Welcome
The Master Gardener program is an education and volunteer initiative affiliated with the Texas Master Gardener Association and Texas AgriLIFE Extension within Texas A&M University. Our mission is to educate Denton County residents about safe, effective and sustainable horticultural practices that promote development of healthy gardens, landscapes and communities.
Through the volunteer efforts of the group, Master Gardeners contributed more than 8000 volunteer hours in 2009 to help schools, churches, businesses and citizens with various gardening projects.
Master Gardeners also use their knowledge to answer gardening questions at the local extension office, sponsor educational programs, assist with youth gardening programs, and participate in city beautification projects. Click Projects to see more.
Help Desk
There are two ways to ask your gardening questions.
(1) Call 940-349-2892 any time. If there is no answer, leave a detailed message. We will research your question and call you back. Our help desk is located at 306 N. Loop 288 and is staffed by Master Gardener volunteers. When volunteers are available, you may bring in a sample of diseased plants or plants you want us to identify, or call to ask your gardening questions.
(2) Email us at the address below. We will research your question and usually can provide an answer within a day or two. master.gardener@dentoncounty.com
Postal address
Texas Agrilife Extension
Denton County Government Center
306 North Loop 288, Suite 222
Denton, TX 76209-4818
Telephone 940-349-2883
FAX 940-349-2881
Volunteer Coordinator: volunteer@dcmga.com
Calendar
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Who are Texas Master Gardeners?
Texas Master Gardeners is a volunteer program designed to grow horticultural information throughout the state, town by town. To become a Denton County Master Gardener, a participant attends 70 hours of instruction, conducted by the local Extension county agent, then shares this knowledge by donating 70 hours of volunteer service back to the community.
The touch of Texas Master Gardeners’ green thumbs can be found across the state -- in school garden projects, horticultural therapy projects, community gardens and demonstration gardens; by volunteers who also conduct gardening programs and answer gardening questions. Anything anyone wants to know about gardening, a Master Gardener can help. That includes young wannabe gardeners too – Master Gardeners help set up 4-H gardening clubs and Junior Master Gardener groups.
In fact, when it comes to green and growing things, Master Gardeners dig into their service in all kinds of ways: teaching, giving presentations, writing newsletters and articles, providing clerical help, and designing and maintaining Web pages.
Want to Know More?
In 2008, more than 6,400 volunteers were Texas Master Gardeners, according to the organization’s annual report.
Volunteers contributed 454,036 hours to horticulture-based educational projects in 2008, a benefit to the state that was worth $9 million.
That year Texas Master Gardeners gave 2,200 presentations for a combined audience of 68,087 of their neighbors, and provided research-based horticulture information to 18,000 others.
