Union County Master Gardeners

08/31/2026

🌱 LAST DAY TO ENTER 🌱

Have a garden you are proud of? We want to see it!
Send us a message with a few photos (max 5) of your garden to be considered for our Way to Grow! Garden of the Month

08/29/2026

🪴Enter your healthy plants in the Fair! Rules on fair website.
🪴Master Gardeners will be there to receive plants on Monday, September 21 from 4-7 pm and Tuesday morning, September 22 from 8-12.
🪴Plant pickup is on Monday, September 28 from 4-7pm.
🪴Plant must be grown by exhibitor, in clean pot, plant labeled, container diameter can’t exceed 14 inches or a 5-gallon capacity. Total weight can’t exceed 40 lbs, and height can’t exceed 6 ft.

🥇A $5.00 award will be presented to First Place (Blue Ribbon) winners. Second and Third Place winners will receive ribbons only.

Have you ever entered an exhibit in the Fair? If yes, we can’t wait to see your talents again this year…. If no, what are you waiting for?
“Lights, Camera, Fair! It's Showtime!" There is no better place than the Union County Fair to showcase your talents.
Over the next few weeks, we will be showcasing various Divisions/Categories that you can enter exhibits in. Todays is:
Floriculture
Please be sure to refer to the 2026 Fair Catalog for complete rules and eligibility requirements to enter your items into the fair.

08/29/2026

08/28/2026

Have a garden you are proud of? We want to see it!
Send us a message with a few photos (max 5) of your garden to be considered for our Way to Grow! Garden of the Month

08/28/2026

It's that time again....Farmers Market on the Square is back on September 26th! Are you interested in being a vendor? Go to: https://www.mainstreeteldorado.org/farmers-market-on-the-square
For a vendor form, go to: https://www.mainstreeteldorado.org/farmers-market-vendor-application

08/27/2026

We are recruiting for our annual basic master gardener training!
💰$140 Online Training cost
🖥️ Your computer, your pace
🗓️ Apply by September 16
🗓️ Course opens October 6
🗓️ Complete by December 11
🚫 No annual dues!

Apply online now:
https://uada.formstack.com/forms/mg_training_union

☎️ Call the Cooperative Extension Office with questions about the Union County Master Gardener program @ 870-864-1916 or send us a direct message.

08/26/2026

Congratulations to our first designated Way to Grow! Garden of the Month. Your hard work was evident and an awesome way to kick off this program! Way to Grow! 🌱

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

Bougainvillea or Paper Flower has paper like bracts that surrounds tiny white flowers.
☀️ drought tolerant & full sun
💦 requires daily water
🌿 monthly liquid fertilizer during August for continuous blooming.

The pictured white/blush color bougainvillea is 2 year olds. It grows in a container as a perennial in El Dorado, AR (garden zone 8b) because it is brought inside during the cold temperatures.

08/23/2026

🌼We planted colorful gazinias and white vincas in the raised beds at the Art Center. 🌼

💦With the excessive heat, water your plants every day if they are in the direct sun.🥵

We appreciate all the master gardeners that are watering these plants daily. We need rain! 🌧️