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Team Ecology 2025

LCMGA and TEAM Ecology

LCMGA and TEAM Ecology

LCMGA and TEAM Ecology

        

TEAM Ecology has officially begun.  Many members of the Laurens County Master Gardener Association and a couple of students helped fill worm bins with 860 red wiggler worms for all of the 3rd grade student classes in Laurens County. This includes all 3rd graders in District 55, District 56, Thornwell and 5 home-schooled 3rd graders. Several of the folks pictured above will also be volunteering during the week of TEAM Ecology to help educate the 3rd graders about soil types, clean air, waste management, clean water, recycling, pollinators and enjoying a nature trail hike.

LCMGA and TEAM Ecology

LCMGA and TEAM Ecology


Team Ecology is a week-long environmental educational event for all 3rd-grade students in Laurens County, S.C.  The Laurens County Master Gardeners are instrumental in the success of this endeavor.    When the 3rd-grade students come to TE, they count their worms to see how many are alive and if there are any babies!

     Team Ecology is held annually at the Joe R. Adair Outdoor Eductation Center in Laurens.  Their website is:

https://www.laurens55.org/page/joe-r-adair-outdoor-education-center/

  

     

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LCMGA and TEAM Ecology

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Ready to volunteer?   This program is run almost completely by volunteers & has a huge impact on every 3rd grader in Laurens County.  We have opened the program up to include all schools in the county & home school students.  

     If this will be your first year volunteering, here is a little video to give you an idea of what the week will be like.  The stations & t-shirts have changed a bit, but our mission is the same:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?   v=_x_GLOEKSEw

     Sign up as soon as possible to ensure you get the correct t-shirt size.  We made a brand new design last year!

Here is  the link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK88qDra-fODA9OSzy_1vw2No4774RaIXFMLPm1rpVx6W33g/viewform

     Even if you can only help for one day, that will be wonderful!  Lunch will be provided for each volunteer.  Email:   

Renee Gibbs at rgibbs.conservation@gmail.com with any specific questions.

 

Annual Meeting 2024

As always, a fun time was had at our annual meeting.  Wonderful food and door prizes.  Officers for 2025 are Tanya Towne, President; Connie Daniels, Treasurer. Julie Griffin , Secretary, and Pat Moberg will continue as the media and email blast coordinator.  Suggestions were made for programs and speakers.  A $500. donation was approved for the Upstate Native Plant Society for assistance with the recovery of Hurricane Helene.

Spotlight on Agriculture 2024

The 50th annual Laurens County Spotlight on Agriculture took place on March 14 at the First Presbyterian Church Family Life Center in Clinton, S.C. Laurens County Spotlight on Agriculture is sponsored annually by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Advisory Committee for Laurens County. The purpose of the event is to focus attention on various aspects of agriculture and related community concerns specific to Laurens County. It is also a time to pay tribute to local farmers.


The Laurens County Master Gardeners

LCMGA members make flower arrangements early on the day of Spotlight on Agriculture. These arrangements are made mainly from flowers in their gardens. About 90 arrangements were made for the dining tables as well as the sponsor display tables in addition to the podium arrangement and the "welcome" arrangement by the entry door. The folks who happen to have programs with a certain sticker on the back got to take the closest flower arrangement home with them.

Joe Adair Chicken Stew Sale

Support Your Local Outdoor Education Center!


You can support the Joe R Adair Outdoor Education Center and its public walking trails by purchasing milk-based chicken stew at their fundraiser. The price is $10.00 per quart and pickup is available at the Center on February 9th between 10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m.. The funds raised from the sale will be used to maintain the Center and the public walking trails.

Please note that the Joe R Adair Outdoor Education Center is located at 110 Scout Creek Rd, Laurens, SC, 29360 1. You can pre-order the chicken stew by calling (864) 984-5492 


Enjoy the delicious chicken stew while supporting a great cause!

Tour of Historic Mountain Shoals Plantation House and Gardens

  We will be visiting the local historic Mountain Shoals Plantation home and gardens owned by Mr. Martin Meeks and Mr. Bill Cooper. These gentlemen will welcome us into their home and give us a tour of the property on Saturday, October 28th at 2:00 p.m.  The address is 105 Parker Road in Enoree.  I'm told parking is minimal so if you can carpool, it would be helpful.  

LCMGA Annual Meeting

The LCMGA Annual Meeting was held on September 16, 2023, at the Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center.  A quorum was in attendance.  Food and fellowship were enjoyed by all.  Tanya Towne was elected President, Sherry Edwards was elected Secretary, and Connie Daniels was elected Treasurer.  We are extremely grateful to our Past President Pat Moberg for keeping the organization together during the pandemic.    




