In the summer of 2005, Dwayne Estes, Ph.D. took a trip to Texas and traveled to Tyler. He visited the site where a specimen of native clematis has been collected decades before. The plants were behind a shuttered gas station near northwest Loop 323. It was in full bloom and Dr. Estes immediately realized that... Read More →
Plant Party
Tyler, Texas. For their 25th anniversary, the Smith County Master Gardeners will present well-known speakers and authors, Chris Weisinger of The Southern Bulb Company and Greg Grant, Smith County’s Texas A&M AgriLife Extension horticulturist. The lectures begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 21 October, at Pollard United Methodist Church (3030 New Copeland Road, Tyler). They... Read More →
2024 East Texas Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Conference Scheduled for February 9 in Tyler Tyler, Texas. The annual East Texas Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Conference, Friday February 9 at the Tyler Rose Garden Center (420 Rose Park Dr. Tyler, Texas 75702) will offer both professional and amateur gardeners tips on blackberries, blueberries, bunch grapes, muscadines,... Read More →
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Earth-Kind Environmental Education committee in Smith County will be presenting its first Professional Landscape Maintenance Annual Conference, a landscape maintenance education program on February 23, 2024, from 8:30 am until 12:00 noon at the Tyler Rose Center (420 Rose Park Drive, Tyler, Texas 75702). During this program participants will... Read More →
The Northeast Texas Community College Agriculture Department is pleased to partner with Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) to offer a Homestead Fair and network event on Saturday, March 9th. The event will be held at NTCC farm (across FM 1735 from the main campus) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free, but pre-registration... Read More →
If you would like to learn even more about dealing with summer heat and drought in the landscape and which plants are most adapted here, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Earth-Kind Environmental Education committee will be presenting an Earth-Kind Water Wise program Friday August 9, 2024, from 9 am until noon in the Tyler... Read More →
Victoria Educational Gardens Pavilion and 4-H Activity Center 283 Bachelor Dr. (Victoria Educational Gardens at Victoria Regional Airport) Check-in 9:00 a.m., Symposium 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. ALL GARDEN ENTHUSIASTS WELCOME! SEE: TXMG.ORG/VICTORIA Contact Bea @ 361-676-1144 FOUR Sessions with top-notch presenters and fun you won’t want to miss! 9:30 – Michael Potter—Having A Stress-free... Read More →
Tyler, Texas. For their 25th anniversary, the Smith County Master Gardeners will present well-known speakers and authors, Chris Weisinger of The Southern Bulb Company and Greg Grant, Smith County’s Texas A&M AgriLife Extension horticulturist. The lectures begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 21 October, at Pollard United Methodist Church (3030 New Copeland Road, Tyler). They... Read More →
Registration is now open at http://tx.ag/TxFruitGrowers for the Texas New Fruit Growers Conference, to be held October 17-18th, 2024, at the Gillespie County Extension Center in Fredericksburg. This one and one-half day program is designed to expose new and prospective growers to the basics of starting and managing a perennial fruit production business. A registration... Read More →
