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Yaa Owusu-Mensah, New 4-H Program Associate, Quickly Impacts Multiple Programs 

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At the very end of November, Yaa Owusu-Mensah joined Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County as our 4-H Program Associate focused on STEM initiatives.  Yaa serves a leadership role in our Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassadors, Tomorrow’s Innovators Science Saturday Program, STEM Pathfinders Summer Academy, STEM focused clubs and school enrichment, STEM Lab (small makerspace), and teen-led STEM outreach for youth from a variety of Trenton-based collaborating organizations.  She also leads Mercer […]

Planning Ahead at Parkside Educational Gardens!

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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 […]

Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County Celebrate new Graduates!

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On November 16, 2022, Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County (RMG of MC) welcomed fourteen new Certified Master Gardeners into the organization. For the class 2020 becoming a Rutgers Master Gardener of Mercer County was no easy task, as members of this class persisted for a period of three years (including a pandemic) to fulfill […]