San Miguel County Extension Demonstration Garden

New this year! While it may be a work in progress, we are very excited to begin building a garden to teach research-based gardening. The plans are to create a vegetable garden and an area for water wise plantings.

Gallinas River Park Reclamation Before

Master Gardeners are responsible for the Kiosk bed on the south side of the river off Bridge street in Las Vegas as part of this dynamic community project. Several of our Las Vegas MG members are key volunteers and board members planning and implementing this project.

Master Gardener Classes

Master Gardener’s help NMSU Specialist with classes online or in person by offering mentoring of new interns, arranging classrooms, and any other details for class success.

Ask a Master Gardener

Offered monthly at Master Gardener Meetings- hands-on training and presentations for certified Master Gardeners and Master Gardener Interns:
Tree Trimming
Water Containment and Drip Irrigation
Raised Bed Gardening
Urban Climate
Change Issues
Landscape Design
Orchard management and grafting
And many more determined by members’ request.

Park Reclamation After

Seed to Supper Program

Master Gardeners teach a six class beginning gardening class for those new to gardening. This program is free of charge through a partnership between NMSU’s ICAN, SNAP-Ed, and the USDA.

New Projects for this year:

Tree Workshop - Learn about trees, forest management, planting, and pruning

Fruit Tree Workshop and Drip Irrigation Workshop

Working with partners on the West Las Vegas Raised Bed

Mora: Teaching gardening to Mountainair and Mora students in school

Projects in planning stages - Establishing a Seed Library with Mora County

Establishing a library of resource books for Master Gardeners information