Upcoming Program: Bulb Culture by Polly Powell, SC State Master Naturalist, and Master Gardener

  • On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 7 p.m. at the Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center in Laurens.  Everything you ever wanted to know about bulbs plus information that you did not even know that you didn't know!  Too much sun, too little sun.  Too much fertilizer, too little fertilizer.  And the bugs.....whatever can we do about them? 





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Roses Unlimited Tour April 15, 2023

 

We had a very pleasant morning seeing the greenhouses at Roses Unlimited.  There are so many varieties of roses that it is difficult to decide which one you might light the best!  Thanks so much to Bill Patterson for taking time out of his busy Saturday to show us a plethora of beautiful roses!  There is a lot to do when you have so many roses that want to show off their beauty.

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2023 Team Ecology March 27 - 31, 2023

TEAM Ecology is a program designed for 3rd grade students.  It is held annually at the Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center in Laurens, S.C.  Topics covered include Soils, Vermicomposting, Recycling, Nature Trail Hike, Enviroscape Watershed model and Enviroscape Landfill model, Puppet Show with Woodland animals along with a nature art project.


This week-long program could not be held without the efforts of many volunteers.  It takes a lot of people to make Team Ecology successful.  The only requirement to be a volunteer is to enjoy being around children.   



Team Ecology is a week-long adventure! 

All of the public school 3rd-grade students come to the center to learn about composting, pollinators, recycling, soils, watersheds, and more.


Interested in volunteering?

In 2022, we had 40 adult volunteers! It takes a lot of help to organize and teach 700 third graders in a week.

  

Click on the Team Ecology logo above to sign up.                                   
 



Upcoming Program

Identifying and Managing Common Household Insects Feb. 16, 2023 via Zoom

 

     Tired of those pesky insects invading your home? Want to learn how to win the battle?

Laurens County Master Gardeners in conjunction with Clemson Extension Service is offering a webinar presented by Vicky Bertagnolli, Extension Agent from Aiken County, entitled “Identifying and Managing Common Household Insects” on Feb 16, 2023  at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) via Zoom.

     The program is free and open to the public. To join the Zoom meeting please register for the webinar by clicking the FIND OUT MORE button below


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2022 Master Gardener Class Graduation Pot-Luck

2022 Master Gardener Class Graduation Pot-Luck and Annual Meeting

While the current students are taking their final exam upstairs at the Adair Center, the annual meeting of the Laurens County Master Gardener Association will be held downstairs at 6:00 p.m.  After the annual meeting and the completion of the exam by the students, a delicious pot-luck dinner will be enjoyed by all!


Where:  Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center

110 Scout Creek Court, Laurens, S.C.  29360

When:  December 6 at 7:00 p.m. for dinner and 6:00 p.m. for annual meeting 


Upcoming Programs

  • Here is a fantastic opportunity for all who are interested in learning more about educating our youngsters about the environment which is what we do during TEAM Ecology.  Register for this workshop early as there is only space for 50 participants. The fee is $12.00 for the in-person workshop and free for the virtual workshop. If the in-person registration is closed, be sure to register for the virtual program.  Take Action SC is hosting TWO Environmental Educators Summer Workshops in July!   We are partnering with the Joe Adair Outdoor Education Center in Laurens, SC for an in-person workshop on July 19, 2022.    PLUS we will also host a virtual workshop on July 28, 2022.  Get ready to dig into the revised Take Action SC Environmental Education Curriculum with the newly aligned lessons to the 2021 College- and Career-Ready Standards for Science. We’d love to have you join us this summer for a workshop – or both! 

Laurens County Master Gardener Class Available in Laurens Beginning August 16, 2022

The Laurens County Extension Office will offer an in-person Master Gardener Volunteer Training course this fall.  It will be held on Tuesday nights from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. starting on August 16.  For more information visit Extension's webpaweb page: https://www.clemson.edu/extension/laurens/mg/index.html

Wonderful Success in 2022

  • The Laurens County Master Gardeners plant sale was another successful event.  The Clinton FFA students were there selling annuals from their greenhouses.  The Master Gardeners had a large selection of perrenials in addition to a few trees!  Now is the time to begin planning for next year!!

From the Laurens County Extension Service

A soil sample drop box has been installed on the front porch of the Laurens Extension Office. It can be used to submit Soil, Hay, Forage or Compost samples. Do not include payment with your samples. For that purpose you will find a self-addressed enveloped in the bin next to the drop box. Enclose your check made payable to Clemson University and send it on to the Ag Lab.


Please note that the drop box is not to be used for manure samples or weeds for identification. Those should be sent directly to the Ag Lab by the client.

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This website was updated February 24, 2025