Category Archives: Announcements
Press releases, info and activities that both members and general public might want to know
Master Gardener Class Scheduled
An in-person training class, the first stop on the road to become a Master Gardener Volunteer, is planned for this fall. Follow this link for information and registration.
Sowing success! Evidence-based gardening essentials
Wood County Master Gardener Volunteer Association is a service organization whose mission is to educate the public about horticulture. We do this by sponsoring educational opportunities as well as facilitating gardening activities at various non profit organizations in our communities. Our other activities include sponsoring monthly programs for our own continuing education, holding Plant Sales and a Garden Walk for fundraising and education, staffing “Ask a Master Gardener” booths at local Farmers Market, and taking fun gardening-focused road trips.
We’d love to have you join us. Our monthly meetings are (usually) the 4th Tuesday of the month (March through November). You’re welcome to come any time. Hope to see you there!
Fighting the Pandemic
We’re sorry to announce that ALL of our programing must be put on hold for the foreseeable future, per the Wisconsin Master Gardener program and UW Extension, while our state and country work to defeat the coronovirus pandemic. This means we must cancel all monthly general membership meetings, Coffee Talks at the Libraries, Spring Plant Sale in May, Ask a Master Gardener booths at the farmer’s market, AND work at our gardening projects around the county.
This last one is really hard for us. It means that the gardens we design and care for in Rapids, Nekoosa, Port Edwards, Marshfield, Pittsville, Rome, Rudolph, Vesper may look very neglected this year, depending on how long social restrictions are required. This includes gardens at South Wood County Museum, Wildwood Zoo, Wisconsin Rapids Zoo, Pittsville Historical Society, Lester Libraries around the county, Edgewater Haven, Wakely House grounds, Marshfield Fairgrounds, Lowell Center Gardens, Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, and more.
We will be exploring ways to offer educational topics through our website and Facebook pages and to staff our Horticultural Hotline. So stay tuned!
Library Garden Seminars in Rome
These seminars have been suspended indefinitely. We will be looking at ways we can share this information with you on this site and on our Facebook page. Stay tuned!
Wood County Master Gardeners 