SFEMG Projects
All of the SFEMG projects have an educational component. Most offer workshops and clinics at various times during the season. Each project has a specific emphasis and location. A brief summary of the current projects is provided on this page.
Ask a Master Gardener : At various location around Santa Fe, Master Gardeners and Interns provide access to the public for questions about good gardening practices and Integrated Pest Control.
Audubon Center Wildlife Garden: The Santa Fe Master Gardeners have partnered with the Randall Davey Audubon Center since 2003 to develop and maintain demonstration gardens at the Center. The gardens include a Wildlife Attracting Garden, Native Perennial and Shrub beds, a small Cactus bed and a Pollinator Garden. Native Bee Houses grace the Wildlife and Pollinator Gardens.
Cactus Garden (Demo): The Cactus Garden is part of the Santa Fe Fairground Complex of gardens and Master Gardener projects. The project showcases the wonderfully drought tolerant plants in an appealing garden that receives minimal maintenance and almost no supplemental water.
Cornell Rose Garden: SFEMG members assist the Santa Fe Rose Society and the City of Santa Fe with various gardening tasks at the Harvey H. Cornell, Sr. Rose Garden, while providing public education on rose growing in the Santa Fe area.
Extension Office Hotline Assistant: Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners and Interns volunteer to research and answer questions, diagnose problems, and provide solutions for the home gardener. They also respond to calls received on the Master Gardener Hotline (505-471-6251) several hours a week March through October.
Garden at El Zaguán: Santa Fe Master Gardeners and Interns work with the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, for restoration and maintenance of the garden at this historic site, in a manner that reflects both the historical origins of the garden and locally responsible gardening practices.
Herb Garden (Demo): The Herb Garden is part of the Santa Fe Fairground Complex of gardens and Master Gardener projects. SFEMG volunteers constantly work to beautify, enhance, and expand the repertoire of the existing Herb Garden. Over forty medicinal, dyeing, and culinary herbs are under cultivation.
Rose Family Garden: One of SFEMG’s demonstration gardens at the Santa Fe County Extension campus on Rodeo Road is getting a much-needed makeover.
Santa Fe Native Plant Project (SNaPP): SNaPP is a certification and public education program of the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners. SFEMG volunteers create, maintain, and expand gardens that demonstrate the use of native and xeric plants to attract and provide food and shelter for wildlife, including birds, butterflies, bees and other insects. The SNaPP Native Plant Demonstration Gardens at the County Extension Office are low-water, low-maintenance landscapes for the future.
Santa Fe Seed Library : The Santa Fe Seed Stewards Project is a public education program of the Santa Fe Master Gardener Association. SFEMG volunteers to a variety of activities that promote the awareness, importance, sharing and preservation of our seeds.
SCAT (Santa Fe Compost Action Team—Composting): Participation in this project requires successful completion of the Master Composter Volunteer Training course. Graduates of this program are certified to provide public education on home composting at various public events throughout the year.
The Garden Journal (Radio Program): The Garden Journal broadcasts each Saturday from 10:00 to 10:30 am on KSFR 101.1. The program is a compendium of interviews, advice, and inspiration for home gardeners throughout Santa Fe County.
Tree Inventory: The Santa Fe Public Spaces Tree Inventory works in liaison with the City of Santa Fe Municipal Tree Board to inventory the city trees, beginning with the parks system. SFEMG in conjunction with City and Community volunteers collect species, diameter, condition, and location data; learning to identify trees, pests that afflict the trees, troubleshoot factors influencing tree health.
Vegetable Garden (Demo): The Vegetable Garden is part of the Santa Fe Fairground Complex of gardens and Master Gardener projects, containing various types of raised vegetable beds built and are maintained by Master Gardeners. SFEMG volunteers also experiment with vegetable varieties for the high altitude and dry environment of Northern New Mexico.
Yard Habitat Certification: The SFEMG has added to its list of community gardening projects with a new Yard Habitat Certification program that has been piloted for about a year and is now ready to be introduced to the public. The new project differs from existing SFEMG projects because “We’re actually going into people’s yards, to guide and educate them,” said former SFEMG President Wendy Wilson, one of the project’s co-leaders along with Janie Farler, Marti Edmondson, and Catherine Wygant. To schedule a home visit email us at: yhc.sfemg@gmail.com.