Class Schedule

Our class schedule is prepared each year the summer before our class starts. It represents our best plan for the class. However, sometimes things change. Speakers can’t make it or need a different day; a topic may change; or a planned field trip gets rained out. No plan is perfect. But one thing we are sure of—our class program presents excellent speakers offering exceptional horticultural education.

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Planned Gonzales Master Gardeners 2021-2022 Class Schedule
8:30am-12:30 pm. At the Plantatarium: A Center for Exploration (PACE), 623 Fair Street, in Gonzales.

9-14       Introduction and Tour   Gail Johnson--Gonzales Master Gardener Class Coordinator; Dwight Sexton, County Extension Agent; Cheryl Hillman—Gonzales Master Gardener; Nick Wentworth—Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 1 –Welcome, Master Gardeners
9-28       Botany   David DeMent, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 3 - Plant Development
10-5       Plants and the Underground Economy   Gail Johnson, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 5 - Soils Characteristics; Chapter 6 – Soil Improvement
10-12     Plant Propagation   Fran Saliger, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 4 – Plant Propagation
10-26     Field Trip to the San Antonio Botanical Garden
11-9       How to Plant a Tree and Tree Diseases   Mark Kroeze, Urban Forestry
11-16     Containers Shirley Frazier—Gonzales Master Gardener
Greenhouses   Fran Saliger, Gonzales Master Gardener
11-30 Rainwater Harvesting & Water Conservation    Marcia Lambert, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 7 - Water
12-14 Seed Starting   Sandy Lewellen, Gonzales Master Gardener
Ornamentals Dee Singlemann, Gonzales Master Gardener
  Christmas Break
1-4         Turf Grass   TBA
              Chapter 9 - Lawn Care
1-18 Butterflies Dr. Chris Nice, Professor of Entomology, Texas State University
2-1 Fruit Production   Gail Johnson, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 11 – Fruit Trees, Berries and Pecans
2-15 Vegetable Gardening   Bill Nodine, Guadalupe Master Gardener
              Chapter 10 – Vegetable and Herbs
3-1         Plant Pathology    Carolyn Parratt, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 14 – Plant Diseases
3-15       Field Trip to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center-Austin- Tour and Native Plants in Landscape Design
3-29 Entomology and Integrated Pest Management    Carolyn Parratt, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 13 & 15 – IPM & Insects
4-12 Landscape Concepts and Design   Gail Johnson, Gonzales Master Gardener
              Chapter 2 – Earth-Kind Landscaping and Chapter 12 – Landscape Design
4-26       Field Trip to Luling Foundation, Agricultural Demonstration Farm Dwight Sexton, County Extension Agent
Class Graduation

Please note: Circumstances through the year may result in minor modifications.

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Class Schedule