Purchase Area Master Gardeners Association

 

About PAMGA
Meeting Info
Calendar
News
Horticulture Classes
Plant Information

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.

The Hort Line is available 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. 

 

UK DEMONSTRATION & TRIAL GARDEN - The centerpiece of our educational programs is the UK Demonstration & Trial Garden at 3600 Coleman Road in Paducah, Kentucky. 

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 Phyllis Petcoff.

Plant Matters:  Highlights a variety of plants, especially those growing in local gardens.  2006 entries include hydrangea grown by Master Gardeners Bill & Carol Baugh; a spider lily courtesy of Master Gardener Shirley Edwards; and a rudbeckia submitted by PAMGA President Phyllis Petcoff.

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:   

PAMGA Advisor
Kathy Wimberly, McCracken County Horticulture Agent,
Web Master: Phyllis Petcoff

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.

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Purchase Area Master Gardener Association, 2705 Olivet Church Road, Paducah, Ky 42001 270/554-9520  FAX 270/554-8283  www.pamga.org