Williamson County Master Gardeners
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Landscaping Texas Style will be held October 14, 2017. Click this link https://txmg.org/williamson/landscaping-texas-style/ for online registration and more information. Make checks for Registration fees payable to WCMGA. Registration closes September 29.
Demonstration Gardens
Visit our Demonstration Gardens at the Williamson County Extension Office at 3151 SE Innerloop Road, Georgetown, Texas to see examples of research based horticulture techniques. Click here for our location on Google Maps
Master Gardeners are usually working in the vegetable garden area on Tuesday and Friday from 8:30 -11:30 (weather permitting) and are available to answer your questions. 
Our demonstration gardens include raised bed and row vegetable gardens, a container garden, a rose garden, a drought tolerant garden, a herb garden, a fruit tree area, and a keyhole garden. We have a several Texas A&M trial projects going on involving Earth-Kind techniques.
Demonstration Garden Blog
August 2017 Garden Harvest
During August 2017, Williamson County Master Gardeners donated 356.44 lbs of fresh garden produce to Williamson County Charities. (The Caring Place, Heaven’s Harvest Food Bank, Round Rock Area Serving Center and the Annunciation Maternity Home.) The rain from Hurricane Harvey damaged some plants and slowed working in the garden. (You don’t want to work the soil when it is wet.) So far for 2017, 3209.25 pounds of garden fresh vegetables and canned food have been donated. This total included canned goods donated by members to supplement late summer… Read More →
July 2017 Demonstration Garden Harvest
During July 2017, Williamson County Master Gardeners donated 558.48 lbs of fresh garden produce to Williamson County Charities. (The Caring Place, Heaven’s Harvest Food Bank, Round Rock Area Serving Center and the Annunciation Maternity Home.) The heat is taking it’s toll on vegetable production which will slack off until cooler weather. So far for 2017, 2856.81 pounds of garden fresh vegetables and canned food have been donated. Fresh produce in June included okra, squash, peppers (both sweet and hot), eggplant, herbs, leeks, cucumbers, garlic, beans, peas, tomatoes and… Read More →
June 2017 Demonstration Garden Harvest
During June 2017, Williamson County Master Gardeners donated 1101.9 lbs of fresh garden produce to Williamson County Charities. (The Caring Place, Heaven’s Harvest Food Bank, Round Rock Area Serving Center and the Annunciation Maternity Home.) So far for 2017, 2308.23 pounds of garden fresh vegetables and canned food have been donated. Fresh produce in June included okra, squash, peppers (both sweet and hot), eggplant, herbs, leeks, cucumbers, garlic, beans, peas, tomatoes and squash. Rain Gauge showed 3.5″ rainfall for the month of June.
July 14, 2017
Making 4′ X 8′ Raised Beds. Steve picked up the lumber for the raised beds at a local big box store for the demo garden and cut the lumber at his home. At the garden, He, Rusty, James and Jane measured and marked the various pieces and screwed them together. Jane and Garry acted as gophers with various tasks. It took about 3 hours to get the 4 beds assembled.
PERIOD ENDING 06/04/2017
Vegetable Demonstration Garden Last period’s harvest included: Beets—2.2 pounds Eggplant—0.39 pound Yellow Squash—19.3 pounds Bermuda onions—9.01 pounds Zucchini Squash–0.58 pound Leeks—17.06 pounds Kohlrabi—1.15 pounds Tomatoes—179.05 pounds Red onions—10.3 pounds Cucumbers— 27.74 pounds Radicchio—0.64 pound Green beans—0.55 pound Over the last 2 weeks, 267.97 pounds of produce were harvested! These veggies were donated to the Caring Place and Heaven’s Harvest Food Bank. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 1,415.532 pounds of demonstration garden produce and canned goods to local charities. Weekly rainfall: 1.33 inches… Read More →
