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Advanced Training – Plant Propagation – Tarrant County

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“Advanced Master Gardener – Plant Propagation” training will be comprised of high-quality training including hands-on learning of a variety of propagation techniques: seeding, air-layering, stem cutting, soft and semi-hardwood cuttings, root cutting, bulb chipping, dividing, simple layering, grafting and more.

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Tree Care Advanced Training for Master Gardeners

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Master Gardener Tree Care Advanced Training

Conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Personnel,
Texas Forest Service Personnel and Tree Care Industry Professionals

Tree related questions are one of the primary things that make the phone ring in an Extension office. This training is designed to teach Master Gardener volunteers about landscape trees and troubleshooting common tree problems so they can serve county residents and extend the outreach of Extension programming into the community. The training is design to go above and beyond what you learned in the Master Gardener Training Course. Highly qualified instructors will provide advanced training in the classroom as well as outdoor demonstrations of tree care practices.

To learn more and apply visit the online registration at: https://dallas-tx.tamu.edu and follow the Horticulture and Master Gardener tabs

For more information contact the Collin County Extension Office at 214-904-3050 or Stephen.hudkins@ag.tamu.edu

 

 

Texas Fruit Growers Assocation – 2019 Spring Conference & Field Day

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The Texas Fruit Growers Association will be hosting their 2019 Spring Conference & Field Day March 1-2, 2019 at the Texas A&M University Horticulture Teaching, Research and Extension Center (https://goo.gl/maps/tFCSQM8uyg22). If you or anyone from your community would like to attend please see the attached flyer for more information or visit http://www.texasfruitgrowers.org/.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email corinne.rhodes@tamu.edu.

The Landscape Design School Series XXVI, Course II

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This school is open to anyone wishing to add to their knowledge of landscape desgin.  Master Gardeners who complete a course may apply for 12 hours of credit to their requirements for continueing educaion in their county.  After completeing four courses, they will receive the Landscape Design Steward certification.

Register by Febrary 2, 2019 and recieve the discounted price of $145.00

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Small Farms & Vegetable Conference

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Small Farms & Vegetble Conference flier

 

The Horticulture Committee of Austin County will be sponsoring a Small Farms and Vegetable Conference on February 22nd at the Cat Spring Ag Society Hall. Registration will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. with the program to follow.

This year’s program will focus on fruits, nuts and bee production for South Central Texas, and strategies related to raising, marketing and the economics of production. The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. and last until about 3:00 p.m. Lunch will be served and there will also be several snack breaks built-in to help get the blood flowing again. There will be a guarantee of 3 CEU’s with a possible 5 CEU’s offered pending TDA approval.

Cost for the event is $30.00 per person, which goes to cover speaker materials, meal cost and the handouts. To pre-register for the event, contact the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Office of Austin County at (979) 865-2072, or visit our EVENT REGISTRATION page.

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