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Hotline Still Open - Remotely
Remote Horticulture Town Halls
Gardening Webinar Series
Zebra Swallowtails and Butterflies
Nature Boost Podcast
Peas in a Podcast
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Gardening Questions Phone Number
Master Gardener Greene County Hotline is STILL OPEN for business to answer your important gardening questions. We are entering the gardening season with people beginning a new garden or possibly expanding their current garden this year. Please contact us with your questions by phone (417-874-2963) by email or on our website .

All calls and emails will be handled remotely by trained Master Gardeners and answered several times per week. Please leave a detailed message if calling or just sending an email. Feel free to send pictures of your problems or questions via email. Keep an eye on this website for more information as it becomes available. We can't tell you when we will be back to normal operations in the MU Extension Greene County Hotline office inside the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center but we are looking forward to it.

In the meantime, if you need a faster answer to your important gardening question, use the MU Extension website and use the topic search box. 

Wishing all a wonderful gardening season!
Remote Home Horticulture Town Halls Continue  
by MU Extension
 Wednesdays

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


MU Extension will begin offering free horticulture town hall meetings starting tomorrow, April 8 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. You can use your landline, cell phone or computer.

This is basically an online forum where people can get Lawn & Garden questions answered by MU Extension Horticulture Specialists from around the state. This will be a weekly affair. 

MU Extension also offers additional Town Hall Talks that include Commercial Horticulture; Forages/Livestock & Field Crops. 

Please complete and submit the form to register and/or submit a question for the home horticulture town hall (or others). When we receive your registration you will receive an email with Zoom meeting information; use this link:  https://ipm.missouri.edu/townHalls/ 

For more information  click here.
Free Home Gardening Webinar Series
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Due to increased interest in home vegetable gardening, MU Extension is offering a free home gardening webinar series.

May 5th - June 23rd

6:30 pm – 8 pm

May 5 – Planning Your Garden
May 12 – Crop Fertility
May 19 – Insects in Your Garden
May 26 – Disease Prevention and Management
June 2 – Cool Season Crops
June 9 – Warm Season Crops
June 16 – Container Gardening
June 23 – Preserving the Harvest

To register, click here.  
For more information, contact:  Juan Cabrera-Garcia  
Zebra Swallowtails And Butterflies
Zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) butterflies were fluttering all over Bull Mills the last week preparing to start a family... Zebra caterpillars can only eat leaves of Asimina species, the pawpaw. We have it scattered along the valley floor as well as a patch high up on top of the ridge. Continue reading with text and photos here.


Planning your 2020 garden? Review 'Butterflies Around Us; Article Archives' Written by Lenora Larson | If you like butterflies and butterfly gardening this educational series authored by Lenora Larson has been republished on The Garden Word with her approval. Exploring this series archives will provide a few hours of informative learning and relaxing enjoyment. Take your time to review this easily understood and interesting series of 30 articles about butterflies; then please share with your friends. To continue reading on Facebook click here.
Nature Boost Podcast-Connect Listeners with Nature
MDC is excited to announce the launch of its new podcast, Nature Boost,with a focus on the positive impact the outdoors has on each of us. The podcast explores how nature impacts us every day and features interviews from MDC experts and partners. The Nature Boost podcast is now available for download wherever you find your favorite podcasts! Learn more here.
Peas in a Podcast
Since we are all stuck at home, we decided to bring the gardens to you!

Say hello to Peas in a Pod-cast, the official Podcast of the Friends of the Garden! This podcast will feature gardening tips, tricks, and more to keep your life interesting during the quarantine. You can listen on Anchor or Apple Podcasts!
May Tips and Tasks

Our Favorite Southern Song Birds

Emerald Ash Borer - 78 MO Counties

Spinach: Made Famous by Popeye
MU: May Gardening Calendar

Vegetable Planting Calendar PDF

Vegetable Gardening - Tips and Tricks

Companions for Azaleas And Rhododendrons

What Causes Brown Azalea Blossoms

Pruning Mature Trees

Weed Identification Guide

13 Best Summer-Blooming Shrubs

14 Shrubs for Shady Spots

Native Colombine

The Beginner's Guide to Vegetable and Herb Gardening

Growing Home Garden Tomatoes PDF

New to Gardening

Very INVASIVE Bush Honeysuckle

Growing Asparagus PDF

Selecting and Caring for Roses PDF
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Need a Speaker for a Meeting or Group?
Master Gardeners of Greene County are unavailable at this time to speak to garden clubs, civic organizations, schools and other groups on a wide variety of topics within the world of gardening, horticulture, landscaping and the environment.

Please keep us in mind for a future date.

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Donating to MU Extension

Without MU Extension, there would be no Master Gardeners.
Gifts from individual donors support MU Extension's educational programs in Greene County. Primarily, we receive cash donations by check or online with a credit card and the non-cash donation of vehicles.
 
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For all your gardening questions, please call our Hotline:  
    
417-874-2963

The Hotline is working remotely. Please leave a message. Volunteers will get back to you when they can. We are not fully staffed.
email  us or send pictures to hotline@mggreene.org
These are two separate ways of contacting us.

http://mggreene.org/hotline/

Read our "Ask a Master Gardener" column in the Sunday Springfield News-Leader.

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