Creating communication and marketing tools to increase community awareness of Lake Granbury Master Gardeners contributed to the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners PR / Communications Committee winning the 2025 Texas Master Gardeners First-Place Award for Written-Recorded Education. Hood County Extension Agent Amanda Salinas presented the award during the June LGMG monthly meeting.

  Projects undertaken by the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners PR / Communi-cations Committee in 2025 included creating a new brochure and presentation template; generating an annual report; starting a new internal on-line newsletter; and receiving local media coverage of projects, columns and activities, plus photos and information about the Monarch Butterfly festival published in a state-wide magazine.

“I’m not surprised, but it’s a great honor,” said LGMG President Dale Childers. “It’s a big part of why we’re successful.” 

“Well done! … I am very proud of Hood County,” said Texas Master Gardener Secretary Jane McGowen and member of LGMG.

The committee also recently launched a new website with many resources for local gardening success. Whether figuring out the Hood County USDA Plant Hardiness Zone, searching for tough-as-nails Texas Superstar® plants, or mastering eco-friendly Earth-Kind® Gardening, lakegranburymastergardeners.org has everything gardeners need in one place.

The 2025-2026 PR/Communications team includes: Chair Louise Hooper, Anita Branch, JoBeth Cloud, Pamela Colborg, Debra Cook, Alicia Flower, Bridgette Piatt, Renee Rogers, Deborah Rollins and Phyllis Webster.

The Lake Granbury Master Gardeners (LGMG), a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, works to improve the quality of life in Hood County by sharing horticultural information through various projects, programs, events and activities. It is an educational volunteer program conducted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Services of the Texas A&M University System.