Welcome!
The Henderson County Master Gardener Association (HCMGA) is your resource for gardens (and lawns) in Henderson County, Texas! Master Gardeners are trained in horticulture from Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service with a focus on plants and conditions in East Texas. In return, we contribute time as volunteers, working through our county Extension office to provide horticultural-related information to residents of Henderson County.
How H.C.M.G.A. gives back to our community:
Provide unbiased, research-based gardening information pertinent to Henderson County and East Texas through community events, schools, and demonstrations.
Field Notes is our weekly dispatch from the heart of the organization—keeping you in the loop on what we’re up to, from community events and behind-the-scenes updates to the occasional spotlight on the plants we’re growing and loving.
DREAM GARDEN and GREENHOUSE located at the East Texas Arboretum
Maintaining our extensive award-winning PLANT LIBRARY
Monthly Gardening Guide On Sale
We are pleased to offer a Newly Updated Month-by-Month Gardening Guide for only $20.
This guide is specifically for gardening in East Texas.
It lists the vegetable planting dates and gardening chores each month for flowers, shrubs, trees, lawn, and ground cover.
Tips and tricks relating to the chores listed are also included. For example, pruning information for roses, hydrangeas, and clematis is given. Additionally, the four different types of hydrangeas commonly grown in East Texas are listed, along with the correct pruning method and timing for each type. A breakdown of clematis types and the proper pruning of each one is also included.
The guide also contains additional information pertaining to gardening in East Texas. Topics such as soils, watering, butterfly and bee gardens, Texas Superstar® plants, bulbs, wildflowers, and herbs are included.
This book will be a treasure to every gardener in East Texas. It can be used year after year. The guide also has additional pages each month for writing notes. This allows a gardener to personalize it to their own specific garden.
Covered with plastic, this spiral-bound book is approximately 5.5 x 8.5 inches, just the perfect size to pop into your tote or wagon and take out in the garden with you. You may want to purchase several for friends and family, and some for gifts.
Proceeds from the sale of this book help fund horticultural educational projects and programs designed to meet the needs of Henderson County gardeners. HCMGA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The guides are available at the Henderson County Extension Office, at the East Texas Arboretum; at Hopkins Nursery in Tool, TX; or at one of HCMGA’s community events.
For more information, call the extension office 903-675-6130 or email us at [email protected].