Local Gardening Experts Offer Free Irrigation Class for Katy Area Residents
With temperatures climbing as summer approaches, so will the frequency of watering home landscapes. But how much water does your yard really need, and how can you avoid high utility bills while keeping your yard adequately watered and healthy?
The Fort Bend Master Gardeners will help answer your questions on this important topic with "Irrigation Basics", a free online class scheduled to be held via Zoom on May 19. From 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Katy area residents are invited to learn how to better manage irrigation methods at home while trying to keep utility costs down.
Advance registration is required. Interested participants can register here. The class will focus on various types of irrigation methods for home landscapes, basic trouble-shooting, and water requirements for plantings.
The class is part of an eight-class Landscape Success online program offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Fort Bend County, along with the Fort Bend County Master Gardeners. The program is intended to help create and maintain beautiful home landscapes. For more information about this resourceful program, please visit https://fbmg.org/landscape-success-2023. Have questions? Contact Brandy Rader at 281-342-3034 or brandy.rader@ag.tamu.edu.
About Fort Bend County Master Gardeners
Master Gardeners are members of the local community who take an active interest in their lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers and gardens. They are willing to learn and to help others, and able to communicate with diverse groups of people. What sets Master Gardeners apart from other home gardeners is their special training in horticulture. In exchange for their training, persons who become Master Gardeners contribute time as volunteers, working through their cooperative Extension office to provide horticultural-related information to their communities.
For more information about Fort Bend County Master Gardeners, please visit fbmg.org.
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Tiffany Krenek has been on the My Neighborhood News team since August 2021. She is passionate about curating and sharing content that enriches the lives of our readers in a personal, meaningful way. A loving mother and wife, Tiffany and her family live in the West Houston/Cypress region.
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