Somervell County Master Gardeners Present
Community Horticultural Education Series (CHES)
Monday, September 14, 6:30 pm, Citizens Center
209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose
Zachary Davis, our Somervell County Agri-Life Extension Agent
will present a program on Fall Gardening.
So bring your questions and a friend.
As always, there is no charge and it’s open to the public.
Door prizes, too!
Our next CHES Meeting (Community Horticultural Education Series) will be Monday, June 8th at the Somervell County Water District Offices, at 2099 County Road 301, Glen Rose.
Kevin Taylor, General Manager, will be in charge of the program. Kevin grew up in Brownwood and graduated from Howard Payne University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. Prior to moving to Glen Rose, he worked thirteen years as Director of Planning and Development for the Fort Worth Housing Authority. He has served as the General Manager of the Somervell County Water District since 2002, and has served on the Glen Rose School Board for nine years.
Our program will begin at 6:00 pm instead of the usual 6:30 pm. As always, this program is free and open to the public.
YES! We WILL meet this month!
Meet Zack Davis, our new Extension Agent,
and learn about saving our aquifers and water wells.
Monday, February 9th, 6:30 pm Citizens Center
in Glen Rose, 209 SW Barnard
Free and open to the public! Bring a friend!
What do you know about conserving our water supply? Our aquifers? Monitoring your well?
Answer all your questions at the next CHES meeting! Shawn Davis and Karen Siddall from Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District will present general information about the district, its activities and background including aquifer studies & well monitoring, upcoming public education events & opportunities.
Shawn Davis is the Field Technician for the Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District located in Cleburne, TX. Mr. Davis, the former Texas AgriLife county agent for Somervell County, has 20 years of experience with the Texas Department of Agriculture Pesticide Division in various positions throughout the state. He has a bachelor’s degree from Tarleton State University in Agribusiness. As field technician, Mr. Davis monitors water well drilling, develops sites for the placement of monitor wells, and tracks groundwater levels in the aquifers underlying the district’s four counties: Ellis, Hill, Johnson, and Somervell.
Karen Siddall is the Public Relations and Education Administrator for Prairielands GCD. Ms. Siddall worked in the municipal sector for 34 years spending the last 20 as the stormwater program coordinator for the City of Irving, Texas, where she gained extensive experience in regulatory compliance, public education and outreach. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at Arlington, and her tasks include developing and presenting water conservation education and outreach programs to residents, schools, and civic groups.
Our next CHES meeting will be June 8th. Go ahead and mark your calendar. Details coming up next month.
Sommervell County Master Gardeners proudly announce
Local Master Gardener, Virginia Reynolds,
will present the November Program
on Keyhole Gardening
Monday, November 10th, 6:30 pm
Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose
Free and open to the public
Keyhole gardening was introduced years ago by missionaries in several African countries, where they needed to produce more food in a small space under drought conditions. This intensive gardening method was very successful, and the word has spread to the drought-stricken areas of our own country, especially here in Texas.
From personal experience with keyhole gardening, Virginia will share her knowledge of what works best in our area. Don’t miss what promises to be a very interesting program.
Community Horticultural Educational Series (CHES)
Somervell County Master Gardeners are proud to announce
Paul Dowlearn is coming back to Glen Rose!
Monday, October 13th, at 6:30 p.m.
Citizen’s Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose
Free and open to the public
Paul Dowlearn is the co-owner of Wichita Valley Landscape, past president of the Red River Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, member of the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Research Center, Riverbend Nature Center and Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association and several other non-profit organizations.
Paul has lived in Wichita Falls, Texas since he was three years old and has been an avid gardener since childhood. Paul does landscape design and installation through his nursery in Wichita Falls, and has focused on xeriscape and low maintenance landscapes for the last twenty years.
Paul has authored numerous articles on native and well-adapted plants, plus organic gardening methods for newspapers and magazines, as well as speaking to many organizations throughout Texas and Oklahoma. He has hosted local radio and TV call-in shows and teaches landscaping courses at Vernon College. His new book, The Lazy Man’s Garden, will be available for sale and signing at the meeting!
Somervell County Master Gardeners Present
The Community Horticultural Education Series
A Special “Back To School” Program
“Ask A Master Gardener”
Monday, September 8th at 6:30 pm
Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose
Somervell County Master Gardeners will not be holding monthly CHES (Community Horticulture Education Session) programs during the summer months this year. In lieu of those programs, we would like to invite you to attend the Native Plant Society’s programs on the first Tuesday of each month. The next Native Plant Society meeting will be on Tuesday, August 5th, at 6:30 pm in the Somervell County Citizens Center, 205 SW Barnard, Glen Rose. The speaker will be Nathan Rains, Wildlife Diversity Biologist, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is an authority on the Texas Horned Lizard.
Everyone loves horny toads, but for many Texans, the fierce-looking, yet amiable, reptiles are only a fond childhood memory. Once common through-out most of the state, horned lizards have disappeared from many parts of their former range.
Come visit with the Prairie Rose Chapter of the NPSOT on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 to learn what the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has learned and what is being done to help preserve the horny toad and its habitat. And maybe, just maybe, there are things we can do to bring this childhood memory back to the present so we can share with our children and grandchildren!
This program is free and open to the public!
Somervell County Master Gardeners
Community Horticulture Education Series (CHES)
Area Winemaker Speaks in Glen Rose
Monday, May 12th, 6:30 pm
209 SW Barnard St., Glen Rose
Free and Open to the Public
On Monday, May 12, Red Caboose Winery’s own Evan McKibben will speak at the Community Horticulture Education Session about wine and growing grapes in our area. Red Caboose Winery is located in Meridian and was the brain-child of Evan’s father, Gary, over a decade ago.
Evan calls himself a farmer, but his official title is winemaker and vineyard manager. Most of the varieties of grapes grown out at the vineyard are the old, Mediterranean varieties.
If you are interested in winemaking, or learning more about growing grapes, come join us at 6:30 p.m. at the Somervell County Citizens’ Center at 209 SW Barnard. As always, this session is free to the public.
Somervell County Master Gardeners
Community Horticulture Education Series (CHES)
Monday, April 14th at 6:30 pm
209 SW Barnard Street, Glen Rose
Free and Open to the Public
This month’s education program is entitled “RETURN OF THE KING” and will be presented by Fossil Rim’s Natural Resources Specialist, Curt Decker. Decker will be talking about none other than the Monarch Butterfly. He is concerned about the cross-border migration of the Monarch as well as establishing healthy breeding grounds for them as they visit our area.
Decker will also be discussing other issues relating to the Monarch such as raising feeder plants and international current events that affect the butterflies.
Our own Master Gardener, Bonnah Boyd, will also speak Monday night. She will teach us how to germinate and plant milkweed, which is a host plant for Monarch larvae.
We invite the community to join us at 6:30 p.m. at the Citizens’ Center at 209 SW Barnard Street here in Glen Rose. As always, this program is a free public service given by Somervell County Master Gardeners.