Welcome to Mississippi

Mississippi has an abundance of visual beauty that is enhanced by mild climate and diverse vegetation.  It ranges from Gulf coast semi-tropical palms and citrus plants to the cool-loving shrubs in the foothills of the Appalachians.   A great place to live and enjoy the pleasures of gardening.  This site is devoted to encouraging others to travel the many trails that meander through the gardening map of Mississippi.

 

 

Where is Waldo??2008 Master Gardeners  With 229 registered for the Conference, including many of our new Master Gardeners, it was our largest MSMG Conference.  A link with additional pictures and other information about the conference  and some of the planning for 2009 Conference will be coming soon, so check back.

Some quick News items:

 Two of the most frequently asked questions asked when a group of master gardeners get together are:

1) What kind of interesting projects are you working on?

2) How does your group make money to fund different projects?

 

If your MG Association has been working on some interesting projects  or managed to find some unique ways of getting them funded, pass them along and we will build a section on the MSMG website where others can visit and maybe even stimulate more ideas.

 

Pictures from the 2007 MS Master Gardener Conference  -- Looking forward to seeing everyone in Natchez for the 2008 Conference!

 

 

More pictures from the conference are posted on the Photos section of this Site-- Check Photo Link

And the winners are..... 2007 Master Gardener Awards

Winning Award applications can be viewed here.

Friend of MG - J. T. Smith - Adams County MG Newsletter - Editor Ann Gray -Adams County Susan McGukin - MG Coord for Lee County - Accepting the award for Susan is Donna Tucker(pictured) MG Assn of the Year =Adams County- Award accepted by Susan McKinley, Pres. MG Project of the Year - Easthaven Cemetery in Lincoln County - Accepted by Karen Sullivan, Pres. LCMG MG of the Year - Kelly Parks - Adams County Oustanding JMG Group of the Year - Saltillo Elementary School in Saltillo, Donna Tucker accepted Oustanding JMG Volounteer Leader of the Year - Deborah Bounds, from Pearl River County

What else is going on with Mississippi Master Gardeners?

Picture (1)  Katie Kemp, Carolyn Mills, Grady Suttle, Romona Hughes, Faith Estes

Picture (2)  Faith Estes, Mike Skipper, Grady Suttle, Katie Kemp, Joyce Johnson, Romona Hughes, Carolyn Mills.

Winston County Master Gardners planted and have maintained a butterfly garden in Noxapater City Park for several years.  An Arbor Day Program and tree planting was planned and carried out in 2007 and 2008 in the Noxapater park by Winston County Master Gardeners.  Newly elected officers are:  President - Grady Suttle, Vice-president - Vice President Katie Kemp, Secretary - Carolyn Mills, Treasurer - Faith Estes.

 

November 16, 2007 --Operation Rejuvenation Swarm 10/24-26 -updated with some pictures from the "Swarm" projects...Take a look here to see what Master Gardeners look like when put to work!!

Click here to see the list of projects and their description of work to be done.  Keep checking back to see pictures of completed projects!

Work gets done by people who show up! Listed below is a list of people who showed up and worked during Operation Rejuvenation...See if you recognize the names of those persons who were working beside you.

Thanks so much to all who came to the coast, all the local Master Gardeners who organized and worked on the projects, and to all of the people who made donations to Operation Rejuvenation  that allowed us to purchase the materials it took to get plants in the ground. Take a moment to look at the list of contributors below that enabled us to complete this project.

Here are the people who signed up and worked during Operation Rejuvenation on the different MS Gulf Coast Projects.  There may have been some that just worked and never signed in.  You may have only known them by first names while pulling weeds or planting flowers... to all who came and helped, thanks again for the sweat equity in bringing back some of the horticultural beauty to our state!

Aaron Carey

Amy Wheeless

Ann Boyd

Ann Rountree

Ann Wheeless

Barbara Anderson

Barbara Breaux

Barbara Hendrix

Bessie Moffatt

Betty Barbar 

Betty Barham

Bonnie Lingel

Brent Cruetanfreid

Carrie Parrott

Cathy Ivy

Charlotte Crowe

Cheryl Ramseyer

Cheryl White

Chris Glenn

Coralie Richardson

D. R. McMillen

Dan Seliga

Dave Gibbons

Debbie Evans

Deborah DeLong

Diane Strotter

Donald Hover

Dooley Berry

Dorothy Phillips

Edna Bishop

Eloise Craven

Fred Owens, Jr.

Freddie Raley

Gail Bird

Gail Hogue

Gail Seliga

Gene Ebbers

Gwen Jones

Hank Holcomb

Homer Richardson

Jackie Beckham

James Harding

James Walker

Jerry Morse

Joe Reine

Joyce Barnes

Judy Reeves

Judy Wamsher

Julia Sheriff

Karen Sullivan

Katherine Beckham

Kathleen P. Lee

Kay Bucciantori

Kaye Kaberlein

Kristin Alred

Lamar Gates

Lois Watrous

Lynn McMahan

Lynne H. DeRussy

Maria Miller

Marilyn Hingh

Marilyn Hingle

Mary Clements

Mary T. Green

Michelle Venturi

Mr. George

Nancy Chain

Pat Bontengo

Pat Terry

Pat Tweeny

Patt Cucullu

Patty Gossett

Peggy Banowetz

Penny Crawford

Peter Connolli

Ray & Betty Bush

Renee Brooks

Seth Little

SFC Young Ricky B

Shirley Calcott

Shirley Piper

Steve Edge

Sue Harris

Susan Foss

Susan L. Holcomb

Susan Tullos

Tania Goodheart

Thomas Horgan

Vicky Martin

 

 

Contributors to Operation Rejuvenation

Without the generous gifts from so many people across the U.S., it would not have been possible to even start all of the work that was needed.  Listed are contributors to Operation Rejuvenation - A Master Gardeners' project to repair and restore horticultural areas affected with damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.  Additional contributors will be added to the list as they become available.  Thanks

The Operation Rejuvenation Fund has received some $28,000 in cash donations to purchase plant and landscape materials for the Gulf Coast Restoration projects.

In addition to the donations to Operation Rejuvenation, a number of contributors sent checks made out to Mississippi Extension Service.  These funds are being used to purchase horticulture resource books for the Extension Offices affected by the hurricanes.  At the end of August, 2006, checks totaling $600 have been put in this account.  The list of donors to this account are shown below.

Additional gifts of gardening books, magazines, reference manuals, bulbs, shrubs, trees and gardening equipment were sent to help with horticultural needs in the state.  Donors included:

 

A french marigold called Tashkent #1 - photo by Wanda Holmes in Hinds CountyAgain, if you have a gardening or plant question, Go to "Garden Question" link, then ASK JAY!

Our Purpose

To promote responsible horticultural practices in accordance with the research and recommendations of the Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension Service