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…
News
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!
Our SWIMGA Habitat team completed plantings at 13 homes this spring
Our Habitat team completed plantings at thirteen homes this spring. . Each workday, our volunteers landscape the front of two homes with shrubs, perennials, and trees in only two to…
Continue reading Our SWIMGA Habitat team completed plantings at 13 homes this spring
SWIMGA volunteers named Albion Fellows Bacon Center’s Volunteer Group of the Year for 2024!
Accepting the Award at the “Evening of Hope Gala” on April 19 were Rita Wedig, chair of the SWIMGA Youth Education and Diversity Committee and coordinator of the their Community…
Making a Difference in the Community
The SWIMGA Youth Education and Diversity Committee was very busy in 2023. We gave 14 education presentations at 4 locations, distributed 11 flats of plants, and worked at 2 community…