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Trained volunteers providing advice and support for home
gardeners through Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension |
Master Gardener
Programs and Projects
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Our nine
Demonstration Gardens provide opportunities for
volunteers to develop their gardening skills, and
teach land stewardship to the general public. The Gardens
are also a lovely place for a stroll. When there, pick up
the self-guided tour and enjoy!
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What's Blooming in
the Garden? |
Demonstration Garden
Plant List |
Click here for the
Self-Guided
Tour
or
pick one up at our "mailbox" near the evergreen bed
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Sharing Garden
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Our
Community Sharing Garden
generates fresh vegetables (7,600 lbs. since 2002) which are donated to
community food banks and churches for distribution to low-income
residents of Union County.
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Cutting Garden
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Our
Flower Cutting Garden for Cancer
Patients/Survivors
donates bouquets and arrangements to The Wellness Community of
Central Jersey and to Overlook Hospital Oncology Social
Services. In 2007, nearly 3,000 flowers, in 157 bouquets,
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Horticultural Therapy
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In 1990, U.S. Census Data indicated that 22.5% of
Union County's then 322,277 residents reported having one or
more disabilities. Having perceived the need for programs to
meet the cognitive, psychological, physical, and social needs of
people in rehabilitation centers, nursing care facilities and
senior housing programs, volunteer Master Gardeners and Union
County Agricultural Agent Madeline Flahive DiNardo created the
eight-session Introduction to
Horticultural Therapy (IHT)
program Since 1988, our IHT Program has been offered at 57
sites, reaching more than 1,625 children and adults with special
needs. Agencies have incorporated horticultural activities into
both curriculum and activity schedules, and have planted
community and accessible gardens as a result of this program.
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Beautification Projects
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Community Beautification
projects at local schools, parks, and municipal buildings have
been developed
by Master Gardeners throughout
Union County.
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Speakers Bureau
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Our Speakers' Bureau disseminates gardening and
environmental information by request to local clubs and groups.
Pictured is a presentation on cooking with home-grown
vegetables.
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Spring Fair and Plant
Sale
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Our successful 2008 Fair was attended by almost 1200
people!
Join us in 2009 on May 17.
Chairman, Angel G.
Estrada, Board of Chosen Freeholders, and Madeline DiNardo,
Union County Agricultural Agent, officially open the 19th Annual
Rutgers Master Gardener Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale held
this past Sunday, May 18th. Proceeds from the Plant Sale fund
various Master Gardener community programs including
Horticulture Therapy programs given in nursing homes and
schools, to grow fresh vegetables in their “Sharing Garden” for
distribution to community food banks and soup kitchens and to
grant annual awards to Union County Vocational Technical School
(UCVTS) horticulture students and for 4-H gardening activities
with children. Contact the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office
at 908-654-9854 for more information about the Master Gardener
volunteer program. Pictured left to right are Master Gardener,
Joanne Krueger; Angel G. Estrada, Madeline DiNardo; and Master
Gardener, Cindy Coppa. Photo by Irene Grottano.
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Herb Garden
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Expected to be completed by Summer, 2008, the
Herb
Garden
will surround the Demonstration Garden's gazebo with examples of
culinary and medicinal herbs.
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