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the Lafayette county master gardeners held their fall lecture October 4th with speaker Dr. Eddie Smith. His program covered fall and winter gardening tips and was enjoyed by over 50 people in attendance
everyone getting to know each other at our annual welcome event for the 2025 master gardener class
MASTER GARDENERS CONTINUE TO KEEP SOUTH LAMAR AVENUE TRASH FREE!
the lafayette county master gardeners had a great time parking cars for the lsu/ole miss football game this year. The chamber of commerce provides this opportunity for nonprofits to make a little money hosting this parking lot fundraiser
this crew had fun working with the Mississippi forestry commission at the saluting branches day for the Mississippi state veterans home south of Oxford
DON’T MISS THIS GREAT DAY OF EDUCATION IN MARSHALL COUNTY
LET’S ALL ENJOY LISA MARTIN’S LATEST GARDENING PROJECT
This is the “before” photo of her new 26’ x 41’ garden with 8 separate beds for wildflowers, cutting flowers, sunflowers and pumpkins. Most of the flower seeds were harvested by her sister in Arkansas. We shall all see what happens as Lisa shares photos of the progress. Also included are some photos of Lisa’s other gardens.
LCMGA ladies ready set go!
Volunteers left to right - Suzanne, Fergie, Sharon, Cindy, Pat, Missy & Nancy
The Lafayette County Master Gardeners spent the weekend sharing their garden knowledge with participants at the Holiday House Arts & Crafts Fair in the Arena and at the Chamber of Commerce Holiday Open House on the Square. 15 Master Gardeners volunteered 16 hours of their time for these two events and provided assistance to the citizens of Lafayette County. Gift baskets were provided for both events.
We had sunshine and blue skies for our tour of Sherra Owen’s amazing garden. Thank you Sherra for sharing your vast botanical knowledge and beautiful property with us today.
Katherine Webb of Farmstead Florals presented a fun and interesting “Growing and Decorating with Dried Flowers". We learned how to dry flowers, how to make wreath forms using elaegnus shrubs and how to decorate them with dried flowers.
Lafayette County Master Gardeners participated in the 2024 Arbor Day Program. The morning included remarks from several organizations, a 5th grade poster contest, and of course tree planting.
The Lafayette County Master Gardeners recently spent time in the Oxford Community Garden with Girl Scout Troop 13689. The scouts toured the garden, painted signs for The Pantry plots in the garden, and learned about pollinators and bugs. What a great group of young people and leaders!!
One day Lafayette County Master Gardener Suzan Laney’s husband came home and said “let’s save the world” and so they became beekeepers. Fifteen years later Suzan is still an apiarist “saving the world” one beehive at a time. Suzan will be sharing the three main stages of beekeeping with us. This first step shows checking the hive with reproduction brood cells to ensure they are foraging flowers and sources for nectar and pollen to generate honey. They were “busy as a bee” outside the hives plus caring for the baby brood inside. Stay tuned for step two in July when Suzan will demonstrate harvesting the full honey super bees with capped honey in cells.
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