TEXAS MASTER GARDENER CLASSES BEGIN! Become a certified Texas Master Gardener and a member of a great group of folks that represent the Cypress Basin Master Gardeners Association by signing up for Texas Master Gardener classes. Sign up while you still can. Tonight is the first class. Snacks, soft drinks and coffee will be provided.... Read More →
Topic: Landscape Design Featured Speaker/s: Roger and Sue Farr Have you ever driven past a house and thought "Wow, now that is an attractive yard" Well it didn't happen by accident. More than likely someone with knowledge and training in landscape design helped to create that "attractive yard". Roger and Sue are current CBMGA Master... Read More →
Topic: Texas Forestry Services Featured Speaker/s: Daniel Duncum and Kelby Wolf Daniel and Kelby will discuss the services provided by Texas A&M Forest Service and what property owners can do to help. Texas A&M Forest Service conserves and protects the resources and lands of the Lone Star State. Conserving Texas’ trees and forests, the state... Read More →
CBMGA Regular Monthly Meeting Topic: CBMGA Web and Plant Propagation Speaker/s: Dave Miller/Janice Butler and Keith Kridler Dave Miller and Janice Butler will give an overview of the CBMGA website navagation and Keith Kridler will present Plant Propagation. Social time of pot luck supper begins at 5:30pm followed by the business meeting and CBMGA Training... Read More →
Topic: Plant Propagation Topic: Navigating CBMGA's Website Featured Speaker/s: Keith Kridler Featured Speaker/s: Dave Miller and Janice Butler There are two speakers tonight. Dave Miller and Janice Butler will speak first on familiarization of and navigating the CBMGA website. Keith Kridler will speak on plant propagation. Keith is a current and long time Master Gardener... Read More →
Topic:Peach Trees and Blackberry Bushes Featured Speaker/s:Keith Kridler Featured Speaker/s:Jill Klepzig Keith will be presenting “GREAT GARDENS BEGIN WITH GREAT SOILS” from the Texas A&M Library of programs which covers fertilizers, water, mulches, new gardens to established gardens. Jill will present a program on her extensive home garden, home fruit trees/berries, she is now experimenting... Read More →
Topic:Texas Superstar® Plants Featured Speaker/s:Sue Farr Topic:Earthkind® Grape Trials Featured Speaker/s:Rhonda Lesher and Dale Vanhoose Sue is one of our own CBMGA Master Gardeners. Sue joined our group in 2015 and hit the ground running mentoring the next class of Master Gardeners, co-bedhead of our blackberry bed, taking a leadership role in working on our... Read More →
MUST RSVP BY 01/13/2017 PITTSBURG – The third annual Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Texas Wine Grape Grower Workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 20 at Los Pinos Ranch, 658 County Road 1334 in Pittsburg. Cost is $40, and an RSVP is required at sherydamuth@gmail.com by Jan. 13. Michael Cook, AgriLife Extension... Read More →
Roger and Sue Farr will be offering one on one landscape consultations to then new class. You must register for this ahead of time as each consultation session will be scheduled. Details for the sessions will be announced in class.
Topic:Native Plants in Landscape Design Featured Speaker/s:Belinda McCoy McLaughlin Belinda is the co-owner of Black Mountain Gardens, a Daingerfield retail nursery featuring native, heirlooms and herbs. She is a certified Texas Master Gardener and is a past state president of the Native Plant Society of Texas. Belinda is a co-founder of four area chapters of... Read More →
Topic:Growing Grapes and Muscadines Featured Speaker/s:Dr. Justin Scheiner Dr. Scheiner received a B.S. in Horticulture and Crop Science from Sam Houston State University in 2005. In 2007, he received his M.S. in Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences from Texas A&M University. Dr. Scheiner earned a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Cornell University in 2010. Dr. Scheiner... Read More →
Roger and Sue Farr will be offering one on one landscape consultations to then new class. You must register for this ahead of time as each consultation session will be scheduled. Details for the sessions will be announced in class.
Topic:Composting, Earthkind® Roses, rose propagation Featured Speaker/s:Tommy and Rosemary Morgeson Tommy and Rosemary have been members of CBMGA since 2010. Rosemary was a member of Ellis County Master Gardeners before they moved to our area. Both Tommy and Rosemary are part of our group that are the most active and have contributed many hundreds of... Read More →
Topic:Small acreage fruit trees, nut crops, berry production. Featured Speaker/s:Roger and Sue Farr Roger and Sue will also include information on a mist system for propagation of these crops. Roger and Sue joined CBMGA in 2015 and are current CBMGA Master Gardeners. They have completed the specialist training in Landscape Design for Master Gardeners. Roger... Read More →
