The Discovery Garden is a 4-acre demonstration garden promoting best practices in home horticulture. Public Hours are weekly every Thursday from 9am to 11am; except holidays and severe weather events. We welcome all residents and visitors. You can explore vegetables to ornamental gardens, Earth-Kind Garden to Pollinator Habitat Garden, seasonal vegetable research and ongoing aquaponics... Read More →
Galveston County Master Gardeners Donna Merritt and Briana Etie continue the Herb Series with another hands-on workshop using herbs to make herbal tisanes, teas, mocktails, and refreshing drinks. “How-to” demonstrations will be given for lavender lemonade, herbal mocktails and tisanes. For the hands-on portion, participants will have the opportunity to create their own herbal tisane... Read More →
First of a 5-part series, check out Texas Superstar® plants with Galveston County Master Gardeners Sue Bain and Karen Nelson. Texas Superstar® plants thrive easily in our tough Texas environment and produce stellar blooms and fruit. Whether you are a novice or experienced gardener, you will be able to choose Superstar® plants from this presentation... Read More →
The Discovery Garden is a 4-acre demonstration garden promoting best practices in home horticulture. Public Hours are weekly every Thursday from 9am to 11am; except holidays and severe weather events. We welcome all residents and visitors. You can explore vegetables to ornamental gardens, Earth-Kind Garden to Pollinator Habitat Garden, seasonal vegetable research and ongoing aquaponics... Read More →
The Discovery Garden is a 4-acre demonstration garden promoting best practices in home horticulture. Public Hours are weekly every Thursday from 9am to 11am; except holidays and severe weather events. We welcome all residents and visitors. You can explore vegetables to ornamental gardens, Earth-Kind Garden to Pollinator Habitat Garden, seasonal vegetable research and ongoing aquaponics... Read More →
**Rescheduled to a date to be determined later in 2025** Do you love spring flowers but get frustrated that they only last a short time before succumbing to the Texas heat and humidity? Are you spending additional money replacing your annuals two or three times a year? Are low maintenance fall color annuals a priority... Read More →
**Rescheduled to September 2025** Galveston County Master Gardener Christie McGrath will present Backyard Composting where you’ll learn how to turn yard waste and kitchen scraps into a valuable addition to your soil. We’ll review the science behind composting, what materials are compostable and overcoming challenges. This presentation will cover a variety of composting methods and... Read More →
The Discovery Garden is a 4-acre demonstration garden promoting best practices in home horticulture. Public Hours are weekly every Thursday from 9am to 11am; except holidays and severe weather events. We welcome all residents and visitors. You can explore vegetables to ornamental gardens, Earth-Kind Garden to Pollinator Habitat Garden, seasonal vegetable research and ongoing aquaponics... Read More →
Learn how to grow blackberries and blueberries, a two for one seminar with Galveston County Master Gardener Monica Martens. Monica will present blackberry and blueberry varieties, cultivation, fertilization and maintenance. She will also share ideas for activities with kids. After the presentation, a tour of the berry plants in the Discovery Garden will follow, at about... Read More →
Galveston County Master Gardeners Donna Merritt and Briana Etie will provide an instructional presentation of herbs which can be used to promote emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. Also, how using essential oils as ingredients to create household cleaning products to reduce the use of harsh chemicals in your home. For additional questions on program call... Read More →