The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association once again will hold its annual Plant Sale at the Sealy Spring Fest April 13, 2019. The Plant Sale project leader is Master Gardener Renee Kaufman who will be on hand with other volunteer Bluebonnet Master Gardeners to answer questions about the plants sold. Email Renee Kofman at renee@ircsurplus.com if you have a special request of a plant variety you want to purchase, email Renee and she willt try to accommadate your request. For a description of a few lovely varieties available, click… Read More →
Local Master Gardeners Malcolm Harding and Susan Yancey donated to the Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association cabbages they grew and harvested from their gardens in Washington and Austin Counties, respectively. The cabbages, all the Dutch Flat variety and planted in the Fall of 2018, were given away as door prizes at the Washington County Lunch-N-Learn program on Tuesday, February 6, 2019 in Brenham. The Lunch-N-Learn programs are open to the public. Dr. Kevin Crosby of Texas A&M was the featured speaker about growing tomatoes in our area. A lunch… Read More →
BMGA members interested in bees and pollinators can assist in a project with the ultimate goal of creating a field-tested list of the best Texas and Oklahoma landscape plants for pollinators. This is an opportunity for Master Gardeners to use their knowledge and skills in the garden to participate in a real citizen-data collection project to provide important data to scientists and researchers hoping to reduce the decline of pollinators in Texas and Oklahoma. Michael Merchant, Ph.D, BCE, Professor and Extension Urban Entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension… Read More →
Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association
