Master Gardener Provides The Environment, But God Makes Things Grow
“Growing plants points me to God,” stated Steve Koontz, Winona Lake.
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Master Gardener Association Announces Gardening Seminar
Kosciusko County Master Gardener Association is hosting their last gardening seminar of the 2023 season.
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Purdue Extension Offers Fall Master Gardener Class
If you have a passion for gardening and enjoy teaching others how to grow plants, the Purdue Extension Service has a class for you.
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Local Faces, Countless Connections: Community Volunteers Become Master Gardener Interns
KOSCIUSKO — The Master Gardener program is one way that the Purdue Extension puts knowledge to work and helps people grow throughout Indiana. The program helps gardeners grow by providing them with intensive training in horticultural principles. Participants, in turn, share their knowledge by providing volunteer leadership and … Read More
Still Time To Become A Master Gardener
KOSCIUSKO — Looking for something interesting and exciting to do this fall on Tuesday evenings? Do you enjoy working in the garden? Enjoy volunteering? Do you want to help teach others about horticulture and grow beautiful gardens and plants? If so, then the Master Gardener program is for … Read More
Here’s Your Chance To Become A Master Gardener
KOSCIUSKO — Looking for something interesting and exciting to do this fall on Tuesday evenings? Do you enjoy working in the garden? Enjoy volunteering? Do you want to help teach others about horticulture and grow beautiful gardens and plants? If so, then the Master Gardener program is for … Read More
Here’s Your Chance To Become A Master Gardner
WARSAW — Looking for something interesting and exciting to do this fall on Tuesday evenings? Do you enjoying working in the garden? Enjoy volunteering? Do you want to help teach others about horticulture and grow beautiful gardens and plants? If so, then the Master Gardener program is for … Read More
Microclimates
By Gail Jacobs Master Gardener Are you mailboxes overflowing with seed and plant catalogues? I always enjoy browsing new plants and dreaming where I could I possibly put more. This exercise generally gets me in trouble but for those willing to get more than they bargained for read … Read More
Plants and People Needing Each Other
By JOYCE ARLEEN CORSON Master Gardener Several years ago good friend, former teacher and motivational speaker, Vernon Zurcher, 1929-1997, prepared and presented a slide presentation “Plants are like People.” I have remembered many of his illustrations and think of them often when I am in my garden. After … Read More
No One will Plant Your Garden for You!
By JOYCE ARLEEN CORSON Master Gardener When it’s your garden, you have a personal attachment. Someone may do the planting, but you will not be far away, not missing a moment of all that is involved. It’s time to get busy, too, if you want to have fruit … Read More
Sign Up To Be A Master Gardener
By JEFF BURBINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — Applications for the fall 2016 Elkhart County Master Gardener program are now available. The deadline for submitting an application is 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 5. The Purdue University Extension Service in Elkhart County sponsors the program. Master Gardeners … Read More
Master Gardener Answer Line Provides Information
ELKHART COUNTY — Elkhart County Master Gardeners helped people with a wide variety of issues during April, according to Jeff Burbrink, an extension educator with Purdue Extension Service in Elkhart County. The Answer Line is a service operated by the Elkhart County’s Master Gardener program. Burbrink said the … Read More
Master Gardeners Plan Classes On Perennial Plants
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — The Elkhart County Master Gardener Class will be offering three programs on perennials this winter. The focus of the program will be how to add perennial plants to the landscape in various conditions like sun or shade. … Read More
In The Garden — Winter Gardening
By JOYCE ARLEEN CORSON Master Gardener SYRACUSE — The spirit of the winter season to me is my indoor garden. Short days are enhanced with indoor space created by a professional design or an off season project built from reusable materials. It can be used this time of … Read More
In The Garden — First Phase Of Planning My New Garden
WARSAW — Generally, I do not keep a journal of my garden. Putting it all in writing in this article will hopefully help someone else doing the same. It can be daunting doing your own landscaping from scratch. Yet knowing you did it yourself is a real boost.
Read MoreMaster Gardener Class Deadline Extended
WARSAW — Looking for something interesting and exciting to do this fall on Tuesday evenings? Do you enjoying working in the garden? Helping others beautify the community? Do you want to help teach others about horticulture by volunteering your time? If so, then the Master Gardener program is for you. During this program you can learn all about horticulture: plant science, plant nutrition, soils, pesticides, insect pests, vegetables, flowers, fruits, lawns and much more.
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