium on more plants til THURSDAY afternoon. Huge fan going onto the beds Tuesday) and Wednesday night. So long as air is moving and it doesn’t hit 32 it will just slow them down a day or two. “If you want an early tomato you must plant an early tomato”. Happy growing PS—fun fact—those tall redbud “trees” that just flowered? Member of the pea family. Yes, 100 foot tall fabaceae relatives. Told yall there ARE NO TREES.