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Master Gardeners
Horticulture info
"Our Roots are in Agriculture, But we're much more than that"
The Ross County Master Gardener Program improves home and community environments through horticulture education and activities. MG's complete 50 hours of instruction in plant science and volunteer 50 hours/year.
If you have a 'growing' concern for horticulture/agriculture, contact Dave Mangione or call 702-3200.
Current Topics & Programs
ROSS COUNTY FARMERS MARKET "Buy Fresh, Buy Local"
Ross County Service Center - 475 Western Avenue in Chillicothe
Come out to the Farmer's Market Opening Day! Saturday, May 3. 8:00 am - 12:00 noon.
ROSS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS ANNUAL TREE & SHRUB SALE
Saturday May 3, 2008. 8:00 am - 12:00 noon. @ Ross County Service Center
Quantities are limited, come early! See Below!!!
| Common Name | Variety | Bloom or Berry Color |
| Butterfly Bush | Bicolor | lavender & yellow |
| Butterfly Bush | Adonis Blue | deep blue |
| Butterfly Bush | Royal Red | purple & red |
| Sweet Shrub | Venus | white |
| Bottlebrush | Blue Shadow | white |
| Magnolia | Centennial | white |
| Magnolia | Leonard Messel | pink |
| Mock Orange | Snowbelle | white |
| Cinquefoil | Pink Beauty | pink |
| Cinquefoil | Mango Tango | orange & red |
| Buckthorn | Fine Line | |
| OSO Easy Rose | Peachy Cream | peach |
| OSO Easy Rose | Strawberry Crush | strawberry |
| Lilac | Tinkerbelle | deep pink |
| Viburnum dilatatum | Cardinal Candy | white flowers & red berries |
| Viburnum nudum | Brandywine | pink & blue berries |
| Weigela Florida | Ghost | dark red |
MG Newsletters
Great Information from our Ross County Master Gardeners!
2007 December Newsletter - highlights: Ordering MGV Shirts & more, Committee Sign-ups, Vegetables for Shade, Clean Rusty Tools, Pruning Honeysuckle Shrubs
2007 October Newsletter - highlights: Bathtub Water Garden, Over-wintering Rosemary, Saving & Sowing Impatien Seeds
2007 September Newsletter - highlights: Tips for September, Peat Moss
2007 July Newsletter - highlights: Volunteer Recognition!
2007 June Newsletter - highlights: Heritage Periennals with Edible Flowers or Foliage, Slugs & Mosquitoes
2007 May Newsletter - highlights: Volunteer Hour Guidelines, Get Perennials to re-bloom, Plant Sale Results
2007 March Newsletter - highlights: Attractive Plant Markers, Pruning, Onion Sets, Asparagus Planting
2007 February Newsletter - highlights: Banishing Borers, Bats of Summer
2007 January Newsletter - highlights: Cleft Grafting Lilacs & When to Prune Hydrangeas
Website Resources
Pest Management
Ohio Integrated Pest Management
C.O.R.N. Crop Observation & Recommendation Network
OSU Pesticide Education Programs
Pesticides General Uses: Home Lawns l Woody Plants, Annuals & Perennials
Additional Sites
Applied Ecological Services: build a rain garden
Buckeye Yard & Garden On-line
Farming the Net: Horticulutre, Vegetables, Fruits & Gardening
Cincinati Zoo: list of Deer-resistant plants for your landscape
Ohio Master Gardener Website: new garden tips posted daily
OSU Ohio Floriculture
OSU Horticulture & Crop Science
OSU Web Garden
VegNet: Vegetable Crops
