Are you ready for spring? We are!

Register now for these free gardening events.

Join Faulkner County Agriculture Agent, Krista Quinn, via Zoom to learn how to grow healthy, nutritious food in your own backyard. Then get tips for new ways to prepare your harvest.

Pruning is essential to produce large, early berries and vigorous plants!

Join us Feb 9 at noon via Zoom to learn how to properly prune blackberry and blueberry plants. We'll also share a delicious berry recipe.

Strawberries are the most widely cultivated small fruit in American gardens.

Get Arkansas-specific tips for variety selection and growing strawberry plants. Then learn a new way to prepare your harvest.

Many types of herbs are grown successfully in containers and others are wonderful additions to flower gardens. 

Learn how to grow fresh herbs in Arkansas and then get tips on using them in your cooking.

Want to start your garden off right? Join Sherri Sanders, White County Horticulture Agent, at the Lonoke Community Center on March 11th, 9-11 AM.

Get tips on:

• site selection
• variety selection
• planting
• pest control & more!

For more information please contact, Kyle Sanders, Lonoke County Agriculture Agent, at (501) 944-0859 or kfsanders@uada.edu.

Interested in bringing your garden full circle?

Faulkner County Master Gardener, Diana Polcar, will teach you the basics of how to get started saving your own seeds! Seed saving can be a cost-effective practice and helps preserve hard-to-find and heirloom varieties of plants.

You'll learn what types of seeds are best for saving, how to check seed quality, when to harvest seeds, and the best ways to prepare and store them.

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University of Arkansas System

Divison of Agriculture

Research & Extension | uaex.uada.edu

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