Tangipahoa Parish Master Gardener Association

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Tangipahoa Parish Master Gardener Association The program is a volunteer training program designed for individuals who have an interest in gardening. 🧑‍🌾 🪴 🪏 👩🏻‍🌾.

Master Gardeners are members of the local community who take an active interest in their lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers and gardens. They are enthusiastic, willing to learn and help others, and able to communicate with diverse groups of people. What really sets Master Gardeners apart from other home gardeners is their special training in horticulture. In exchange for their training, people who become Master Gardeners contribute time as volunteers, working through their parish Extension agent to provide horticulture-related information to their communities. Any Louisiana resident with an interest in horticulture and a desire to volunteer for community service may apply to the Master Gardener Training Program. The Louisiana Master Gardener training program provides a balanced, integrated, practical course in gardening. Special topics, based on Louisiana gardening needs, are part of the curriculum and involve a balance of lecture and hands-on activities. The training is conducted over a two-to-three-month period with instruction provided by LSU AgCenter Extension faculty and other horticulture experts.

10/18/2026

Do not forget that blueberries are great for fall planting. Select from Brightwell, Climax, Tifblue, Delite, Premier, Pink Lemonade and several other Rabbiteye varieties. These are LSU AgCenter Louisiana Super Plants.

10/03/2026

Lawn burweed or “sticker weed” is a winter annual that germinates in October and grows all winter long. Next April, it produces the burs that are capsules that contain burweed seed. To avoid the stickers in the spring, you must treat lawn burweed during fall and winter.

For lawns plagued with stickers, the recommended practice is to make an application of both pre-emergent herbicides in the fall followed by a post-emergent herbicide in the winter. The plant becomes highly difficult to control once the burs are formed. View our publication for control practices: https://tinyurl.com/LawnBurweed

09/28/2026

Looks like it is going to be a very wet Saturday. If the plant sale goes on as planned the sales may be lower...Of course, if only half the people that normally come fight the weather, it will still be a lot of people there.

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09/28/2026
09/26/2026

PLANT SALE PREVIEW: These black and white petunias😍👻are perfect for a Halloween-inspired landscape! We will have a bunch at our sale on October 3rd!

09/24/2026

SOOTY MOLD

“What is this black stuff on the leaves of my crape myrtles, hollies and gardenias?" Answer: sooty mold.

Sooty mold is a secondary problem that is caused by an infestation of aphids, whiteflies or scale insects. These sucking pests take in large amounts of sap. Much of the water and sugars in the sap pass though the insect and onto the leaf. This sugary excrement is called honeydew. In late spring through summer, when harmful insect populations are high, so much honeydew is deposited that plants may look like vegetable oil has been poured on them. You will continue to see sooty mold “build up” on plants through fall.

To manage, control the insects that are creating the honeydew. Aphids can often be washed off by a strong spray of water from a water hose. This may also remove some of the honeydew and sooty mold. Remaining sooty mold will eventually dry up and flake off the leaves.

To control heavy infestations of aphids, whiteflies, scales and similar insects causing sooty mold issues, use acephate, imidacloprid, malathion or other appropriate insecticides on ornamental plants. Organic options are neem oil, horticultural oil and horticultural soap.

09/14/2026

Several plant sales are happening across Louisiana in the coming weeks, offering a great selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, natives and more.

Delta Master Gardeners Fall Plant Sale & Seminar, September 19, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: Northeast Research Station, 4589 Hwy 605, St. Joseph, LA

Livingston Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale, September 19, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Southeastern Living Center, 9261 Florida Blvd, Walker, LA

Lafayette Parish Master Gardener PlantFest, September 26, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
LPMGA Demonstration Beds at Ira Nelson, 2206 Johnston St, Lafayette, LA

East Baton Rouge Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale, September 26, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Burden Botanic Gardens, 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA

Hammond Fall Garden Day and Plant Sale, October 3, 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station, 21549 Old Covington Hwy, Hammond, LA

New Orleans Fall Garden Festival, October 3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New Orleans Botanical Garden, New Orleans, LA

Kent House Fall Herb Day, October 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Kent Plantation House, 3601 Bayou Rapides Rd, Alexandria, LA

Southwest Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale, October 3, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Calcasieu Parish Extension Office, 7101 Gulf Highway, Lake Charles, LA

Macon Ridge Fall Plant Sale & Seminar, October 24, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Scott Research & Extension Center, 212-B Macon Ridge Rd, Winnsboro, LA

Northwest Fall Bulb Sale, October 31, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Red River Research Station, 262 Research Station Dr, Bossier, LA

Northeast Fall Bulb and Plant Sale, November 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Farmer’s Market and Pavilion at Seventh Square, West Monroe, LA

09/04/2026

We're about a month away from our annual Fall Garden Day and Plant Sale! Mark your calendars for October 3rd! Plant list coming soon!

08/27/2026
I would like encourage folk to come out to the St Helena Farmer's Market this Friday. Our market is small but growing. ...
07/22/2026

I would like encourage folk to come out to the St Helena Farmer's Market this Friday. Our market is small but growing. Come see us and then take a quiet drive on our beautiful backroads. Did you know that St Helena has no stop lights and only one incorporated town (Greensburg) and one village ( Montpelier). Come out and support our growers, ranchers, cooks, and crafters. St Helena College and Career, 14340 LA-37, Greensburg, LA 9am-1pm

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305 E Oak Street P. O. BOX 848
Amite, LA
70422

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