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)!
by Donna Hagar
by Donna Hagar
Join 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.
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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
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by Donna Hagar
Have 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!
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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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.
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by Donna Hagar
We’ve all heard of people who really do plant or harvest their gardens by the moon or stars! Join the Somervell County Master Gardeners on Monday, September 12, 6:30 pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose, to hear Robert Slaughter discuss just how astronomical events can and do play a part in our environment!
The Universe and the Earth’s Natural Environment. How do events that occur millions, even billions of miles from the Earth affect our environment? Does the Earth itself affect our natural world? In this presentation, Robert Slaughter will delve into the processes that can change the world we live in, from the Sun, to the Moon, to highly energetic events that occur billions of miles from the Earth. We will look at these and other processes that affect the world we live in.