Warren County Master Gardeners
Vicksburg, Mississippi


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Warren County, Mississippi 
Extension Service Office


2012 Southeast Regional Master Gardeners Conference

May 1-4

Natchez, Mississippi


Master Gardener Meeting

 
May 15, 2012
  Master Gardener Meeting

12:00 PM


Just, what is a Master Gardener?

W
ell, 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 49 Master Gardeners. 

May
Warren County, MS
Weather Statistics
(Averages over 30 years)

Average temperature (°F)_____72.4
High temperature (°F)  _______84.1
Low temperature (°F) _______ 60.6
Precipitation (in)  ___________  5.5

 

 



Dianthus
Judy Fitzpatrick, MG


Rose
Carol Duncan, MG


 

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