Making a Difference Award – May 2024
Each year that our association has held a garden tour, the event has built on the success of previous tours.
16Jun
19May
Cooking With Flowers
Did you know that there are many edible flowers that can be grown, harvested, and cooked with your meals?
16May
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE DCMG CLASS OF 2024!
The Dallas County Master Gardener Association (DCMGA) proudly welcomes the MG Class of 2024 and congratulates you for completing all your coursework! You are an AMAZING group of talented and passionate individuals who will certainly be tremendous assets to the MG program. Together, we will further our mission to serve and to educate the public...
07May
DCMGA Garden Tour Preview: The Garden of Janet D. Smith
This is the unlikely story of a woman whose garden was created unintentionally and who, in the process, became a gardener accidentally. Prior to entering the Dallas County Master Gardener program in 2005 following her retirement, Janet D. Smith confesses that she was completely ignorant of any and all knowledge concerning gardening. Her attempts at home...
26Apr
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DCMG VOLUNTEERS!
"Act as if what you do makes a difference... it does!" William James April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month, a perfect time to thank ALL our selfless Dallas County Master Gardeners for their countless hours of volunteer service! Your efforts in our community gardens, school programs, food production gardens, outreach events, fundraising, administrative support and so...
15Apr
Ensign Wasps: Exterminator Extraordinaire
...to the cockroach, the Ensign wasp, is a feared enemy, yet this little wasp is our friend...
11Apr
Gretchen Reynolds Receives Making a Difference Award
Gretchen Reynolds (Class of 2022), the March recipient of the Dallas County Master Gardener Association (DCMGA) Making a Difference Award, is a multitalented, multitasking Master Gardener. She is equally adept at the administrative aspects of our organization as she is at the physical aspects of gardening. Gretchen Reynolds hard at work Gretchen is an efficient, kind and...
01Mar
Common Invasive and Aggressive Plants in the Dallas-Area Yard
Some of the most aggressive plants in the Dallas yard, speaking from first-hand experience here, are being sold at our garden centers.
03Feb
2024 Making a Difference Award
The Dallas County Master Gardener Association would like to recognize Master Gardener, Kathy Lyon, for her contribution to the incredible success of multiple projects at the R&B 1 Urban County Farm.
01Feb
What a Bore: Cottonwood Borer Beetle
A member of the order of Coleoptera (beetle), family of Cerambycidae (specifically long-horn beetles), the Plectrodera scalator (Cottonwood Borer) feed on fast growing trees and play a large role in decomposing fallen trees.
