Grow Your Own Series Starts April 17th!

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Fort Bend County, along with the Fort Bend County Master Gardeners, are teaming up again to help residents create an edible garden at home through a series of six classes.  Online classes are taught April – October; choose individual classes at $15 per class or enroll in the entire series for $60, a 33% savings.   To ensure enrollment confirmation, full series registrations are due by April 14th.  Individual class registrations are due two days prior to each class date.  

The first class in the Grow Your Own series, Edible Garden Planning, teaches attendees how to plan their edible garden. This includes site selection, setting up garden beds, container gardening, and planning for vegetables, fruit trees, and other edibles along with soil fertility and soil testing. This online class will be April 17th and costs $15.

To learn more and to register for the class, visit https://fbmg.org/grow-your-own/.

Other classes in the series are: Warm Season Vegetables on Herbs on May 8th, Garden Pests and Diseases on June 12th, Cool Season Vegetables and Herbs on Aug. 21st, Fruit Trees on Sept. 18th and Composting on Oct. 23rd.

For questions and information, contact Brandy Rader at 281-342-3034 or brandy.rader@ag.tamu.edu