Wood County Master Gardener Association

06/18/2026

It's a month until Garden Walk!! Plans are in full swing and we are getting excited!
Tickets are available at our vendors in Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, Nekoosa, and Plover until about noon on July 17. After that, pick up a ticket at any of the featured gardens. We will publish those addresses the week of the event here and on our websitehttps://wood-county-master-gardeners.org/

06/09/2026

Now that you've planted your garden...or you thought about planting one, are you wishing you knew a little more about it all? Master Gardener training covers all the pertinent information about gardening in Wisconsin. Plus, as a Master Gardener, you serve the community you live in in a unique way.

Registration for the yearly class that is held every fall is coming up in July. Early birds get a discount on the tuition. Space is limited, so register early. contact us at [email protected] for more information on the training and registration.

06/05/2026

Planting Day at the Museum! Thanks to the master gardener team, some of their spouses, other community volunteers, museum officials, and contractors for the hard work!

06/03/2026

05/27/2026

Learn how to plant a square foot garden at our Live Demo. Master Gardener Stacy Musch will be at the Growing Friends Community Garden in Wisconsin Rapids on Sunday, May 31 at 1pm to share tips and tricks on growing vegetables in your own square foot garden. She'll also give an introduction on Companion Planting: plants that grow well together and help each other flourish and repel pests.

This demo is free and open to the public. Growing Friends Community Garden is located at the corner of Spruce and Hill streets, across from Assumption HS practice field.

05/27/2026

It's time. We're here for you. Send us a gardening question here, come to a monthly educational meeting (generally the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 PM at variable sites around Wood County. watch this site for information every month), check out the gardening resources on our website. Enjoy what you create!

05/26/2026

Tickets to our 2026 Garden Walk are now available at the following vendors or your favorite Master Gardener. Advance sale tickets are $10 until about noon on Friday, July 17. Day of the event sales are $12 at each featured garden. For our out of town guests, the addresses of the gardens will be published on this site and our website https://wood-county-master-gardeners.org/ on the day of the event.

Thanks to the following partners for being our vendors!

Wisconsin Rapids
Daly Drugs
Ella's Greenhouse
Wunrow's Greenhouse
Abiding Vine Greenhouse (formerly Angel Gardens)

Nekoosa
Beaver's Dime Store

Plover
Hosta Stop
Jay-Mar

Marshfield
Schalow's Nursery and Greenhouse

Rudolph
Urban's Greenhouse

05/20/2026

Planting native plants is one of the best ways to support bees and other pollinators. Try to incorporate native plants into your landscape whenever you can. Checkout this links for lots of information on native gardening

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/endangeredresources/nativeplants

A poem for World Bee Day.

05/05/2026

Fyi to support our friends in Waupaca County

04/28/2026

The snow is long gone and the daffodils are even blooming early this year. Can we get a jump on planting our vegetable garden?

Not so fast. The daytime temperatures are variable and the days are getting longer, for sure. But our nights are still pretty cool. Plus, we know we sometimes get a frost when we least expect it sometime in May.

That said, some vegetables actually tolerate cooler temperatures and can be planted first. How to tell?

You might assume it's air temperature that determines when to plant, but one thing is even more important: soil temperature. Air temperature and soil temperatures are NOT the same. Additionally, soil temperatures in different parts of your garden can be different and therefore ready to be planted at different times.
Check out this article about soil temperatures and how you can determine if it is time to plant your favorite veggies.
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/when-is-the-right-time-to-plant-vegetable-seeds-check-soil-temperature/