Although the weather is still cold and wet, many local gardeners, vegetable producers and otherwise “green-thumbers” are already looking ahead to the spring growing season and the Winn Parish Extension Services is ready to help.

County Agent Donny Moon has announced that the 2025 Master Gardener classes are being prepared for a three-month series beginning in mid-March.  Many have participated in the past and the Extension looks forward to working with more folks this spring.

Total cost of the program is $150 and that fee will cover a course manual, copied materials, Master Gardener nametag and a diploma after completion of the program.  Nightly programs will last from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “For our program to move forward, we will need to have 10 participants signed up to attend by 4 p.m. March 3 or I won’t be able to offer it,” said Moon.

For a glimpse of what the Master Gardeners program offers, following are weekly topics in the proposed 2025 schedule:  Introduction & Volunteer Management; Soils; Pesticide Usage & Entomology; Ornament, Roses & Native Plants; Proper Tree Care, Pruning & Grafting; Greenhouses; Lawns & Weeds; Plant Pathology; Herbs, Organic Gardening & Foraging; Raised Beds & Container Gardening; Aquaponics, Hydoponics, Ponds & Irrigation; and Vegetables.

For details about this spring’s Master Gardeners program, contact County Agent Donny Moon at 318-628-4528.