North Country Master Gardener Association

Welcome to the North Country Master Gardeners Volunteers (NCMG).   The association, comprised of members from Burnett, Sawyer and Washburn Counties, became the 31st local association admitted to the Wisconsin Master Gardener Association (WIMGA) in November 2001.

What’s Happening in the Gardens: 

Come to the Spooner Research Gardens on the third Tuesday of the month during the summer for hands-on demonstrations and timely information. 

  • June 18 at 6:00 pm --  Pinch & Prune  perennials and vegetables to get longer bloom times and better vegetable yields.
  • July 16 at 6:00 pm -- Handy Tools and Adaptive Techniques help you continue to garden through aches, pains and to make gardening easier.
  • August 20 4:00 pm till Dusk --  Annual Twilight Tour – see the garden at its peak and participate in a number of seminars and talk with experts from the University of Wisconsin and Extension. Special this year will be a newly designed All America Selections display garden.  For more information on the All America Selections display garden follow this link.
  • September 17 at 6:00 -- Can You Dig It – get more plants for no money, this demonstration shows how to divide and over winter your perennials. 

Plant Sale

Thanks to all who came to our garden sale. The following detailed charts and pictures are for plants offered at the 2013 sale.

The plant sale allows us to give grants or provide money for worthy community projects including:

  • Signage for the Happy Tonics Butterfly Garden in Shell Lake
  • Signage for the Hayward Public Library Rain Garden 
  • Financial Support for Soup Stock
  • Support for Spooner Agriculture Research Station demonstration gardens

Meetings:

North Country Master Gardener Volunteers Meet at 6:00pm the 4th Thursday of the month from April through October at

Spooner Agriculture Research Station
W6646 Hwy 70
Spooner, WI 54801

Association by-laws follow this link.

Newsletter

Spooner Research Garden:

Contacts:

Sue Reinardy
Master Gardener Volunteer
Membership Chair
715-462-3361

Kevin Schoessow
Area Agriculture Development Agent
Spooner Area UW-Extension
Spooner Agriculture Research Station
W6646 Hwy 70
Spooner, WI 54801
(715) 635-3506 or 1-800-528-1914
Fax  (715) 635-6741

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