Granbury Master Gardeners are volunteers who work with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to improve gardening skills throughout the community. Program objectives are implemented through the training of local volunteers known as Master Gardeners. We collaborate with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension to conduct youth and community education; establish and maintain demonstration gardens; and provide a speakers bureau. We work with special audiences in the community (4-H horticultural clubs, Junior Master Gardener groups, schools, and others) for youth and community outreach of a horticultural nature. We recruit and educate new Master Gardener candidates for effective volunteering.
Mark your calendars with these events!
MONTHLY MEETING:
Date & Time: October 21, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Location: ***Online Only***
Program: Gourds: Care, Raising, and Uses
Presenters: Nancy Walsh, Master Gardener
Title: Lake Granbury Master Gardener October 21, 2020 Monthly Meeting
To join the meeting on your computer or mobile app, please use the following link:
Click here to join the meeting
For more information, please call the Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Hood County at 817-579-3280.
Then select “All About Gourds – Hood County – October 19, 2020 (101221)”.
MONTHLY MEETING:
Date & Time: November 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Location: ***Online Only***
Program: Planting the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Farm
Presenters: TBD
You’re invited to join a Microsoft Teams meeting
Title: Lake Granbury Master Gardener November 18, 2020 Monthly Meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
For more information, please call the Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Hood County at 817-579-3280.
Save the Date: ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY:
Date & Time: December 4, 2020 at TBD
Location: TBD
For more information, please call the Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Hood County at 817-579-3280.
OTHER CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES:
Need CEU hours? Options include many on-line classes, including:
Programs on Gardening, Bugs, Plant Disease, Rose Rosette and Integrated Pest Management:
https://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/catalog?pagename=Plants-and-Garden
Earthkind programs:
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkind/training/
Put your county name and your agent’s name in the information box-agrilife learn. After the class Earthkind will send a receipt to Brady showing you completed the class.
If you missed Toni Moorehead’s presentation on “Tough Plants for North Texas Landscapes” (2.5 hours delivered in three sections), the link to view it is
https://savetarrantwater.com/virtual-events.
If you need more CEU hours, take advantage of this on-line continuing education from Bexar County. Fall 2020 CULTIVATE sessions will only be available until Sept 25.
Video Links
Session 1 – Basic Landscape Care
Session 2 – Gardening Begins with Soil
Session 3 – Fall is for Planting Texas Superstars©
Session 4 – To Cut or Not To Cut – Pruning Ornamental and Shade Trees
Session 5 – There’s a New Pest in Town – Crepemyrtle Bark Scale
Session 6 – The Basics of Landscape Ground Covers
Thanks to Jack Hoover for sharing! (He particularly recommends Sessions 3, 4 and 6).
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Visit the MG Demonstration & Research Garden, which is free, and located behind Hood County Annex I, 1410 W. Pearl St., Granbury. Tell us who referred you for training in order for that MG to qualify for a prize!
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Memorial Bricks: Information for purchasing bricks, access here.