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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
TEMGs are volunteers who have a love of plants and horticulture coupled with training to teach and assist Tennessee residents
The Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Program seeks to improve the lives of Tennesseans by promoting environmental stewardship, noncommercial food production, and human health and well-being through residential and consumer horticulture education delivered by a dedicated and skilled volunteer network.
Over 3,520 Volunteer hours of service and educational outreach in 2022 that represent a value to Tennessee of $74,216.17 in 2021 to the Tipton County Community!
Hands on projects are planned with the Senior Citizens Center to educate and engage them.
Annual Expo with plants and venders galore. Find anything you need for your garden here.
Left to right: Bonnie Briggs, Secretary; Dennis Riddle, President; Stan Howard, Past President; Sandy Karpinski, Treasurer; Jerry Gatlin, Vice President
For their intern project, the 2023 interns created a rain barrel watering system to help with watering the beds on the side of our extension office. Well done interns!
Leslie spoke on Winter Gardening. She is a certified square foot gardener presenter.
Leslie's program consisted of several power points and videos - as wells as hand-outs.
Guests and members especially enjoyed the interesting part of making "soil blocks". Leslie has several videos on YouTube. Her channel is Leslie Caza (see photo reference above)
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Landscaping of the Extension Office at the old Train Depot building in the Historic District of Covington
Taught by Joellen Dimond, TSU Extension Agent, on Family Plot
As shown by Wes Hopper on Family Plot
An interview by UT Turfgrass Specialist, Dr. Tom Samples
Horticultural Information and Resources for Tennessee Gardeners
"Garden of DeEden" on Youtube
- Plant late season annuals like pansies, snapdragons, Dianthus chinensis, ornamental kale and
cabbage for fall through spring color.
- Divide, transplant and label perennials. Complete divisions by mid-October to allow the roots time to
establish themselves before winter.
- Be sure to keep newly divided plants watered.
- If you've grown tender bulbs this summer such as caladium, dahlia, gladioulus this is the month to
dig them and put them into storage for next year's use.
- Collect seed from perennials and annuals.
- Continue to cut flowers for drying.
- Remove and compost spent annuals and fallen leaves.
- Keep dead-heading plants, such as tithonia, zinnia, and cosmos, to ensure that they continue to
flower.
- Plan spring bulb gardens and purchase bulbs. Most of the planting should wait until October, but
supplies will be at their peak in garden centers.
- Allow plants to finish the summer growth cycle in a normal manner. Never encourage new growth
with heavy applications of fertilizer or excessive pruning this late in the season. The plant will not
properly harden off, and an early freeze can injure new growth.
We love our customers, so feel free to visit during normal business hours.
150 Menefee St, Covington, Tennessee 38019, United States
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