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May & June Lunch & Learn with the Masters—CANCELLED.
Victoria County Master Gardener Association remains committed to protecting both our volunteers and the public we serve. Our indoor programs and facilities will remain closed for the foreseeable future. For that reason, our Lunch and Learn with the Masters scheduled programs for May and June are cancelled.
Nevertheless, the Victoria Educational Gardens at 283 Bachelor Drive remain open from dawn to dusk. Please feel free to stroll through the gardens. We continue to research and write the Gardeners’ Dirt which is published each Friday in the Victoria Advocate. We will endeavor to provide videos on various horticultural topics, frequently touching on topics that would have been featured in Lunch and Learn. Those videos will be available on our Facebook page and YouTube Channel. Additionally, we welcome gardening questions you might have. Thank you all who have provided your support throughout the years. We look forward to seeing you at our future programs and projects.
See our YOUTUBE debut!
Matt Bochat, Victoria County Extension Agent and Advisor for VCMGA made a wonderful video on April 11 showing Backyard Gardening with his own personal compact Keyhole Garden he planted in February 27, 2020. He and his sons built the garden two years ago. You can see the amount of vegetables he has and his composting feature in the middle of the garden that feeds and waters the plants.
You can also view and make comments and share on our FaceBook page.
https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaCountyMasterGardenerAssociation/videos/1589855754504434/
***Matt recommends doing a soil test. You can find information here:
http://soiltesting.tamu.edu/files/urbansoil.pdf
Soil Testing Information:
Aggie Horticulture FaceBook Live Events
CLICK for Schedule (Please notice this page has links to all the videos on FaceBook and you can also watch them on the page without going to FaceBook)
- 3/20/2020 – Friday 1:00 pm – Raised Garden Beds, Location, Soil Mixtures and more!
- 3/25/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – Starting vegetable seeds at home
- 3/27/2020 – Friday 1:00 p.m. – Planting vegetable transplants or direct seed into your garden!
- 4/1/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – Home Fruit Production – Tips for Success!
- 4/3/2020 – Friday 1:00 p.m. – Small fruits for the backyard
- 4/8/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 pm – Floral Designs from your backyard – Growing, Cutting, Using your flowers and shrubs!
- 4/10/2020 – Friday 1:00 pm – Growing Herbs: Basil Bounty
- 4/15/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 pm – Backyard Grapes/Vineyards
- 4/17/2020 – Friday 1:00 pm – Pecan Grafting
- 4/22/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 pm – How to Prune Your Trees
- 4/24/2020 – Friday 1:00 pm – How to Prune Your Shrubs
- 4/29/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 pm – Lawn Care & Fertilization
- 5/1/2020 – Friday 1:00 pm – Drip Irrigation Essentials
- 5/6/2020 – Wednesday 1:00 pm – Grapevine Planting & Training Demo
- 5/8/2020 – Friday 1:00 pm – Tidying up your Irrigation System
Aggie Horticulture YOUTUBE videos:
Texas Inlay Bark Graft by Larry Stein:
- WATCH HERE -
The Four-Flap Graft - WATCH HERE -
(--Lunch & Learn with the Masters Cancelled until futher notice !)
Victoria County Master Gardener Association NEW YouTube Channel.
E-Mail Alert
Several members are reporting E-Mail Attacks where they are receiving e-mails that appear to be from other members asking for help by clicking on a link or responding to a question. Clicking on these links has been reported to crash their computer and destroy computer files.
If you get one of these e-mails, do not open any links or reply to the sender. Call the person of the e-mail on the phone or use Google to look up the phone number or the URL link for a business. Keep your Anti-Virus software up to date and scan your computer frequently.
Notice of CANCELLATIONS
Executive Board Meeting Tuesday
April 21 - CANCELLED
(Meet on Zoom - Look for invite by email)
General Meeting Tuesday
April 28 - CANCELLED
(Meet on Zoom - Look for invite by email)
Plant Sale Sat. March 28 - POSTPONED
All Garden Tours - CANCELLED
Lunch & Learn Seminars - CANCELLED
Saturday Seminars
Watch here for future seminars
Recommended planting tips for Grape Cuttings.
