Information gathering will be very handy for gardeners this year with the Henderson County Master Gardeners holding their vegetable conference in conjunction with the Keep Athens Beautiful Home and Garden show. The events will take place at the Cain Center in Athens on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Sessions on various aspects of gardening will be presented in the morning by HCMG members. Dave Whitinger, founder of the website, Dave’s Garden, will speak on “Adding Food Plants to the Landscape” at 10:30 a.m. Have your questions ready for Whitinger and for the master gardeners.
At this time the general public will be able to purchase tickets to the HCMG Spring Conference to be held March 22. The conference will include dinner, and the featured speaker will be Dr. Steve George from the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas. His topic will be “From Roses, to Vegetables, to Shade Trees: Creating a truly Earth-Kind ® Landscape.”
Information will also be available on how to become a master gardener including the date of the next class.