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 - EXPO 2025!
Preparing for Expo!
Hypertufa Planters
A group of Master Gardeners met recently to learn how to make hypertufa planters under the instruction of Susan Cranford. These planters will be sold at our Expo later this month.
Educating the Community
Community Garden
The Local Boys and Girls Club
The Local Boys and Girls Club
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 Local Boys and Girls Club
The Local Boys and Girls Club
The Local Boys and Girls Club
Pictured is Master Gardener Neil Bell helping children at the Boys and Girls Club plant seeds.
The Local Boys and Girls Club
These seeds will produce plants that will be transplanted into the Boys & Girls Club plot at the Tipton County Community Garden.
The Local Boys and Girls Club
When harvest time comes, they will pick the produce and prepare a meal for their Fun Food Fridays!
Master Gardener, Debbie Griffin
Master Gardener, Martina Cole
You're never too young to learn about gardening!
From beginning to end in a plant's life.
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
Several Master Gardeners were on hand to help with Drummonds Elementary's STEM night.
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
Drummonds Elementary STEM Night
It's Spring! Time to get projects ready for the new year!
Extension Office Landscaping
In order to create a Pollinator Bed here at our Extension Office, we first had to remove a huge pile of about 200 bricks.
We have worked quite a long time getting this done.
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
We have finally finished clearing the plot and are ready to start tilling! Pictured are Cindy Seeley, chairperson, and Sandra Jolly,
co-chairperson, of the Extension Office beds. Also pictured is 2025 Intern, Kristy Hayes.
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Amy Crofford, chairperson of the Hosta Bed, is working to clear the area of some of the leaves.
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Hosta Bed
Tipton County Museum Pollinator/Herb Beds
Sherl Rose, chairperson of the Pollinator/Herb beds at the Tipton County Museum, and Neil Bell clearing out leaves and debris.
OUR PROJECTS
Extension Office
Landscaping of the Extension Office at the old Train Depot building in the Historic District of Covington
Tipton County Community Garden
Our Master Gardeners have a plot at the Community Garden and they also help other plot owners with gardening advice. We have also held classes at the site. This is just another way the Tipton County Master Gardeners help educate the community.
Monthly "to do" list
March
Plant
- Plant warm-season vegetables like basil, eggplant, melons, and squash
- Plant potatoes, which do well in early spring
- Sow sweet peas in deep pots in a greenhouse or on a sunny windowsill.
- Transplant trees and shrubs
- Plant broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower
Maintenance
- Check for pests like mealy bugs
- Check your irrigation system for blockages, breakages, and leaks
- Prune spring-flowering shrubs right after they bloom.
- Cut back ornamental grasses to a few inches above ground level.
- Loosen winter mulches from perennials.
- Clean up flower beds by removing weeds and dead foliage.
- If your soil is alkaline, apply sulfur around acid-loving plants.
- Take cuttings from dahlia tubers to raise new plants
- Check your tools for disrepair, sharpen blades, and oil moving parts.
Helping the Girl Scouts with planning an event "It's Your World - Change It"
