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: January 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM
Location: ***Online Only***
Program: Divine Vines
Presenter: Nancy Hancock, Master Gardener
You’re invited to join a Microsoft Teams meeting
Title: LGMG Monthly Meeting, 01/20/2021
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.
MONTHLY MEETING:
Date & Time: February 17, 2021 at 1:00 PM
Location: ***Online Only***
Program: 2021: Turning Over A New Leaf
Presenters: Senior Horticulturist Steve Huddleston, Fort Worth Botanic Garden/Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), and Conservation Program Assistant Erin Flinchbaugh, BRIT
Senior Horticulturist Steve Huddleston and Conservation Program Assistant Erin Flinchbaugh will enlighten attendees as to what is new in 2021 and beyond at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens and BRIT. The two organizations joined forces last October. Huddleston will address upcoming garden events and changes, as well as the plants and blooms that that visitors may expect in 2021. Flinchbaugh will talk about plant conservation efforts, including the latest information on BRIT’s Seed Bank.
Steve Huddleston has served for more than 25 years as Senior Horticulturist at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. He is skilled in administration and management of the garden, public speaking, writing, teaching, radio/television broadcasting, planning and implementing special events. He is well known for his expertise in landscape design. Huddleston is the co-author of the book Easy Gardens for North Central Texas, which features his selections for the best annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees for the 52-county area that comprises North Central Texas. He is President of Blooming Concepts, Inc, a landscape consultation, design and installation company.
Erin Flinchbaugh began her career at the Botanic Research Institute of Texas in 2019 as a Conservation Intern before advancing to her current position as Conservation Program Assistant in January 2020. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington. Since joining BRIT, she has been heavily involved in the Seed Lab, taking part in collection, preservation and testing.
For more information, please call the Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Hood County at 817-579-3280.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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!
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Memorial Bricks: Information for purchasing bricks, access here.