Fort Bend County Extension

09/15/2026

September is ! 🧠 What you eat may help protect your brain as well as your heart. Discover foods and eating patterns linked with a lower risk of dementia, including the Mediterranean and MIND diets. 🥗

❓Have questions, please contact your County Extension Agent, Celeste Feast at [email protected]

To protect your brain and blood vessels, exercise, stress management, sleep and social connections all matter. So do the foods you consume.

09/11/2026

09/09/2026

📣New Fruit Growers 📣

🍊Learn how to select an appropriate site, choose crops that grow successfully in their area of Texas, establish a vineyard or orchard, and protect it from some of the unique weather and pest challenges that fruit growers encounter.🍓

📆October 15 & 16, 2026
📍Rosenberg, TX

For more information and to register https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/website/96987/

09/09/2026

Circle Oct 10 on your calendar. That's when the Fort Bend County Master Gardeners will hold their 2026 Fall Vegetable/Herb Plant sale at the Bud O'Shieles Community Center, 1330 Band Road.
The sale from 9 a.m. to noon will feature plant varieties selected by Master Gardener volunteers that are recommended for Fort Bend County by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service or grown by Master Gardener volunteers in their own home gardens.
Arrive early for the best selection.
Check back in mid-September for the list of vegetables and herbs we are growing for the Fall Sale.
All sale proceeds are used to support the mission of Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Fort Bend County and the Fort Bend County Master Gardeners’ programs which provide research-based horticultural education to residents of Fort Bend County throughout the year. No funds are used to pay volunteers nor are these funds used for anything unrelated to our mission.

09/09/2026

Deadline extended till Thursday, September 10! Register now!

In this adult workshop, you will learn how to preserve your harvest into something delicious with a focus on the water bath method, and a hands on demonstration.

📅Saturday, September 12, 2026
🕛9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
📍1402 Band Rd Rosenberg, TX 77471
Register with Eventbrite at https://preservetheharvestsalsa.eventbrite.com

09/08/2026

🌻For community and school garden volunteer opportunities, please contact your County Extension Educator, Gabrielle Butler, [email protected] 🌻

Join her Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18B6zK4hGW/

To view the September newsletter visithttps://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/September-Fort-Bend-Community-School-Gardens-Newsletter.pdf

09/06/2026

In this adult workshop, you will learn how to preserve your harvest into something delicious with a focus on the water bath method, and a hands on demonstration.

📅Saturday, September 12, 2026
🕛9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
📍1402 Band Rd Rosenberg, TX 77471
Register with Eventbrite at https://preservetheharvestsalsa.eventbrite.com

09/05/2026

Hay! Need CEU credits? Join our Hay Quality Contest.

📣Programs on agricultural economics, mealy bug issues and new world screwworm
📆Saturday, September 26, 2026
⏰9:30 a.m.
No fee and lunch included
CEU credits: 1 General, 1 IPM

Must RSVP at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/5fxxM7HfiB?origin=lprLink

09/04/2026

📣Register Today! Early Bird Tickets on Sale Now!📣

✅Multi-Track Agenda for Backyard Master Gardeners
✅Small Market Producers
✅Preserving the Harvest
✅Community and School Gardens with CPEs offered
✅Ag Pesticide track with 5 CEUs offered

For more information visit https://42ndVegConf.eventbrite.com

Please visit or call our office at 281-342-3034 for more information

09/04/2026