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MASTER GARDENER CLASSES NOW FORMING !!

Beaufort (Northern)
Master Gardener Class
Jan 10, 2012-April 3, 2012
Clemson Extension Office
Beaufort Industrial Village Road

Tuition & Materials $300

Click For Application

Beaufort (Southern)
Hilton Head
Master Gardener Class
March 7, 2012-June 6, 2012
Hilton Head PDS
Matthews Road, behind Sam's Club

Tuition & Materials $300

Click For Application

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon 2011

Dedicated Master Gardeners were honored for more than 3,800 volunteer hours accumulated for 2011, making Beaufort County #4 in the state.

Class Photo Graduation April 15, 2011

Row 1 left to right:
Joe Berger, Anne Tupper, Laura Lee Rose, Charlotte Rech, Brenda Hood, Theresa Roundy

Row 2:
Dr. George Hull, Rick Kurz, Kathy Ehmig, Donna Brainard Peggy Markert

Row 3:
Tom Rech, Vivian Day, Mike Cataldo, DeDe Passagio, Lora Quincy, Paul Brainard

Top Row:
Tom Gorin, Sally Mayse, Natalie Bowie, Frank Fagan, Karen Waldrop

Missing from the graduation:
Amy Horn, Chris Newnham, Bill Pendergraft, Wallace Thomas, Dr. Gene Grace

LMGA Mission and Goals

The purpose of the association is to educate its members and to support and engage in projects and activities which promote and foster community enrichment, knowledge and enhancement in the areas of horticulture and ecology.

The Association shall be organized and operated for the benefit of its members and shall operate on a not for profit basis.

LMGA Membership

To apply for membership in the Lowcountry Master Gardeners Association fill out and submit an LMGA Application. Applications may be obtained by clicking on the Application Form button here.

Application Form

MG Volunteers Urgently Needed

We have a number of ongoing projects where help is needed right now including:

- Ask a Master Gardener Hotline in the Beaufort Office.
- Senior Aide and MG Ginny, who was working 20 hours per week, is no longer with the
    C Extension Service. Let’s try and fill those hours with MG volunteers. The CES needs
    us more than ever right now; please offer to help.
- Turf Love and Rent a Master Gardener projects are both in need of more volunteers.
- One (or more) persons with experience using Excel spreadsheets.
- Scheduling volunteers – this can be done from your home phone.
- Historians – one or more volunteers from each region are needed to read the local
    newspapers and other publications and clip articles pertaining to the LMGA.
- Volunteers are needed to make note of gardening activities in the area and submit the
   dates, times and contact information to the local project coordinators for the newsletter
   and website.

Please contact your Beaufort, Hilton Head or Bluffton project coordinator if you can help out in any way.

Member Information

Master Gardener Interns --- Please remember that your forty (40) hours of volunteer work must be completed within one year of graduation. LMGA is currently looking at additional opportunities for volunteer hours during the evening and weekend for persons who are unavailable during working hours.