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Gardening in the Mid-South Newsletter

Your source for monthly gardening tips, seasonal tasks, and local events.

Plant of the Month

Discover our featured Plant of the Month.

Upcoming Horticulture Events

Explore horticulture events happening across the Mid-South.

WKNO-TV

This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid‑South

This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, retired UT Extension Agent, Booker T. Leigh, identifies common warm-season lawn diseases. Also, Master Gardener, Cherryl Lockhart, shows how to divide hostas.

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Chris’ Corner

Read Dr. Chris Cooper’s monthly blog. Chris is a UT Extension Horticulture Agent, Coordinator for the Master Gardener Program and host of  WKNO’s The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid–South​.

Hydrangea with Cercospora leaf spot

Playing Plant Detective

‘Limelight’ Hydrangeas Shine in the Summer Landscape

Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Program

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