Meet a Master Gardener program returns
Visitors to the Aiken County Farmers Market will have a chance to chat with their green-thumbed neighbors Saturday as the monthly Meet A Master Gardener program returns.
Members of the Aiken Master Gardeners will be on hand from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Farmers Market on Williamsburg Street for the Meet A Master Gardener program.
The group will be available to answer questions, give information on the Clemson Extension Master Gardeners course and promote other programs such as Rent A Master Gardener and the Lunch Box Lecture Series.
“We started Meet A Master Gardener in March, and we go through November with it,” said Master Gardener Al Snell. “We always get a lot of questions. We’ll be on hand to answer any gardening questions or identify any lawn or garden problems people have.”
The group will also sell copies of the new edition of “The Aiken Master Gardeners’ Almanac for Aiken and Vicinity” and copies of their cookbook, “A Collection of Favorite Recipes: Aiken Master Gardeners in the Kitchen.”
“The Aiken County Farmers Market has been a really good venue for people to come see us. It’s a good place to meet people,” Snell said.
For more information about the Aiken County Master Gardeners and the group’s upcoming programs, call the Clemson Extension Service office at 649-6297 or visit the Clemson Extension Service website at www.clemson.edu/extension/mg/counties/aiken/index.html.
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Become a Master Gardener with fall class
Are you interested in becoming a Master Gardener? If so, you’re in luck; the Clemson Extension Service will offer a Master Gardener program at its Aiken office this fall.
The class will run for 14 weeks starting Sept. 1 and will meet every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Participants do not need any previous experience, but an interest in gardening is required. Those who enroll will learn a variety of skills, including plant nutrition, basic plant pathology, vegetable gardening and tree and small fruit culture.
After becoming a Master Gardener, class participants can volunteer by answering horticultural questions on the office’s extension, speaking to gardening and civic clubs and assisting the community with gardening projects.
Master Gardeners also volunteer at Meet a Master Gardener at the Aiken Farmers Market to answer questions and volunteer for the Rent a Master Gardener Program in which Master Gardeners visit people’s houses to give advice and answer questions.
The deadline to sign up for the class is Friday. For more information, call 649-6911, ext. 114, or stop by the Clemson Extension Service Office at 1555 Richland Ave. E.
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