John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher traveled to Indianapolis to set up the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Master Gardener Volunteers will be on hand to answer lawn and garden questions, provide information about the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Program, and challenge fair attendees with[Read More…]
John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher have worked to set up the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana Flower and Patio Show. This year’s show will be held March 11-19 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Extension Master Gardener volunteers from across the state will be on hand to[Read More…]
4 The HLA Welcome Back Bash was a success despite the rain ending it earlier than planned. Undergraduate students enjoyed the taco bar, cornhole, the photo booth, and bingo (with prizes!). Thank you to Robin Tribbet, Gloribel Rosales-Burdin, Ashley Breed, Pam Fisher, Kyle Daniel, Kirby Kalbaugh, Mike Dana, Kathryn Orvis, Steve Hallett, Josh Widhalm, Cale[Read More…]
John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher set up the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on July 27. Purdue Extension Master Gardener volunteers will staff the booth to answer gardening and lawn care questions and to help promote the program. The booth, located in the Ag/Hort[Read More…]
Congratulations to Nathan Deppe who was recently promoted to Lead Laboratory Operations Specialist in recognition of his extremely competent leadership of the Plant Growth Facility during COVID, an almost-catastrophic power outage, and many other challenges. Congratulations to Pam Fisher who was recently promoted to Lead Extension Administrator in recognition of her excellent work supporting the[Read More…]
On a windy, chilly Saturday HLA’s Spring Fest tent was abuzzed with excited attendees. Children and adults were lined up to get our famous plant necklaces. Our Purdue Extension Master Gardener Volunteers from Tippecanoe County recorded 350 educational contacts and 134 people taking the “Lawn Weed Challenge.” Children of all ages learned about landscape architecture[Read More…]
John Orick, Purdue Extension Master Gardener State Coordinator, Pam Fisher, Purdue EMG Program Assistant, and a team of Purdue Extension Educators and Specialists are hosting 252 participants in the Spring 2022 Statewide Virtual EMG Basic Training. The virtual training model features 14 statewide webinars on the required core topics for the Purdue EMG Program and[Read More…]