Welcome
Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Program is a UT Extension Program
TEMGs are volunteers who have a love of plants and horticulture coupled with training to teach and assist Tennessee residents
SAVE THE DATE!
Educating the Community
Community Garden
Our Master Gardeners have a big presence at the local Community Garden. Pictured is one of our members showing a young girl how to grow plants in a raised bed.
The Tipton County Master Gardeners' Plot at the Community Garden
The Community Garden donated over 7,000 lbs of fresh food to the local food pantry last year!
Farm Day
Master Gardeners had a presence at the Angus Farm "Farm Day". Cathleen Rainey teaching children about planting seeds.
Drummonds Elementary Learning Garden
Master Gardener, Debbie Griffin, helping a child plant some seeds.
Drummonds Elementary Learning Garden
Drummonds Elementary Learning Garden
Master Gardeners help with this learning garden at Drummonds Elementary.
Wonderful Progress On Our Projects!
Extension Office Landscaping
Our 2025 Interns have worked hard on their Pollinator Bed at the Extension Office. They were finally able to put the mulch down and it looks fantastic!
Our Pollinator Friendly Garden Sign
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
A lot of work was put into making this bed. A pile of about 400 bricks had to be cleared first. This bed is complete with "pollinator puddlers"!
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
The Hosta Beds at the Tipton County Museum have been cleaned up and look great!
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
OUR PROJECTS
Extension Office
Landscaping of the Extension Office at the old Train Depot building in the Historic District of Covington
Monthly "to do" list
June
Plant
- Continue sowing seeds directly outdoors and practice succession planting.
- All seeds and transplants can be placed outdoors at this time.
Maintenance
- Pluck weeds out completely. Weeds are easier to pull when they are young.
- Weed regularly so that unwanted plants do not have a chance to reseed themselves, leading to
more significant problems.
- Add mulch to your garden or plant ground cover anywhere you see bare soil.
- Fertilize your vegetable garden, perennial gardens, and container plants.
- Add compost and fertilize your fruit trees to give them a boost.
- Reapply fertilizer to flowering annuals, hanging baskets, container gardens, and vegetables.
- Always fertilize after you have weeded so that you are not feeding the weeds!
-Container plants and hanging baskets may need water daily now that they have established
themselves and the temperatures have risen.
- Water perennial plants vegetable gardens, and shrubs thoroughly and allow plants to dry
adequately between watering.
- it's not too late to prune back spring-flowering shrubs. They will set their buds for next year's
blooms by midsummer, so get it done in early June if you haven't done so already.
- Prune the suckers off your tomato plants during June gardening.
- Pinch off spent blooms on annuals and perennials.
- It's a good time to thin fruit trees so that set fruits are a minimum of six inches apart.
- Prune back any overgrown shrubs.