The Louisiana Master Gardener™ program was started in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1994 as a means of extending the educational outreach of the LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.

Anyone with a willingness to learn and desire to help others can become a Louisiana Master Gardener™. Volunteers should be interested in horticulture, willing to help people, outgoing, flexible, dependable, unbiased and open-minded. Previous volunteer work and good verbal skills are desirable.

The Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners present their 2010 Community Grant Pilot Program.

The Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners hold their annual spring plant sale every April on the grounds of the Randle T. Moore Center in Shreveport.

Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners help plant and maintain the gardens surrounding the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum.

From making turf grass and planting herbs to making rain sticks and painting with soil, Iberville Parish 4-H’ers learned different aspects of gardening at the “Sow It, Grow It” workshop in Plaquemine.

This project provides education and assistance for the creation and ongoing support of community gardens.

From designing to watering, the Tri-Parish Master Gardeners have landscaped ten Habitat for Humanity Homes in Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes.

The Seedling is the newsletter of the Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners. Master Gardener Sara Burroughs, the editor of this bi-monthly publication, seeks submissions of articles, recipes and other information of interest to our organization and the gardening public.

The Northwest Louisiana Master Gardener Program is a volunteer training program that trains people in horticulture in exchange for a return of 40 hours of volunteer service dedicated back into the program, sharing what has been learned with other gardeners.