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Speakers Bureau

The Rutherford County Master Gardeners have many presentation topics available on demand.  If you or your organization are interested in having one of the topics presented at your function, please contact the Extension Service at  (615.898.7710).

Topics

Allergies  -  Don’t Let Them Keep you out of the Garden
Botany/How Plants Grow
Compost & Composting
Compost and Mulch
Container Gardening
Drought Tolerant Plants
Edible Landscaping
Edible Wild Plants
Fall & Winter Vegetable Container Gardening
Fall Color
Fall Garden Planning
Fall Gardening
Fall Vegetable Gardening
Flowers for Fall Container Gardening
Gardening Apps for Your Smart Phone
Gardening to Attract Birds, Bees & Butterflies
Gardening with Flowers and Ornamentals
General Questions and Answers
Getting Ready for Winter
Grow Your Own Cornbread
Growing Vegetables in Small Spaces
Herbs
Herbs and their Uses
History & Philosophy of Organic Gardening
Home Mushroom Production
Homegrown Bouquets
Hypertufa
Insects
Intensive Gardening Techniques
Landscape Practices
Lasagna Gardening
Leaf Casting
Local Treasures: Middle TN Native Plants
Make your own Potpourri
Managing Nuisance Animals Around the Home
Miniature Plants for Small Space Gardening
Minimalist Organic
 
 Mistakes to Avoid when Vegetable Gardening
Mushroom Gardening
Native Plants
Native Plants vs. Exotic Invasives
Organic/Sustainable Gardening
Organic Fertilization and Pest Control
Permaculture
Planning a Cutting Garden
Plant Diseases
Plant Propagation - Methods
Plants and Shrubs for Birds
Plants that Repel Insects
Poisonous Plants
Pruning Ornamental Plants
Raised Bed Gardening
Raised Beds
Self-Watering Containers that you can make
Shade Gardening and Plant Selection
Shade Gardens
Small Plants for Container Gardening
Square Foot Gardening
Starting a Garden
Succession Planting in your Garden
Tennessee’s Native Flowers
The Uncommon Vegetable Garden
Using Herbs around the Home
Vegetable Gardening and your Landscape
Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces-Raised Beds
Vermicompost
Weed Control
Wildlife: How to Attract to your Yard
Windowsill Gardening
Winterize your Garden Tools and Equipment

Topics and Presenters  updated Jan 2018


Gardening in All Seasons
Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardening in Containers                                    Jack Smith
Fall Garden Planning                                                                              Richard Lee                                                                                
Fall Gardening                                                                                       Richard Lee
Fall Vegetable Gardening                                                                        Jack Smith
Flowers for Fall Container Gardening                                                        Linda Lindquist
Getting Ready for Winter                                                                        Jack Smith
Succession Planting in your Garden                                                         Richard Lee
What to do for Fall Color                                                                        Jack Smith
Winterize your Garden Tools and Equipment                                            Ken Roberge
 
Soil and Garden Sites
Compost & Composting                                                                         Mark Murphy
Compost & Mulch                                                                                 Mark Murphy
Starting a Garden                                                                                 Carol Reese, Warren Anderson
Vermicompost                                                                                      Mark Murphy
 
Flower Gardens
Flowers for Fall Container Gardening                                                       Linda Lindquist
Gardening with Flowers and Ornamentals                                                Marilyn Rogan
Homegrown Bouquets                                                                           Carol Reese
Planning a Cutting Garden                                                                     Carol Reese
 
 
Gardening Styles
Container Gardening                                                                            Nancy Nelson, Marilyn Rogan, Richard Lee, Jack Smith
Lasagna Gardening                                                                             Nancy Nelson, Marilyn Rogan, Linda Lindquist
Raised Bed Gardening                                                                         Nancy Nelson, Marilyn Rogan, Linda Lindquist, Jack Smith, Autumn Shultz
Square Foot Gardening                                                                        Marilyn Rogan, Jack Smith
Windowsill Gardening                                                                          Jack Smith
 
