Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County

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We provide gardening and horticultural information and serve the Monmouth County, New Jersey gardening community.  Some services are:

• Help Line
• Community Projects
• Speakers Bureau
• Horticultural Therapy

Help Line -

The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County provide assistance with gardening questions to the Monmouth County community. Trained volunteers diagnose plant problems, identify ticks, suggest good cultural practices for your garden, and advise you as to the best care for home landscape.

732-303-7614 - Helpline phone number.  Helpline hours are:  9 AM to 12 PM - Dec, Jan. & Feb. Monday through Friday; March through November 9 AM- 4 PM, Monday through Friday.  Voice mail is available and your calls will be answered.

This service is available through the joint cooperation of Rutgers Extension, Brookdale Community College, and Monmouth County Parks System. 

or e-mail   us your questions, photographs and general gardening inquiries.  

Community Projects

If you have a Monmouth County public gardening project on which you would like consulting, contact us. Examples are garden planning and implementation and public garden design.  Call Diane Zahorsky at 732-431-7262.

Speakers Bureau

Got a speaking slot to fill for your organization's meeting.  We've got a speaker for you!  We can provide a knowledgeable speaker about any gardening topic - from growing roses to generating compost, Japanese beetles to Jersey woodchucks, Give us a call. We are here to serve the Monmouth County gardening community.

We are continually adding talks to our catalog and entertain requests for new talks. A partial list follows:  See our brochure

Birds and the Garden; Broad-leaved Evergreens, Flowering annuals; Gardening on the Internet: Growing and Storing Herbs; Soil Testing and Integrated Pest Management; Landscape Disorders; Disease and Pests; Low Water Landscapes; Perennials, Shade Gardening, Spring in the Garden, Gardening Good for the Mind, Good for the Soul, Roses, Vegetable Gardening and a general round table discussion can be arranged.

For more information call Anita Meeks - 732-775-1186 Master Gardener Association of Monmouth County Speakers Bureau

Horticultural Therapy

Horticultural therapy is a process utilizing plants and horticultural activities to improve the social, educational, psychological and physical of persons thus improving their body, mind and spirits.

Groups for whom horitucltural therapy has proven beneficial include people who are physically disabled, mentally ill, developmentally disabled, elderly, substance abusers, public offenders and socially disadvantaged.  We provide consultative services to all of these. For more information, call Kim O'Neill at 732-706-0607.

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