Hidalgo County Master Gardener Association

This past Saturday, we hosted a Rain Barrel Workshop at our Educational Garden, and what a great day it was! A big thank you to Master Gardener Kim Garcia for leading the workshop and sharing the many benefits of harvesting rainwater.

Attendees learned how rain barrels can help conserve water, reduce runoff, and provide a sustainable source of irrigation for gardens and landscapes. We had rain barrels available for purchase which is perfect timing with the rainy weather forecasted for this week!

Of course, no garden event would be complete without a special guest appearance from our garden cat, Gigi, who happily joined in on the fun and supervised the workshop activities.

The garden has been especially busy lately with all the recent rain. Our volunteers have been hard at work keeping up with maintenance and are currently refreshing our Butterfly Garden and Native Plant Garden. Thank you to our wonderful Master Gardeners for their dedication, hard work, and for always making garden work enjoyable!

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Don't miss the TOTOS Orchid sale this weekend!

Congratulations 🎊 Sylvia Casselman for 20 years of dedication to volunteering with the Texas Master Gardeners. 👏🎊

Interested in learning about compost?? 🪱Join TMG Janet Schofield tomorrow at 10am at the Valley Nature Center and learn how to turn everyday waste into healthy soil for your garden. 👩‍🌾

Join us tomorrow for an awesome presentation!!!

Please join us for the annual Spring Plant Sale🌸. Don’t mind the construction! We will be here until 12 o’clock!! We have a large variety of beautiful plants available! See you here real soon!

Reminder that we will be in booth 916 during the Home & Garden Show. Come visit us tomorrow! We will be selling plants, raffle tickets, and answering questions.

Master Gardener, Ida Garza will be reading her children's book The Cat Who Ate Spinach on Sat. & Sun. at 2:00 pm.

Home and Garden Show starts at tomorrow
Friday, Mar 20; 2PM-6PM
Saturday, Mar 21; 10AM-6PM
Sunday, Mar 22; 11AM-5PM

Location: McAllen Convention Center
700 Convention Center Blvd, McAllen, TX 78501, United States

🌿 A fun stop for kids at the show! 🌿
The Hidalgo County Master Gardener Association will be hosting hands-on nature activities in the Kids Activity Section this weekend.

🌼 Make a nature bracelet
🌱 Plant a seedling to take home
📚 Learn fun gardening and nature facts

Join them Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 at the RGV Big Bloom Home & Garden Show at the McAllen Convention Center.

🎟️ Free admission thanks to Stand Strong Fencing of Brownsville and outdoor living and backyard inspiration all weekend by Miracle-Gro