SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS MASTER GARDENERS

The OUACHITA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS meet at St. Marks United Methodist Church at 1315 West Washington Street at 6:30 PM on the third Tuesday. 

Meetings can vary in time or place - contact Thera Lou Adams  - 870-836-5221 or Extension agent Jerri Lephiew --- jlephiew@uaex.edu --- at the Ouachita County Agriculture Extension Office at 870-231-1160. 

Current: The current effort is support for the Daffodil festival in Camden Arkansas, March 12 &13.

New:  The Ouachita County - and a few Calhoun County Master Gardeners - agreed to add a project.  The Dr. T. E. Rhine Park was purchased by friends, relatives and neighbors in the area and donated to be a Calhoun County Park.  Brush and fallen timber has already been removed, and the county will soon remove the remains of the kitchen area.  The Camden BSA Troop 6 scouts will aid with a clean up of the area next month.  The first stage of the project will be a planting of a 700 foot strip of daffodils along the paved road by the park.

Coming in May:  Arkansas Master Gardener State Convention - May in Magnolia

• When - May 20-22, 2010
• Where - with the Magnolia Blossom Festival and the State Championship Steak Cook-off - including Musical entertainment on the square.