2026 Master Gardener clasS

(Click on speaker’s name to open evaluation.)

JANUARY

Jan. 21

Matt Jones: Botany – Taxonomy and Plant Structure

Jan. 28

Bill Cline: Edible Crops – Fruit

FEBRUARY

Feb. 4

Leigh Simpson: Amendments, Organics 

Allison Omens: Composting

Feb. 11

Derrick Nantz: Plant Toolbox

Alexander Krings: Plant Identification

Feb. 18

Danesha Seth Carley: Landscape Design Principles; Native Plants in Home Landscapes

Feb. 25

Ashley Troth: Edible Crops – Vegetables; Common Pests

Julee Herbert: Container Gardening/Raised Beds; Straw Bale Gardening

MARCH

March 4

Barb Fair: Woody Ornamentals & Trees

March 11

Mike Munster: Diseases, Disorders & Diagnostics

March 18

Ken Brockenbrough: Lawns; Carolina Lawns Handout

Sam Boring: Alternatives to Turfgrass

Mary Paulsgrove: Weeds, Hands On Weeds

March 25

Thomas Privott: Soil Structure, Plant Nutrients

APRIL

April 1

Johnny Coley: Insects on Horticulture/ Ornamentals in Home Gardens/IPM

April 8

Field Trip to Mary Leonhardi’s Farm: Hands-on propagation activity and lecture.

April 15

April Pope: Deer

Onyinye Iweala: Ticks