2018 Announcements

                               Save the Date for these Events
                         (check back for more details or go to links )
  • April 3-June 19  Level 1 Master Gardener 
  • May  19 - 8:00 to 11:00 am North Country Master Gardener Volunteers  Plant Sale Spooner Ag Station
  • June 9 - Barron County Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale  beginning at 8:00 am, at the Barron County Fairgrounds. The plants available are a variety of perennials.
  • June -August Kids in the Garden - BROCHURE
  • July 17 @ 6:00 pm Meet Me in the Garden
  • August  14  4:00 to dusk - Twilight Garden Tour
  • September 8 @ 10:00 am Meet Me in the Garden 
  • September 19 "Webinar-Gardening Fall into Spring"
    Registration required at     WITC - check the fall catalog at a later date

Get Ready 
North Country Master Gardener Volunteers
2018 Annual Plant Sale
Press Release
This year we are offering  heirloom tomatoes and an assortment of  peppers.  In addition we are offering a 6-pack of pollinator plants.  Check out the information sheets that describe these offerings. 

Gallery

ARE YOU GETTING ANXIOUS TO GARDEN? While our gardens are just waking up from a very long winter, the North Country Master Gardener Volunteers from Burnett, Sawyer and Washburn Counties pictured here on April 26th, have been meeting frequently since January to prepare for an exciting growing season at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station’s Teaching and Display Garden. The plant sale, featuring heirloom tomatoes, peppers and a “new” pollinator six pack with popular perennials for attracting bees, is Saturday, May 19th at 8 am. Mark your calendars to attend the ever popular Twilight Tour on August 14, as well as several new activities in the planning stages for June and July. We look forward to sharing new plants, new designs, new ideas in exchange for yours! Watch for future announcements and blog posts. 
LET’S GET SOCIAL - COME GROW WITH US!
 
​Girl Scout Troop 4447 started marigold seeds at their weekly meeting at the Spooner Middle School, assisted by a UW-Extension Master Gardener Volunteer. Shown (L to R): Lily Hobscheid, Hannah Hutton, Nikole Jensen, Volunteer Vicki, Leeann Kratchmer, Hailie Christner and Ava Wekseth.  —

​Photo by Scout Leader Brenda Kratchmer on April 10 . 
Mini-Master Gardener Short Course, Held at Bashaw Valley Greenhouse in Shell Lake - March 24, 2018
Scenes from 2017 Twilight Garden Tour - August 15, 2017
Meet Me in the Garden - Good Looking and Tasty (Ornamental Edibles)-July 13, 2017
​Congratulations to the Master Gardener Volunteer Interns and Trainers who completed Level 1 training on May 30, 2017.  (Press Release)

Pictured front row (left to right):  Nancy Reis, Russ Parker, Donna Amidon, Jane Lauterbach, Barbara Foster, Carla TePaske, Sue Reinardy.  
​Back Row (left to right):  Shelia Squires, Janet Wisdom, Pete Wisdom, Mark Fox, Nikki Halverson, Kathryn Schiedermayer, Karen Schultz, Patryce Schultz, Cindy Lawson, Carol Taylor 
Not pictured:  Karen Pavlicek