There is a wonderful video at
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Viticulture Specialist Justin Scheiner shares about "Backyard Grapes and Vineyards" - how to grow grapes and start a vineyard in your backyard, and also about other fruits you can grow in your backyard. Start a home garden and grow your own food, even while you stay at home for #Covid_19.
Additional resources are available on https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fblive/
Other team members involved in this video and answers in the chat include: Fran Pontasch, Larry Stein, Michael Cook, Stephen Janak, and Boone Holladay. Follow the Aggie Horticulture Page for more videos, and for more in-depth information on grapes, vineyards, and wine-making (viticulture and enology), you can Follow the Texas Viticulture & Enology Page to talk with Viticulture and Enology Specialists.
Lunch and Learn Cancelled until further notice
Spring Plant Sale Postponed - TBD
VCMGA Spring Plant Sale (watch Gardeners' Dirt and Facebook for information) at VEG Pavilion at Airport
Download Flyer HERE:
Lots of EVENTS coming up in 2020
Check our events page for info!
Presentation, tour, order pavers, info...
“Lindheimer muhly grass is amazingly adapted to all parts of the state and turns fall borders into graceful wands of fawn and tan,”
– Greg Grant, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist and Texas Superstar executive board member.
(Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Brent Pemberton)
“Lindheimer’s muhly is an extremely versatile grass with outstanding drought tolerance that makes an excellent native substitute for silvergrasses. This grass’s size allows it to serve as a low-input substitute for small to medium size shrubs.”
– Mike Arnold, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research landscape horticulturist and Texas Superstar executive board member.
(Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Brent Pemberton)
Contact Matt Bochat/VCMGA Advisor:
528 Waco Circle-Victoria, TX 77904
Victoria County Master Gardener Association (VCMGA)
Mailing Address: P O BOX 3822, VICTORIA, TX 77903
Victoria Educational Gardens located at 333 Bachelor Drive
Open dawn to dusk every day!
VEG Pavilion located at 283 Bachelor Drive
March PHOTOS of VEG
Lots of pruning and trimming in preparation for NEW growth at VEG.
Photos by Brynn Lee
Bluebonnets on a 28 degrees morning!!
Betty is really making the Iris area pretty “showy”!
1. Former MG Tom Akins demonstrates best way to prune Victoria Red grapes at VEG.
2. MG Joe Moore shares his expertise in successful pruning of Victoria Red grapes.
Mix Pix from Brynn
1. Brenda Motley, Janie Waghorne, Bernice Davis and Brynn Lee made a big difference in the look of the Heirloom Area.
2. Thanks to young missionaries and all who helped put down new floor in VEG Greenhouse.
Find old photos of VCMGA HERE:
Matt Bochat, Victoria County Extension Agent, takes us on a virtual tour of Victoria Educational Gardens: https://youtu.be/C-Se41l3DEw
Watch the VEG Tour Video on Facebook
Yes, we are still OPEN during face to face distancing. Come visit from dawn to dusk at Victoria Regional Airport.
Please come to visit VEG & Pavilion
at 333 and 283 Bachelor Dr.
Victoria, TX
SEE VEG Tours Schedule
All tours are postponed for now
until further notice.
If you go out to VEG, pleae enjoy this Scavenger Hunt created by Marcia Kauffman
Print OUT pdf of
Seating Ideas for the Landscape (from VEG)
Whether you are visiting VEG for ideas of what annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, or specialty plants to use in your landscape or if you need information about those plants-- you will also find ways to add seating to your own landscape. Come and enjoy VEG. There are many places in the shade to sit and relax or listen to the waterfall by the pond in between walking around and visiting special flowers and foliage.
These photos are a collections of seating places and hardscaping in the landscape.
Seating lines the walkway under the rose arbor
Nice black wrought iron bench by the daylilies
Concrete ornamental bench and a beautiful stone bench in the daylily area
Stone seat at the end of the labyrinth
Meditation Area has a wood bench for some quiet time.
Enjoy the deep sounds of the windchime on this wood and metal bench
The Tearoom Gazebo has lots of built-in seating
Victoria County
Master Gardener Association
Victoria Educational Gardens Pavilion
Located at Victoria Regional Airport
near the control tower
283 Bachelor Drive
Victoria, TX 77904
Saturday Seminars
What a huge change since 2002!
VCMGA is a 501(c)3, not for profit educational association of Texas AgriLife Extension.
ph: 361-575-4581