 
General Horticulture
Botany/How Plants Grow                                                                    Linda Lindquist, Jack Smith
Herbs                                                                                               Anna Padden
Herbs and their Uses                                                                          Marilyn Rogan
Home Mushroom Production                                                               Carol Reese
Intensive Gardening Techniques                                                          Richard Lee
Landscape Practices                                                                           Richard Lee
Mushroom Gardening                                                                         Floyd Adams
Plant Propagation – Methods                                                              Jack Smith
Pruning Ornamental Plants                                                                 Jack Smith
 
Natural Topics
Edible Landscaping                                                                           Linda Lindquist, Jack Smith
Edible Wild Plants                                                                             Jack Smith
Gardening to Attract Birds, Bees & Butterflies                                       Linda Lindquist, Jack Smith
Local Treasures: Middle TN Native Plants                                             Richard Lee
Managing Nuisance Animals Around the Home                                     Jack Smith
Minimalist Organic                                                                            Mark Murphy
Native Plants                                                                                    Richard Lee
Native Plants vs. Exotic Invasives                                                       Jack Smith
Permaculture                                                                                   Richard Lee
Plants that Repel Insects                                                                   Jack Smith
Poisonous Plants                                                                              Jack Smith
Tennessee’s Native Flowers                                                               Jack Smith
Wildlife: How to Attract to your Yard                                                  Nancy Nelson, Jack Smith
 
Organic Methods
Compost & Composting                                                                   Mark Murphy, Jack Smith
History & Philosophy of Organic Gardening                                        Mark Murphy
Minimalist Organic                                                                           Mark Murphy
Organic/Sustainable Gardening                                                         Richard Lee, Reggie Reeves
Organic Fertilization and Pest Control                                                Reggie Reeves
Permaculture                                                                                  Richard Lee
 
Plant Selection
Drought Tolerant Plants                                                                  Linda Lindquist                                   
Miniature Plants for Small Space Gardening                                      Jack Smith
Plants and Shrubs for Birds                                                             Jack Smith
Shade Gardening and Plant Selection                                               Jack Smith
Shade Gardens                                                                              Jack Smith
Small Plants for Container Gardening                                               Jack Smith
Plants that repel insects                                                                  Jack Smith
What is new for 2017                                                                     Jack Smith
 
Pathology
Insects                                                                                         Jack Smith, Reggie Reeves
Plant Diseases                                                                               Ken Roberge
Weed Control                                                                                Linda Stevens
 
Vegetable Gardening
Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardening in Containers                            Jack Smith
Fall Vegetable Gardening                                                                Jack Smith
Grow Your Own Cornbread                                                             Mark Murphy
Growing Vegetables in Small Spaces                                               Marilyn Rogan                                     
Mistakes to avoid when Vegetable Gardening                                  Jack Smith
The Uncommon Vegetable Garden                                                 Mark Murphy
Vegetable Gardening and your Landscape                                       Jack Smith
Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces – Raised Beds                        Marilyn Rogan, Jack Smith

Workshops
Hypertufa                                                                                    Linda Lindquist
Leaf Casting                                                                                 Linda Lindquist                                   
Make your own Potpourri                                                               Linda Lindquist
Self-Watering Containers that you can make                                    Jack Smith
Using Herbs around the Home                                                        Linda Lindquist                 
Winterize your Garden Tools and Equipment                                    Ken Roberge
 
Miscellaneous
Allergies  -  Don’t Let Them Keep you out of the Garden                   Linda Lindquist
Gardening Apps for Your Smart Phone                                            Ken Roberge
General Questions and Answers                                                     Richard Lee
Mistakes to avoid when Vegetable Gardening                                  Jack Smith
 
 
 
 
These are topics we have covered in the past  that we do not have a speaker for:
Watering and Drip Systems
Lawns
Houseplants
Annuals
Perennials
Water Gardens
Pruning
Wintering plants

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