Kristy Tesch, Katy Harvey, Luanne Bullard, and Anita Engert volunteered in the Berryville Library garden on Tuesday, October 14, with a lot of help from Junior Master Gardener, Callan Stone. The garden was thoroughly watered, leaves and debris were removed from the beds, and the Lambs Ear (Stachys Byzantina) was pruned. Thanks to Carroll County maintenance […]
It was a beautiful day to be volunteering at Little Lake Eureka on October 9. Linda Rogers and Jennifer Boardman attended. We discussed the design of the garden and assessed which plants were performing well there. The smaller Rose of Sharon was removed because it was not performing well and we discovered that the soil depth
Hello MG’s! I took this Dahlia display by the Berryville Senior Center this morning. My Dahlia’s have been loving this cooler weather, and they were too pretty not to share! I included a couple photos of my roses. Too bad this wasn’t Fair Week! lol Happy Monday.Kristy Noble Tesch Dinner Plate Dahlias that bloom year
While this is a long post it should be read. This is what MG’s is about. A group of members recently went to PNG event and this is their personal take away from the conference . It was five stars. ️We highly recommend. Working together as Master gardeners can be fun, but challenging. The PNG
We had a workday at LLE September 25. Kim Yonkee, Linda Rogers, and Jennifer Boardman attended. It had rained the night before and the garden beds were very wet. Most of the workday was spent relabeling plant tags with UV resistant printed labels recommended by the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. They are supposed to
Intrepid field-trippers from the Carroll County Master Gardeners braved the downpour on Saturday, September 20, 2025 to tour two great projects, courtesy of the Benton County Master Gardeners. The first stop was at Helping Hands garden in Bentonville. Here, Benton County MG grow fresh food to distribute at the Helping Hands Food Pantry. Helping Hands
A regularly scheduled workday was held at Little Lake Eureka on Thursday, September 11 beginning at 9am. Kim Yonkee, Darla Danvers, and Jennifer Boardman volunteered their time to work. Weeding and pruning helped the garden look more tidy. Flowers in bloom at this time, in addition to the cleomes, include the Night Blooming Tobacco (Nicotiana
The CC Master Gardeners had a delightful experience yesterday during our field trip to Ron and Ellen Eby’s residence and garden. Dr. Eby provided an informative discussion on all things Pawpaw and fig related. We toured their gardens and subsequently enjoyed sampling fresh figs and pawpaws, while Ellen prepared a delectable blackberry cobbler and fig
Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth volunteered at the Berryville Library on Tuesday, Sept 9. The weeds are sparse due to a lack of rain, and efforts were focused on watering and cleaning up spent garden debris. The Panicle Limelight Hydrangeas, Asclepias (Milkweed), and Tradescantia Pallida (Purple Heart) are beautiful and in bloom. The Callicarpa Japonica (Japanese Beautyberry) is
A beautiful Fall arrangement designed by CC Master Gardener Lori Wilson-Ball . She placed it at The Blossoms Nursing Center in Berryville.
Turnips are up and radishes, and kale planted. Thanks to Lori for all the help. We should begin harvesting them by the at the end of September through October.
CCMG had a workday at Little Lake Eureka on Saturday, August 30 at 9am. We did some necessary weeding and removed some of the cleome plants to allow other plants, like the purple fountain grass, to show. Iris blades were cut back, ground cover was thinned, and we discussed the possibility of moving some of
