Events
Register for the 2025 Class
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is now accepting applications for the 2025 Master Gardener training program, offering gardening enthusiasts the opportunity to join this educational volunteer initiative across nine New Jersey counties: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic, Sussex, and Union.
2024 Master Gardener Pin Party
The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Union County celebrated their 36th annual Volunteer Recognition ceremony on September 29, 2024, honoring the remarkable achievements of their dedicated volunteers who continue to enrich the Union County community through their horticultural expertise and service.
33rd Annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale
The Union County Master Gardeners hosted the 33rd annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale on Sunday May 19, 2024 at Trailside Nature and Science Center in Mountainside. Bette Jane Kowalski, Union County Commissioner Madeline Flahive DiNardo, County Agent, MG Coordinator, along with Joanne Krueger, Master Gardener, and Pat Paul, President of Union County Master Gardeners, welcomed our fair visitors with a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the Fair. Almost 90 Union County Master Gardeners volunteered on the day of the fair and many more Master Gardeners have dedicated their time and knowledge throughout the year to make the fair a success. Joanne Krueger, our perennial Master of Ceremonies for this special event commented, “The biggest driver for the fair every year is to fulfill our core mission of sharing what we learned in the Rutgers Cooperative Extensions Master Gardener’s program with the public.” And fulfill the mission we did!
