Georgia Master Gardeners, help protect your community from wildfire with a new training on fire-resistant landscaping. This six-week (January 29 – March 12, 2022), user-friendly online course includes videos and activities for completion for Advanced Training credit. Every year, hundreds to thousands of wildfires occur in the southeastern U.S. Fortunately,…
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We shared last week the great news about a new edition of the Georgia Master Gardener Handbook. If you want to see what this new edition has in store for our trainees, you can read the post here. A massive overhaul like this doesn’t happen in a vacuum, for sure….
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Dr. Elizabeth McCarty, Forest Health Specialist from the Warnell School of Forestry, was our featured speaker for October’s Thoughtful Thursday webinar. Dr. McCarty shared with us about Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB), a pest that has been in the U.S. for a while, but has recently been spotted in South Carolina…
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Hundreds of Master Gardener Extension Volunteers who train each year as well as veterans rely on their Georgia Master Gardener Handbook to provide answers, insight, and guidance for growing ornamental and edible plants in Georgia. Our last edition, revised and printed in 2011, has undergone extensive revision and update. The…
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Happy October, Georgia MGEVs! Just a quick note to remind you that this week, we’ll have a Thoughtful Thursday webinar. Join us Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 2 pm, to hear about a new pest, the Asian Longhorn Beetle. Dr. Elizabeth McCarty will inform us about this threat and its…
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