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Turf Love

- is a partner program between the
    Lowcountry Master Gardener
    Association of Beaufort County
    and affiliated public and private
    organizations.

    - is a lawn care program offered to
    homeowners through public
    workshops and on-site lawn
    analysis teaching residents to:

√ produce healthy turf
√ reduce polluting pesticides &
      insecticides
√ conserve water

Turf Love Program opportunities include:

√ home-site visits for lawn analysis
√ neighborhood program presentations
√ water conservation tips
√ individualized nutrient management plan
√ series of cultural care suggestions
√ laminated lawn-care calendar

The cost of the program is $45 which includes all fees for soil sample processing (done at Clemson University), report materials, and printing of the report. Final reports are tailored to each home site and prepared by the Program’s Coordinator, Bill Leonard. Home visits are made by qualified Master Gardeners who volunteer their time and travel. Upon final delivery of the report, Bill will sit down with the homeowner and go through the report’s specific points.

For more information, contact:

Bill Leonard, Program Coordinator
843-540-3600 hortusdoc@gmail.com

Turf Love began as a pilot in Sun City November 2008, which ended in March 2009 after serving 213 homeowners. Turf Love is currently available in limited areas of southern Beaufort County. Responses from the pilot effort include:

“. . . our lawn has substantially improved this year since I have followed your recommendations and the test results. Also by manually controlling the sprinkler system and watching the weather forecast I was able to reduce our water use by 40% during the May/June billing period compared to last year when the system was on automatic.” – Al Beam

“We have followed your program and my lawn is the best it has ever been. Thanks, I tell anyone who admires my lawn about your program.” - Dean Cooper

“. . . we have followed your instructions regarding our lawn. It looks 150% better than it has ever looked! Thanks so much for providing us with such a valuable service! The three master gardeners who came to our home did such a GREAT job reviewing our issues and providing suggestions. The follow up paperwork gave us a plan, which we desperately needed. . . .” -Patricia Swank

“Just a note to tell you how pleased we are with the report on your inspection of our lawn. What great information it contains . . . It is wonderful to know when and what we should do and not just guess. It is a great service provided to the residents of Sun City. We are lucky to have a group of dedicated master gardeners who are willing to spend their time working on a project like this . . . Thanks again for this great service.” -Keith & Babs Cunningham

Lowcountry Master Gardeners Beautify
Heyward House Historic Center

Members from the Lowcountry Master Gardener Association (LMGA) are applying their knowledge of southern, coastal gardening by digging in to beautify Bluffton’s Heyward House Historic Center. Once a month these volunteers bring their own tools to prune, plant, rake and hoe the nearly one acre property, a home that dates back to the 1840s. As the official welcome center for the town of Bluffton, the works of these LMGA volunteers ensures that area visitors to the Heyward House are presented with well-kept landscape befitting one of only eight antebellum homes still remaining in Bluffton’s National Register Historic District. In future months, work sessions will be on Thursday starting at 9:00 AM.

In addition to the efforts at the Heyward House, other recent projects performed by the LMGA members have included planting gardens at the Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head, rejuvenating the gardens at Hilton Head High School and landscaping for Habitat for Humanity in Beaufort. These volunteers also assist the Clemson Extension Service at the plant clinic on Hilton Head Island (Beaufort County Office Building) every Wednesday from 9:30-Noon.

For more information contact
Bluffton Area Projects Coordinator:

Carolyn Adelman
Carolyn_Adelman@msn.com
58 Crescent Plantation
Bluffton, SC 29910
Phone 843 706-2273

Alice Fraser
mayshadow@yahoo.com
843/757-2535