Your help is needed to rebuild Master Gardener teaching/demonstration gardens damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

Master Gardeners, under the direction of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, establish and maintain hundreds of these educational gardens throughout Mississippi. The recent hurricanes have damaged or completely destroyed many of these gardens.

The Mississippi MG State Association Board has established a fund to help restore these gardens.  Contributions to this fund will be disbursed to the county Master Gardener Association in charge of the landscape project based on these criteria:

The project must:

• be accessible to the public without an admission fee
• create visibility for Master Gardeners
• be educational in impact
• benefit a city, county, or non-profit organization
• fall within the scope of the MSU Extension Service mission
• have sustained damage due to Katrina or Rita

All contributors will receive acknowledgment of their gift and a report on the outcomes of the project. 

The association feels it is of utmost importance to support the green industry of Mississippi by requiring, when at all possible, that purchases related to the rebuilding of these gardens be made at Mississippi owned and operated nurseries and garden centers. 

Mississippi’s green industry suffered heavy losses due to the hurricanes and needs our support to rebuild its businesses.

Please send your check today to:

Mrs. Pat Wheeler, Treasurer
Mississippi Master Gardener Association
1811 Pine Knoll Drive
Columbus, MS 39705
leliak@ext.msstate.edu

Make checks payable to: Operation Rejuvenation

Like the venerable live oaks that populate the southern part of our state, we have taken a beating and are tattered and worn, but with your help and the Almighty’s, we will regrow and be stronger and better! Mississippi Master Gardeners and the communities impacted by these projects say a big THANK YOU!  

Please visit these Web sites for more information about the Mississippi Master Gardener Program and the Mississippi State University Extension Service.