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Vegetable Gardening

Beginning Gardener in the St. Louis area

15 years ago

Hello,

Does anyone know of a gardening group or perhaps a website that is devoted solely to gardening near St. Louis? I am looking for advice about a whole host of topics (too many to list here), and i would like to speak to people(s) familiar with the planting, caring, and harvesting of vegetable gardens in the St. Louis area.

Thank you for your time.

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marlingardener
15 years ago
Check with your local agricultural agent--he/she should know if there is a local Master Gardeners group locally. Also, see if any of the universities or colleges have landscaping/agricultural/horticultural classes. Not that you should attend, but there may be a professor or a grad student who could help you.
Also, there is a Master Gardeners forum here on GW. Look under the Community Garden forum, or the Master Gardener forum (they are the same).
tainter
Original Author
15 years ago
thank you. i will try those avenues.
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christie_sw_mo
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The link below is what came up when I searched the Missouri Botanical Gardens website for vegetables. There are a few articles there that might help you. I noticed they have a vegetable garden called the Bank of America garden where they have planted vegetable varieties that do well in the St. Louis area. I doubt that would be much to see right now but it would be a good place to visit this summer.

I'm in southwest Missouri. Our Master Gardener society here has a public display garden that includes a vegetable garden. There may be something similar there and they should have a hotline number that you can call. The master gardeners volunteer to answer questions. The website for the one in your area is stlmg.com.

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