Brazos Home & Garden Expo 2016

Bring your gardening questions to the Brazos County Master Gardener booth. Below are the presentations that we will conduct at the Home & Garden Expo:

Saturday, 2/13/2016    

10:00 AM – CRAPE MYRTLE – FOUR SEASONS of BEAUTY  Showy flowers, beautiful bark, fall color and low maintenance make crape myrtle the most popular Texas landscape ornamental. But, how to prune these beauties has become a topic of debate. Brazos County Horticulturist, Charla Anthony will offer professional guidance and describe how to get the most from your crape myrtle with minimal effort.

11:00 AM – ROSES ARE BREEDING AT TAMU  World renowned rose breeding expert, Dr. David H. Byrne, Professor of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University, will reveal the secrets of developing roses for B-CS’s hot and humid environment. He will talk about the history of the project, rose diseases, and the breeding progress to develop the roses that are tough enough to grow well in our challenging climate!

12:00 PM – FOOD-SCAPING: THE BLENDED GARDEN  Crops don’t have to be grown in rows. Take advantage of your yard through a gardening experience that provides food while enhancing the beauty of your landscape. Master Gardener and vegetable enthusiast, Susan Smith will lead you into the fun, fulfilling, nutritious, and delicious world of food-scaping. Learn how to grow lettuce with shrubs, plant cabbage beside crape myrtles and make use of all the unplanted spots with this blended gardening technique.

2:00 PM – CUT YOUR WATER BILL AND GROW YOUR LANDSCAPE   Learn how to conserve water in the landscape while saving yourself money with Jennifer Nations, Water Resource Coordinator, City of College Station.  Jennifer will give you tips on the efficient use of water on your garden and lawn. Learn about available rebates, calculate your actual water use, and sign up for free weekly  lawn watering emails from the Brazos Valley WaterSmart Network to help you use water more efficiently.