The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the Harris County Master Gardeners are pleased to offer monthly lectures on various horticultural topics of interest while getting to know your county volunteers. At 11am, the Harris County Master Gardener meeting will cover volunteer updates. The monthly speaker will start at 11:30am each month.
We invite the public to attend these meetings to hear from gardening experts, volunteers, and AgriLife Extension Agents and specialists.
First Tuesday Monthly Lectures
Trini Mendenhall Community Center
1414 Wirt Road
Houston, TX 77055
First Tuesday of each month.
11:00 am
Directions
2025 First Tuesday Schedule
| January 7, 2025 |
“Selecting, Planting, and Caring for Trees” |
Stephanie Adams, PhD, ISA BCMA |
| February 4, 2025 |
AgriLife Programs Update |
Stephanie Gray |
| March 4, 2025 |
“Daylilies” |
Lucia Hansen |
| April 1, 2025 |
Annual Awards Luncheon |
(no speaker) |
| May 6, 2025 |
“Carothers Community Garden ” |
Jesse Jones |
| June 3, 2025 |
“McGovern Centennial Family Gardens” |
Marisol Arteaga |
| July 1, 2025 | “The History of Genoa Friendship Gardens” |
Robin Kendrick-Yates
Harris County Master Gardener
|
| August 5, 2025 | “Houston Botanic Garden” |
Dr. Katherine M. Sadler, Ed.D.
Deputy Director, Houston Botanic Garden
|
| September 2, 2025 | “Fall Planted Gardens for Spring Blooms” | Alex Lekometros, Bungalow Blooms |
| October 7, 2025 | “Prickly Pear/Opuntia/Nopal” | Nerandra Cordova, Harris County Master Gardener |
| November 4, 2025 | Composting Demonstration |
Robin Kendrick-Yates, Harris County Master Gardener
(meeting will be at GFG)
|
| December 2, 2025 |
“Preparing our Lawns and Garden Landscapes for Winter and Early Spring”
|
Bob Patterson
Southwest Fertilizer
|
2024 First Tuesday Recordings
January
“Citrus Problems in Texas: Update”
Janice Teas, Texas Dept. of Agriculture (2024-01-09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
February
“Native Plants to the Rescue”
Jaime Gonzalez, The Nature Conservancy (2024-02-13)
https://prezi.com/view/
March
“AgriLife Extension Agents Give Annual Horticulture Interpretation Report”
Brandi Keller and Stephanie Gray (2024-03-21)
https://www.youtube.com/
April
“MG Awards “
Harris County Master Gardeners
Recording not available.
May
“Heirloom Bulbs: Forgotten Surprises : Naturalized Bulbs of Texas”
Jay White, Texas Gardener magazine (2024-05-08)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
June
“Natural Resource Conservation Service & Urban Agriculture”
Ms Latoya Irving, United State Department of Agriculture (2024-06-04)
Recording not available.
August
“Mycorrhizal Fungi: What they are and how they Participate in Plant Health”
Dr. Lisa Morano, University of Houston—Downtown (2024-08-06)
September
“12 Common Landscaping Mistakes … and How to Avoid Them!”
Skip Richter (2024-09-03)
2023 First Tuesday Recordings
June
“Invasive Species ID: Reporting & Management”
Ashley Morgan-Olvera, Texas Invasive Species Institute, Sam Houston State University (2023-06-06)
August
“What is OE: Protecting Monarch Butterflies”
Linda Pearson (2023-08-01)
September
“Companion Plants”
Angela Chandler, Harris County Master Gardener Association (Retired) (2023-09-05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
October
“Weed Management”
Sherri Harrah, Plants for All Seasons (2023-10-03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
November
“Trees and Tree Care”
Alexa Haass, Texas Master Gardener (2023-11-07)
Recording not available.
December
“Is Beekeeping Problematic”
Nicole Buergers, Bee2Bee Honey Collective (2023-12-05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
2022 First Tuesday Recordings
February
“Citrus Problems in Texas: Citrus Greening”
Janis Teas
Texas Dept. of Agriculture
(2022-02-07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
March
“Spring/Summer Lawn Preparations”
Michael Potter
Montgomery County Horticulture Agent
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
(2022-03-02)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
April
“Fabulous Figs: Fig Trees for Your Home”
Stephen Brueggerhoff
Galveston County Horticulture Agent
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
(2022-04-05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
June
“Rainwater Harvesting”
Ra Shango
Omi Rain Tanks
(2022-06-15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
July
“The Dirt on Soils, Part 2: Mulches”
John Ferguson, M.S., P.G.
(2022-07-05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
August
“Worm for Composting: How to Create a Rich Soil Amendment for Your Garden”
Charlene Perry
Liberty Country Master Gardener
(2022-08-03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
September
“A Simple Introduction to Roselle”
Kimberly Perry
Urban Harvest
(2022-09-08)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
October
“Bats in Our World”
—Texas Bat Facts & Bats in Our Area
Suzanne Jurek
Texas Master Naturalist
(2022-10-04)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
November
“Orchids”
Brandie Hill
Orchid Express & Leasing
(2022-11-07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?