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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.

Somervell County Master Gardening Association Presents

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CHES Program – February 13, 2023
Beginning at 6:30pm unl 7:30pm, Somervell Cizens Center located
at 209 SW Barnard Street in Glen Rose, TX
 
Marie-JoséSmith on Roses and Rose Care
 
 
Marie-Jose was born in Paris, France. She graduated from the European
Business School with a Masters in Business Administration. She met her
husband Chris in Brussels and before long they were married and moved to
Burleson, TX. She very quickly realized that gardening in Texas was very
different from Europe and challenging but noticed that roses didn’t have too
many problems with heat and drought. So, she focused on learning about
roses and filled her garden with them. Marie-Jose is a Tarrant County Master
Gardener. She is the lead of the Rose Garden in the Tarrant County
Demonstration Garden and Docent at the Japanese Garden within the Botanic
Garden in Fort Worth.
 
 
 
 

Community Education!

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Please join the Somervell County Master Gardeners for a fun and informative information on trees. 

  January 9, 2023, 6pm – 7pm

               Somervell Citizen Center

               Speaker Morgan McBride will have a presentation on Trees, followed by time available for Question and Answers

Morgan McBride has resided on 3 acres in Manseld Texas for 28 years and serves the DFW market area
as an outside sales representa!ve for Everde Growers. He is an avid hobby gardener who loves to spend
!me in his vegetable and (ower gardens with his family. Morgan was in(uenced by his mother at a very
early age to appreciate the beauty and magic of na!ve plants and gardening. He won his rst blue
ribbon at age 6 for a prize marigold plant from the Mexia Texas Garden Club.
Morgan has come full circle in the plant industry. He spent 20 years as director of opera!ons for J&J
Landscape Management and then spent 5 years as a wholesale nursery manager for Skinner Nurseries.
He has now been in outside sales with Everde Growers for the past 12 years. Morgan is a Texas Cer!ed
Nursery Professional #5341 and serves on the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association Region IV board of directors.  His true passion is trees and plants.

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.