4-H day campers from around the Trenton area enjoyed hands-on experiences in the gardens at Trent House and the newly installed Educational Gardens at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension building on Parkside Avenue in Ewing. Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County, who help maintain Trent House Gardens under the direction of Charlie Thomforde, a Historical Horticulturist, […]
We had a wonderful time at the 2024 Mercer County 4-H Fair! Check out our fair pictures below. We hope to see you next year for our 106th Mercer County 4-H Fair, July 26 & 27, 2025!
The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County hosted a Plant Propagation workshop on Saturday, June 1st, at Mercer Educational Gardens on the grounds of the Mercer County Stables, Federal City Road, Pennington. The enthusiastic participants, all members of the general public, learned about different types of plant propagation and had the chance to do hands-on […]
The sun was shining and the ground mostly dried out for our first workday with the Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County last Friday at the Centre Street Garden in Trenton. We crossed every task off our to-do list and even worked through what will hopefully be a rare NJ earthquake, though most of us assumed it was […]
Spring is on its way, according to the daffodils in bloom on the side of our building and the garlic starting to sprout up in front! Our annual garden symposium on March 16th sold out, and we received lots of positive feedback about our lineup of speakers. We also had our first garden visit at the two locations of the Boys […]
