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Tag Archives: Brazoria County Master Gardeners
Keep Pearland Beautiful Lecture: Patio Citrus
Keep Pearland Beautiful presents a FREE lecture – Patio Citrus with Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Patio Citrus. Discover growing tips and outstanding varieties for your home patio. This lecture is broadcast live and starts at 7pm. KPB garden lecture series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff and Brazoria County Master Gardener experts, topics will include vegetable production… Read More →
Keep Pearland Beautiful Lecture: All About Chocolate
Keep Pearland Beautiful presents a FREE lecture – Bean to Bar: Chocolate with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ From Bean to Bar: Making Chocolate. Engage with a program learning about chocolate production and culture. This lecture is broadcast live and starts at 7pm. KPB garden lecture series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff and Brazoria County Master Gardener… Read More →
Keep Pearland Beautiful Lecture: Urban Forest
Keep Pearland Beautiful presents a FREE lecture – Replanting the Urban Forest with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Replanting the Urban Forest. Learn about the importance of increasing the tree inventory in the urban environment. This lecture is broadcast live and starts at 7pm. KPB garden lecture series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff and Brazoria County Master… Read More →
Keep Pearland Beautiful Lecture: Ginger, A Closer Look
Keep Pearland Beautiful presents a FREE lecture – Tropical Paradise: A Closer Look at Ginger with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Tropical Paradise: Ginger. Discover growing tips and outstanding varieties for your home garden. This lecture is broadcast live and starts at 7pm. KPB garden lecture series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff and Brazoria County Master… Read More →
Keep Pearland Beautiful Lecture: Container Gardening
Keep Pearland Beautiful presents a FREE lecture – Container Gardening with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Container Gardening – Explore the joy of gardening at home iwith container gardening, discussing soil type, watering schedule, fertilization and benefits and challenges of container type and size. This lecture is broadcast live and starts at 7pm KPB garden lecture series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County… Read More →
Keep Pearland Beautiful Lecture: Poisonous Plants
Keep Pearland Beautiful presents a FREE lecture – Poisonous Plants with Horticulture Agent Stephen Brueggerhoff. This will be a Facebook Live! event, and browse to Brazoria County AgriLife Extension Facebook page to join in: www.facebook.com/brazoriacountyextension/ Deadly Darlings: Poison Ivy and Friends. Learn about some not so friendly poisonous plants, and some that we use in everyday ornamental landscaping. This lecture is broadcast live and starts at 7pm KPB garden lecture series promotes best practices in home garden development and management. Instructed by Brazoria County AgriLife Horticulture Agent Stephen… Read More →
Fall into Rose Pruning
The end of summer is a great time to enjoy roses in the garden. Brazoria County Master Gardeners are celebrate rose culture during Open Garden Days at our demonstration garden, Brazoria Environmental Education Station we affectionately call BEES, 583 Hospital Drive in Angleton. We offer presentationa on old garden roses, give demos on proper rose planting, tips for taking cuttings and how to maintain and water your rose garden. Don’t forget to browse on our events portion of our webpage for the opportunity to check out our gardens,… Read More →
Persimmon for a Fruitful Winter
I am a recent convert to the delicious taste of persimmon. We have a tree at Extension’s Brazoria Environmental Education Station (BEES) orchard in Angleton that produced fruit with a sweet and almost jelly-like flesh that was outstanding in taste and texture. I invite you to consider persimmon for your home orchard. While native varieties such as the American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) can be cultivated, varieties of Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki), sometimes called Oriental persimmon or Kaki, are often used in space constricted urban orchards. These fruiting members… Read More →
The Facts of Christmas Cactus
Nothing brings indoor cheer to my household more than a Christmas cactus in bloom. This group of cactus are easy to care for and unique in the plant world, and I would like to share their origin, offer tips to identify two popular species and give you the gift of simple care tips. There are three out of seven of this cactus species that are sold in the popular market: Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckley), Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) and Easter cactus (Hatiora gaertneri). Thanksgiving cactus has been… Read More →