Speakers Bureau
La Porte County Extension
Master Gardeners
If you are looking for a speaker for your group, please review the list of topics our members are knowledgeable and able to present.
- If you would like to secure a speaker:
- Contact Agriculture and Natural Resource Educator at the Purdue Extension office by calling 219-324-9407, or click here to send your request via email
- Be prepared to present her with your speaker needs contact information.
- One of the members of the La Porte County Master Gardeners’ Speaker Bureau will work with you to fulfill your request.
- If you do not find a speaker topic below to meet your need, we will attempt to help you find a speaker.
- Master Gardeners are willing to work with children or adults and have experience with both.
Speaker Topics
- Annuals
- Attracting Pollinators to your garden
- Botanic Nomenclature
- Collecting and storing your own seeds
- Companion Gardening
- Container Gardening
- Daylilies
- Garden Railroading
- Gardening with children
- Gardening with children as a school project
- Gardening with native plants and grasses
- Getting rid of invasive plants
- Good bugs and bad bugs
- Herb Gardening
- La Porte County’s Pioneer Garden
- Landscape Design
- Lawn Maintenance/Care
- Perennials
- Plant parts and pollinators
- Preparing the garden for planting
- Pruning/Propagation
- Shade Gardening
- Starting perennials from seed
- Starting your own plants from seed
- Sun Loving Plants
- Tree Care
- Vegetable Gardening
- Woody Plants