Colleen Dubber was chosen to receive the SWIMGA Legacy Award for her many outstanding contributions to SWIMGA. And the SWIMGA Garden Project of the Year was Habitat for Humanity with…
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Vanderburgh CISMA will once again sponsor Wintercreeper Pulls in January and February in North Woods, Igleheart Park.
Work days will depend on the weather. Easy pulling and not too cold! If you’d like to participate, please contact Vanderburgh Co. CISMA at vanderburgh.cisma@gmail.com. CISMA coordinates regular Weed Wrangles…
The Ron Giles Greenhouse at the Display Garden is finally up and full of plants.
It still needs water and electricity run to be fully functional. The propagation team has been using the greenhouse to get pots and hanging baskets ready for the 2025 plant…
Continue reading The Ron Giles Greenhouse at the Display Garden is finally up and full of plants.
Vanderburgh CISMA sends a big THANK YOU to everyone who made the November 2 Weed Wrangle a huge success!
It was a fantastic, warm, sunny day — and eighteen volunteers removed Privet, Wintercreeper, Multiflora Rose, and other invasive plants from North Woods at Igleheart Park. After 3 hours of…
Weekly Purdue Extension Master Gardener classes started November 18!
We will keep you posted about future classes. Classes will continue weekly through March. They are being held on Mondays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at EVPL East Branch…
Continue reading Weekly Purdue Extension Master Gardener classes started November 18!
SWIMGA was invited to participate in the second annual Emancipation Festival at the African American Museum on August 10
We accepted their invitation and set up a table near the Museum in downtown Evansville. Master Gardeners shared general information about SWIMGA and how to become a Master Gardener, and we…
Sunrise Garden Hosts EVSC Summer Camp
Sunrise volunteers had fun with 220 EVSC Summer Camp attendees the last week of June. The 2nd through 5th grade campers toured the Sunrise Pump Station, learned about rain gardens…
SWIMGA has had a table every Saturday at the Franklin Street Bazaar, starting in May and ending August 24.
Our table is filled with flyers for the DG Demo Days, Fun in the Family Garden at Mesker Park Zoo summer events, Butterfly Days at Hartman Arboretum, our Garden Symposium,…
20 YEARS! Master Gardeners were invited to Caze Elementary School recently to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the partnership between the school and SWIMGA.
Over those many years, SWIMGA members created seven stations for the students: the Sensory Area, the Pollinator Lane, the Sunflower Reading Area, the Gazebo, the Staging Area, the Vegetable Garden…
Join us at the MG Display Garden for a Soiling Testing Workshop on August 10 from 9-10 am
Vanderburgh Extension Educator Amanda Bradshaw Burks will be conducting this informative program. See you there!