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• Texas AgriLife Extension Service
– Established in 1915, the Texas AgriLife Extension Service
provides Texans with continuing education programs and
services related to the food and fiber industry,
environmental and natural resources conservation, family
and consumer sciences, youth development, nutrition and
health, and community economic development.
– More than 900 professional educators and some 90,000
volunteers team up throughout Texas to serve families,
youth, communities and businesses in all 254 counties.
The agency was previously known as Texas Cooperative
Extension.
Collin County Master Gardener
Association
• Our Master Gardener program in Collin
County is an educational and volunteer
program affiliated with the Texas AgriLife
Extension Service of the Texas A&M
University system.
• The 130 members of the Collin County
Master Gardener Association are citizens
of the local community who not only take
an active interest in their own lawns,
trees, and gardens but also strive to
promote sound horticultural practices in
the community. Members receive
invaluable training and continuing
opportunities for education, then share
their horticultural expertise through a
wide variety of projects benefiting Collin
County residents and organizations.
The cottage garden mixed border
Roses and Bluebonnets
Old fashioned Bearded Iris
Veronica, Salvia
‘Victoria’ , and Prairie or
Louisiana Plox
Day Lilies
Catmint, nasturtiums
and Blackfoot or Ox-eye Daisies
Verbena and Poppies
Larkspur and old-fashioned reseeding
Petunias
Photos from Wildseed Farms on-line seed catalog
Texas Gold
Columbine and
Spiderwort
Foliage Plants
The Formal Garden
Boxwood borders
Edging Plants: Herbs
and Sedums
Clematis
Azaleas
Indian Hawthorn
and Fringe Tree
English Formal Rose Garden
Exbury Garden – Great Britian
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For Horticulture information and services please contact the Collin County
Master Gardeners at 972-548-4219, http://ccmgatx.org, or
[email protected]
For more information on Extension Programs offered in Collin County
please contact the Texas AgriLife Extension Office at 972-548-4233,
http://collin-tx.tamu.edu, or [email protected]
Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic
level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. The Texas
A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County
Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating. A member of the Texas A&M
University System and its statewide Agriculture Program.