Warren County Master Gardeners
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Farmer's Market
Visit Warren County Master Gardener's Booth with Gardening Questions
July 4 - Topic will be Herbs
July 11 - Topic will be Invasive Ornamentals
July 18 - Topic will be Shiitake Mushrooms
July 25 - Topic will be Reblooming Plants
Gardening Programs this Month
at Warren County Extension Office
July 7, First Tuesday Gardening
12:00 Noon
Crapemrytle: Flower of the South
Donna Beliech
July 14, Master Gardener Meeting
12:00 Noon
Jean O'Neil
Ecology
Extension Service Office
Just, what is a Master Gardener?
Well, for starters, a Master Gardener is not someone who has all the answers to gardening problems. Nor is a Master Gardener an expert horticulturalist.
Master Gardeners are volunteer educators who have been trained by Land Grant Agriculture Universities to assist in providing information about home gardening. Mississippi State University Extension Service is the branch of M.S.U. that offers the Master Gardener program in the state and is responsible for training and coordinating Master Gardeners. Master Gardeners receive 40 hours of instruction in the basics of home gardening. Topics of study include soil, botany, entomology, plant pathology, pest control and plant propagation. Specific gardening “crops” studied are turf grass, fruits, vegetables and ornamentals such as flowers, shrubs and ground cover plants.
New Master Gardeners agree to provide a minimum of 40 hours of volunteer educational efforts within the first year after training. After that, Master Gardeners work a minimum of 20 hours annually to maintain their status as a Master Gardener. The average tenure of a Master Gardener volunteer in Mississippi is four years.
Currently there are 45 Master Gardeners in Warren County. Average temperature (°F)____81.0
July
Warren County, MS
Weather Statistics (Averages)
High temperature (°F) _______91.0
Low temperature (°F)________69.0
Precipitation (in) __________ 2.9

Coneflower
Joelyn James, MG

Purple Hull Pod
Jim Brannon, MG