North Alabama Agriplex

06/02/2026

June is a busy month in the garden! Whether you're planting vegetables, maintaining flower beds, or keeping your lawn healthy through the summer heat, Alabama Extension has expert tips to help.
Some gardeners are already enjoying their first harvests, while others are just starting to see their gardens grow. Wherever you are in Alabama, check out these June planting and landscaping resources to keep your garden thriving all season long.

Planting Guide for Home Gardening in Alabama: www.aces.edu/go/5710
Alabama Gardener's Calendar: https://www.aces.edu/go/5027

If you have questions, complete the Master Gardener Help Request form to connect with local experts. https://www.aces.edu/go/3352

06/01/2026

Thanks, Whataburger, for being an Agriplex summer camp sponsor!!

06/01/2026

We have a busy summer ahead!
Which program/camp are you most excited about? ☀️

06/01/2026

🍅Tomatoes are about to start ripening, and this is a delicious way to preserve them!

We're going to have a salsa soirée on June 16! 🍅🫑🌶️
Join us to learn how to go from garden to pantry and turn tomatoes and peppers into salsa! We'll cover how to grow and preserve plus nutrition benefits of this healthy snack. Participants will take home a sample jar of salsa!

🍅🫑🌶️Garden 2 Pantry: Salsa Soirée🌶️🫑🍅
📆 Tuesday, June 16
⏰ 2-5 PM
📍 North Alabama Agriplex
💲 $15
✏ Register at www.aces.edu/go/6396

Festhalle Farmers Market and Berlin Farmers Market - Alabama - help us share this workshop so people that buy local can learn what to do with it!

06/01/2026

2026 North Alabama Native Plant Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama was a great success! Enjoyed great speakers, native plant vendors, and guided hikes in unique Alabama natural areas.

Thanks to Holt Akers-Campbell and the Alabama Cooperative Cullman County - Alabama Extension for organizing this educational weekend.

Awesome hike at Wade Mountain Nature Preserve to the Devil's Racetrack. Saw beautiful milkweed including Butterfly W**d, Asclepias tuberosa and Glade Milkweed, Asclepias viridiflora.

Thanks to sponsors AMRV RC&D , Wild Ones North Alabama, and Alabama Cooperative Extension, UAH, and more!

05/30/2026

Fun day at Willow Path sharing a 🌈 of fruits and veggies! We had story time, made a rainbow of fruits and veggies, tasted, discussed how they help our body, practiced what plants need, planted, and ended with a hike to Festhalle to buy our favorites! 🥝🫐🍑🌶️🍋Thank you Willow Path for sharing your day with us!

05/30/2026

Bring your kids out to Festhalle to see Kathy Holmes this morning!

She is giving out:
🪴watermelon grow kits
🍉watermelon taste tests
💲POP bucks to spend at the market

05/29/2026

Shirts for all our summer camps are unpacked, rolled, and labeled!
Is there one in the stack for your child? ☀️

05/29/2026

Don't miss your chance for our TOURING FARMS FOR KIDS!

We have a few more spots, and parents can sign up and go, too.
https://cullmanrecreation.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=1484

Day 1:
Festhalle Farmers Market
J & C Local Farms
Bare Bottom Farms LLC
Haynes Farms, LLC

Day 2:
Beekeeping at the Agriplex with Bill Grimmet
Reeves’ Peach Farm
Fagerman Farm
WaterWorks Environmental Learning Lab

05/29/2026

Join us as Jeff Lamote from Humble Heart Farm and A Triple J Ranch and Jimmy Parker teach us the fundamentals of raising goats for meat and dairy, covering breed selection, housing, nutrition, health, and marketing.

Youth ages 12-15 are welcome and must register and be accompanied with a paid, registered adult.
$10 per person.
https://agriplex.org/living-landscapes/