On May 10th, the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County hosted a drip irrigation event at the educational garden located at 1440 Parkside, Ewing. Members of the community education committee and the Parkside educational garden collaborated to create a presentation on optimizing irrigation in large home gardens and community gardens. The presentation began with a […]
A dedicated team of Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County met on February 13th to finalize plans for the 2025 growing season at the Parkside demonstration gardens right here at 1440 Parkside Ave! The Parkside Educational Garden committee and program coordinator, Justine Gray, discussed the four raised vegetable beds, triangle beds, and other garden beds […]
Calling all garden enthusiasts! Whether you’re a seasoned green thumb or just starting to dig in, the Rutgers Home Gardeners School is the perfect place to learn more about home gardening, get CEU’s and meet more gardening friends! The Home Gardening School will be held on March 15th, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. […]
It’s time! The moment you have all been waiting for – Rutgers Environmental Stewards registration is OPEN! We are accepting registrations for this hybrid program focused on community ways of supporting climate resilience, mitigating climate change, and improving scientific literacy. Rutgers Environmental Stewards is a statewide program, with the classes taught by various Rutgers staff, […]
On November 13th, Mercer County Horticulturist Justine Gray led a hands-on talk with twenty-two residents of Mercer County about growing great garlic. The group spent some time discussing how to purchase the proper seed garlic and how to plant, care for, and harvest this resilient crop with Gray, who has years of experience growing this crop commercially and personally. After a […]
