IN THE NEWS!
NOW AVAILABLE! LOWCOUNTRY GARDENING BOOK!
COMPLILED BY OUR OWN MASTER GARDENERS!
Available for $5.00 at our Membership meetings and the following locations:
Beaufort: Master Gardener booth and Lunch & Learn at the Port Royal Farmers Market
Bluffton: Master Gardener booth at Farmers Market, Green Thumb Nursery
Sun City residents: Books will be available at the Master Gardener table at Avant Gardener meetings
Hilton Head: The Greenery, Bruno’s and the Master Gardener Plant Clinic
Recognizing the LMGA Mentoring Program 
Bill Camp, Betty Heath-Camp and Glen Payne (Urban Horticulture Agent, Horticulture Program Team, Beaufort County Cooperative Extension Office)
Betty Heath-Camp and Bill Camp established a LMGA mentoring program for new graduates of the Clemson Master Gardener Course in the Lowcountry in 2018. The program is based on mentoring research they conducted as professors at Virginia Tech. The purpose of the program is to provide experienced mentors to support interns as they navigate their internships. Only interns who request mentors are enrolled and only active members who volunteer are selected as mentors. The Program has served 10 graduating classes with 205 interns and involved 79 different mentors. Each year a mentor training workshop, either in person or online is conducted. After making the Mentor/Intern assignments, the project directors follow up regularly to track the progress of the Interns. In addition, an extensive survey was conducted to gather data to work on improvements in the process. During the latest mentoring class, 19 interns participated, 18 completed certifications, and the remaining intern is on track to finish, resulting in a projected 100% completion rate. Many thanks to Betty and Bill for developing this valuable program for our new Interns. The time and energy they put into this endeavor is greatly appreciated!
For further information about the mentoring program, contact Bill Camp
Email: wgcamp@vt.edu
Waddell Mariculture Center – Buffer Area
Lead by Scott Brown, the LMGA volunteers continue to work on the buffer garden at the Waddell Mariculture Center that is located along the Colleton River in Bluffton (see photo of our hard-working volunteers). This project has become a showplace to help the public understand how they can create buffer zones between their property and bodies of water to prevent erosion but also to prevent contaminants from running off their property into the water. For more information about this project, click here: https://lowcountrymga.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Project_Bluffton_Waddell.pdf
To volunteer, contact Scott Brown at: scottb1807@yahoo.com
ABOUT US
The Lowcountry Master Gardener Association is an active group of Master Gardeners in Beaufort, Jasper and Colleton County, South Carolina, dedicated to educating the citizens of Coastal South Carolina to meet the challenges of gardening in the Lowcountry.
Please explore our website for more information on our Lowcountry endeavors!
Rent a Master Gardener program: A valuable resource for homeowners, and particularly for newcomers to Coastal South Carolina.
Lunch and Learn program: Award winning!! A series of classes and workshops which are educational, fun, free, and open to the public. Classes take place each spring and are held at 12:00 noon under the live oak treat at Heritage Park. (At the Port Royal Farmers Market.)
Master Gardener Training Course: Become a member of the Lowcountry Master Gardener Association. Interesting speakers at membership meetings, classes, day trips, tours, notices of volunteer opportunities and other activities.