You are invited to join us for our upcoming events!
Garden Tool Sharpening & Maintenance Workshop
Certified Master Gardeners Ray Machovsky and Dennis Biggs and Intern Will Snow will be providing educational information followed by a hands-on class on how to sharpen garden tools. There will be hands-on demonstrations for sharpening lawn mower blades, repairing hose fittings and cleaning garden tools to remove rust and buildup. So bring your dull bypass pruners or other small garden tool and your work gloves and get ready to sharpen.
- When: Saturday, April 27, 9:00 to noon
- Location: BCMGA Learning Center, 1605 N. Main Street, Belton
- Workshop fee: $25
- Class is limited
- Register at bcmgaspeakers@gmail.com
Water Conservation through Rainwater Harvesting
Join us for a special presentation by The Bell County Master Gardener Association and the Temple Public Library Garden Club. Certified Master Gardener Teri Marceau will discuss how the lack of rain in our streams and reservoirs, that includes Lake’s Belton and Stillhouse, has impacted our gardens, trees, and lawns. Teri will be addressing the importance of water conservation and how to capture rainwater.
- When: Saturday, May 11, 2:00 to 4:00pm
- Location: Temple Public Library, McLane Room, 100 W. Adams, Temple
- Register at bcmgaspeakers@gmail.com
Drought Tolerant Native Plants @ Elevate Troy Business Coalition
The Bell County Master Gardener Association and Troy Chamber of Commerce presents a Free Lunch and Learn Presentation. Certified Master Gardener Barbara Ishikawa will present an assortment of native plants that are drought tolerant for your landscape, enabling you to conserve water.
- When: Saturday, May 18, noon to 1:00pm
- Location: Troy Community Center, 201 E. Main Street, Troy
- Class limit: 50
- Register for lunch at hello@elevatetroy.org or call Gaby Warlick at 254-400-7345
- Walk-ins welcome without lunch based on space available
Our monthly seminars are open to the Community! Click here for our new 2024 schedule.
Past presentations:
The Landscaping with Native Plants presentation is available now
In other news…
“Another Harvest Season at the Community Garden” in the Killeen Daily Herald (8/14/23)
“Young gardeners dig in the dirt” in the Killeen Daily Herald (7/24/23)
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Want to know more about us? Read our monthly newsletter:
BLOOMING BELL – MASTER GARDENER NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2024
BCMGA Mission Statement
The Bell County Master Gardeners Association assists the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in providing high quality, relevant, research-based horticultural education and service to the residents of Bell County and the state of Texas through outreach, teaching, and demonstration projects.
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