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Seed Starting Tips and Tricks

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Community Horticulture Education Series presents

Seed Starting Tips and Tricks with Dorothy Buchanan

Monday, October 14, 2024 6:30-7:30pm,
Somervell Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose

MG Dorothy Buchanan will provide us with step by step on selection process and sources, seed starting mix, and system for keeping your seeds on track. 

It will be another interesting and fun evening with the Somervell County Maste Gardeners, so come and join us!

Dorothy BuchananDorothy is recently retired from 35 years in the accounting profession. She has been growing both annual and perennial flowers and most of her vegetables from seed for her raised bed gardens for the last five years.  Her husband built her a greenhouse as a retirement present and she is continually learning about various types of gardening.  She is a Texas Master Gardener graduate from the 2023 class here in Somervell County.

Also, don’t forget our next 2 important events. 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 we will be hosting an Open House. 10am at Glenview Church of Christ, 405 NE Big Bend Trail, Glen Rose. Come and visit with our Master Gardeners and learn about our program. We will be having a new Intern class in March of 2025 so come and see what we are all about! And enjoy some yummy snacks!

Saturday, November 2, 2024 is our first Annual Arbor Day Celebration! From 10am-1pm at the Heritage Park Pavilion, we will be giving away free trees, having activities for children and several information booths to give you a heads up on your tree planting needs!

Tool Maintenance with Harold Annis

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Somervell Master Gardener November CHES program
Tool Maintenance with Harold Annis
Nov 13, 2023 6:30pm
Somervell Citizens Center 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose

garden toolsHarold Annis, a 13-year veteran of the Tarrant County Master Gardeners is also Vegetable Gardening and Plant Propagation Advanced Training certified. Harold began gardening with his grandmother in the 1950’s in Shawnee, Oklahoma and got a great education in vegetable gardening and many other life lessons from her. For over 30 years, he has maintained a 2-acre vegetable garden in Southlake, giving him ample opportunities to maintain and repair garden tools. Come and learn the finer points of caring for garden tools and equipment from a tried-and-true master!

June 12 CHES – Running a Cut Flower Farm

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Megan Lee and Cara Phillips of The Glynn – Cut Flower Farm
Monday, June 12, 2023
6:30 – 7:30pm
Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard


The Glynn Flower FarmMegan Lee and Cara Phillips, residents of  Glen Rose, started The Glynn, a cut flower farm in the spring of 2022. They are finishing their first year in June and will be discussing their experiences with the business.  It has been a year of lots of learning and they look forward to sharing some of that with you.

UPDATE – May 8 CHES – Gardening for Pollinators with Addison Singleton

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Update…Join us May 8, 2023, 6:30pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard. 

Yes, it usually helps to include a location and time for our programs! This one is definitely one you will want to attend.

Join us Monday, May 8, 2023, 6:30pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard.
A graduate student at Tarleton State University in the department of Wildlife and Natural Resources, Addison specializes in pollinator ecology and plant-pollinator interactions. Her current research focuses on improving pollinator diversity and resource use under drought stress in North-Central Texas. Addison has been collecting data on 20 species of drought tolerant landscape perennials and will be showcasing some of my results thus far. She is fascinated by how pollinators choose which flowers to visit and how flowers attract pollinators. Her hope is to inspire others to see these relationships or at least learn to respect insects for  all their services.

May 8 CHES – Gardening for Pollinators with Addison Singleton

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Join us Monday, May 8, 2023, 6:30pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard.
A graduate student at Tarleton State University in the department of Wildlife and Natural Resources, Addison specializes in pollinator ecology and plant-pollinator interactions. Her current research focuses on improving pollinator diversity and resource use under drought stress in North-Central Texas. Addison has been collecting data on 20 species of drought tolerant landscape perennials and will be showcasing some of my results thus far. She is fascinated by how pollinators choose which flowers to visit and how flowers attract pollinators. Her hope is to inspire others to see these relationships or at least learn to respect insects for  all their services.

Plant Sale Saturday!!

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This SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023

Lots of drought tolerant plants, annuals, perennials, veggies, hanging baskets and more. Don’t forget our raffle drawings for Garden Themed Baskets ($2/tkt), a Rain Barrel ($5/tkt) and a Garden Tiller ($10/tkt)!

Vegetable Gardening in North Texas

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Spring VegetablesJoin the Somervell County Master Gardeners with speaker Teresa Day-Fickel with a program on Vegetable Gardening in North Texas. Monday, March 13, 2023 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Somervell Citizens Center, 209, SW Barnard, Glen Rose.

Teresa enjoys gardening and volunteering her time as a Tarrant County Master Gardener and has completed advanced training in Vegetables, Propagation, and Greenhouse Management. She loves teaching people how to grow, harvest and preserve food at the Harvesting Hope Community Garden in Arlington. She developed and teaches the food preservation series of classes at the Tarrant Area Food Bank demonstration kitchen.

Master Gardener Open House

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MG LogoHave you ever thought you might like to be a Master Gardener? Are you curious just what Master Gardeners do? Are you contemplating signing up for training but just aren’t sure? Then come see what we are all about!

Join us this Wednesday, November 16 at 10am at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Somervell County office at 1405 Texas Ave, just behind the Expo Center, for our Open House and monthly meeting! We will have snacks to share and will be ready to welcome you!

Our next training begins in March 2023 so this is the perfect opportunity to sign up or find out all you need to know about being a Texas Master Gardener!

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Become a Somervell County Master Gardener!

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Become a Somervell County Master Gardener!

Mark your calendar for March 28, 2023 for the next Master Gardener Training. This course is only held every two years so if you have an active interest in gardening this is your opportunity to join the Somervell County Master Gardeners Association (SCMGA).

The Somervell County Master Gardeners are volunteers who work with the Extension Service to benefit our community through education, beautification, problem solving & by sharing gardening knowledge. “Each of us has a special interest and knowledge in some aspect of gardening. We are eager to learn and share our expertise. As our membership increases, we can have a larger horticultural impact on our community and the environment” explained Valerie Freund, SCMGA Secretary.

We invite you to attend an Open House/Meet and Greet on Wednesday, November 16, 10:00 a.m., at the County Extension office 1405 Texas Dr. (behind the Expo). As always, you have a standing invitation to attend any of our monthly meetings held at the Extension office on the third Wednesday of each month, 10:00 a.m., 1405 Texas Dr.

For additional information on the training contact the County Extension Office at 254 897-2809 or visit our website somervellmastergardeners.org. Deadline to submit applications is December 1, 2022.

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Native Gardens for Pollinators

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Join the Somervell Master Gardeners for our last program of the year, Native Gardens for Pollinators! Monday, October 24, 2022, 6:30pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard.
Our own Master Gardener, Tessa Ownbey will be describing the native plants and other features needed for creating your own pollinator garden. Learn how to attract all sorts of butterflies, bees and other creatures for a sustainable and interesting landscape!
Tessa is an 18 year certified Master Naturalist, a long time Master Gardener and Master Composter and is NPSOT certified in Landscape Maintenance. Tessa recently retired from Fossil Rim Wildlife Center as Director of Education and now spends her time with her husband on their 17 acres in Bosque County, which they have dedicated to wildscaping for insects, songbirds and neo-tropicals, and as a refuge for their 6 children and 13 grandchildren.