Welcome to the Purchase Area Master Gardeners (PAMGA) website. We are gardening enthusiasts who have successfully completed the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Program.  Located in Western Kentucky, our members live in the 7th District which includes Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, and McCracken Counties.

It's still cold but watch for the Hort Line that will be available at the beginning of the growing season.  Throughout the growing season, call 270/554-9520 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each Thursday to discuss questions about plants, bugs, weeds & seeds with a trained Master Gardener.  The Hot Line coordinators, are armed with a telephone and a computer to research calls from the gardening public.  The Hort Hot Line served the gardening public well last year and we plan to serve again during 2008.

Monthly Meetings are held on first Tuesdays of each month.  PAMGA's next meeting is Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at the Extension Office. 

UK DEMONSTRATION & TRIAL GARDEN - The centerpiece of our educational programs is the UK Demonstration & Trial Garden at 3600 Coleman Road in Paducah, Kentucky.  Naturally, the garden is dormant at this time but in a few months will be bursting with beauty for you to come and enjoy.

EASTER SEALS PARTNERSHIP - Learn about the vegetable patch tended by Adult Volunteers from the Paducah Easter Seals Center.  PAMGA and Easter Seals have partnered in this venture since 2004 which brings volunteers to the garden each week during the summer. 

Horticulture Classes - Horticulture Extension Agent Dava Hayden hosts a monthly horticulture class for the general public.  Dava's Website.

Recordkeeping - PAMGA members may access timekeeping calendar via this link.

Contact List Update: Please make certain we have current electronic & snail mail addresses for you as well as a telephone number so we can update the PAMGA contact list.  Send changes to Bill Baugh.

Pests:  Photo gallery of plant damage.  The latest entry is a blister beetle.

OUR MISSION:

It is the purpose and intent of the Purchase Area Master Gardeners to provide quality service and horticultural education to all people of Kentucky under the guidance and care of the Cooperative Extension Office, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, through continuous volunteer internship.

CONTACT INFORMATION:   

Telephone

270-554-9520

FAX

270-554-8283

Postal address

McCracken Co. Extension Office, 2705 Olivet Church Road, Paducah, KY 42001

PAMGA Advisor

Dava Hayden, McCracken County Horticulture Agent, dava.hayden@uky.edu

Electronic mail

General Information: Bill Baugh
Webmaster: Carol Ullerich

Kentucky Extension Master Gardeners is an educational program of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serving all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability or national origin.

Disabilities accommodated with prior notification.