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