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Here in Montgomery County, we pride ourselves on being the birthplace of Master Gardeners in Texas. Montgomery County Master Gardeners are a very active and productive organization of educational volunteer organizations managed and coordinated by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Our volunteers are resilient, passionate, and thoughtful.
The purpose of the Master Gardener program is to volunteer the staff at AgriLife Extension in Montgomery County. Volunteers are critical to expanding the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s educational work to include Montgomery County’s residents. Our master gardeners do this by running adult and youth education courses, demonstrations, workshops, and partnerships with like-minded agencies in our community who can influence the community through horticultural education.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension – Montgomery County has the best on-site demonstration gardens in the state. Our volunteers have steadfastly supported the demonstration gardens. The gardens display different methods and best practices for almost everything related to the landscape. If you’ve never seen our show garden, you might want to stop by. We have lawn, vegetable, flower, fruit, compost, hydroponics, pollinator, EarthKind, rainwater harvesting, and native plant displays scattered around our facility. Our volunteers are passionate and proud of our demonstration facility.
The work of the Montgomery County’s master gardener is always impressive and valued by our office and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. The most impressive thing about what they do is the amount of volunteer hours they add to all of the events and programs we have in the county. Our 292 Montgomery County master gardeners volunteered 29,687 hours. This equates to $ 847,266 in benefits in kind. Keep our volunteers are unpaid employees of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Your efforts save the county money and provide education to the community. Our volunteers are truly amazing in their efforts and a great community resource for all of your horticulture questions.
Our volunteers were resilient despite the pandemic. They really are some of the most dedicated people out there. Many of the planned programs were canceled in early 2021, but we quickly adjusted and offered online courses that were recorded for the public. Even our plant fundraising campaigns have been converted to an online format. Fortunately, with anticipation of 2022, we will be resuming the monthly classroom classes on Saturday and fundraising for plant sales. I really want to praise ALL of our volunteers for the way they have handled their fundraisers for the plant sales, club business and programs. You really took up the challenge and adapted to the situation.
The Montgomery County’s Master Gardeners are truly a great asset and blessing to our office, educational programs, and the community. In 2021, they accumulated 32,053 hours of in-kind contribution valued at $ 914,792. They are truly an “extension” of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Montgomery County. We appreciate your time, effort, dedication, and support of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension program. I hope everyone has a nice holiday season. I also want to thank you, the Montgomery County residents, for your support of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Master Gardener Association.
Don’t forget to email your gardening questions to Plant Answers at 9020 Airport Rd., Conroe TX 77303 or email: [email protected].
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