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Presenters will include County Extension Agents, State Extension Specialists, and other regional experts with experience in horticulture, insects, and food.
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A FREE Webinar Series OFFERED ON THE 3rd WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH at 3 pm
A free Webinar Series offered on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 3 pm!
With a surge in gardening questions and requests for gardening presentations, the New Mexico State University – Cooperative Extension Service is offering this FREE “Ready, Set, GROW!” gardening series to share recommended gardening practices.
Sign up separately for each of the classes you would like to attend here: https://desertblooms.nmsu.edu/grow.html
Presenters will include County Extension Agents, State Extension Specialists, and other regional experts with experience in horticulture, insects, and food.
Webinars are listed below with registration links. Sign up separately for each of the classes you would like to attend!
Each webinar is being recorded too! Links to the videos and presentation slides will be added as they become available (usually within a few days of the live “show”). Scroll further down for info on previously aired webinars in our ongoing series.
Upcoming Webinars in 2025 (all are at 3 pm MST)
- May 21- Limited space for a vegetable garden shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying your own fresh produce! – Dr. Stephanie Walker, NMSU Extension Vegetable Specialist, will present on logistics, care, and ideal variety selections for growing vegetables in containers
- June 18 – Should we or shouldn’t we grow turfgrass? – Dr. Bernd Leinauer, NMSU Extension Turfgrass Specialist
- July 16 – Jujube Basics and Production in New Mexico – Dr. Shengrui Yao, NMSU Extension Fruit Specialist
- August 20 – Grow a refuge for yourself and wildlife! – Laurel Ladwig, ABQ Backyard Refuge Program Director with the Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, a more-than-human geographer, University of New Mexico Adjunct Faculty, Geography & Environmental Studies, Sustainability Studies Program
- September 17 – Conserving New Mexico Monarchs – Join Kaitlin Haase, Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the Southwest with the Xerces Society, to learn about the threatened monarch butterfly’s migration, their preferred habitat in New Mexico, and how you can help conserve them for future generations.
- October 15 – Japanese Beetles – Bethany Abrahamson, Sandoval County Extension Agriculture Agent, will discuss invasive Japanese beetle, its role as an agricultural pest, and how you can help keep it out of New Mexico
- November 19 — TBA —
- December 17 — TBA —
