ProLawnCo recommends the
following resources for our clients to consider when caring for
their yards, plants and landscapes.
Neil Sperry - Neil
Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening!
Neil Sperry has
be synonymous with Texas gardening since 1970. He has
broadcast over
KRLD (1080 AM) in the DFW
area since May 1980. You can hear his broadcast on
Saturday mornings from 7 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Neil
also owns and publishes Neil Sperry's Gardens Magazine.
He publishes an annual Texas Gardening Calendar which
features another of his loves, garden photography. His
"Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to texas Gardening, is the 4th
best selling gardening hardback in American History.
Neil has been
recognized by his peers. He was selected as American
Garden Communicator of the Year by the American Association
of Nurserymen. The Texas Cooperative Extension of
Texas A&M identified him as Man of the Year in Texas
Agriculture.
Neil Sperry's
website is
http://www.neilsperry.com/
Howard Garrett (The Dirt
Doctor) - Texas Gardening the Natural Way
Howard Garrett
professes how to care for your yard and garden organically.
Call in or listen to the Dirt Doctor
radio show every Saturday
morning in the Dallas/Fort Worth area from 11:00AM
– Noon on
KSKY News Talk 660AM.
Also call in or listen
every Sunday morning from 8:00AM – 11:00AM CST in
Dallas/Fort Worth and other cities across America. We talk
about natural organic gardening, pest control, healthy
living and anything else on your mind.
Howard Garrett
is a landscape architect by training, with extensive
experience in landscape contracting, greenhouse growing,
golf course planning and maintenance and organic product
development. Howard has devoted his life to educating the
public on organic and natural landscaping, gardening,
farming, ranching, and basic land management.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Park
Administration and Landscape Architecture from Texas Tech
University in 1969. After a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve, Howard started his business career at Club
Corporation of America in Farmers Branch, Texas where he was
a laborer and assistant golf course superintendant. He is
now a registered landscape architect, ISA certified
arborist, horticulturist, broadcaster, photographer and
writer.
Howard Garrett's
website is
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/
The Texas
A&M University Turfgrass Program
The Texas A&M
Turfgrass Program is a website that has many resources for
the all levels of turfgrass owners, including homeowner's,
golf course superintendends, and sports field managers.
This site has many answers for you, local contacts,
diagnostics, pest identification and control, turf tips and
education.
The Texas A&M
University Turfgrass Program website is
http://aggieturf.tamu.edu/
Collin
County Cooperative Extension
The mission of
Texas Cooperative Extension in Collin County is to improve
county resident's quality of life with custom-made
educational programs which are based on community-identified
needs in the areas of agriculture, environmental
stewardship, youth and adult life skills, human capital and
leadership and community economic development.
With regard to
agriculture, they have information on having your soil
tested, insect questions, and master gardening. The
Collin County Cooperative Extension can be reached at:
Collin County
Extension Office
825
North McDonald, Suite 150
McKinney, TX 75069
Phone: 972-548-4233
Fax: 972-548-5530
Email:
Collin-tx@tamu.edu
The Collin
County Cooperative Extensions website is
http://collin-tx.tamu.edu/
Denton
County Cooperative Extension
The mission of
Texas Cooperative Extension in Denton County is to improve
county resident's quality of life with custom-made
educational programs which are based on community-identified
needs in the areas of agriculture, environmental
stewardship, youth and adult life skills, human capital and
leadership and community economic development.
With regard to
agriculture, they have information on having your soil
tested, insect questions, and master gardening. The
Denton County Cooperative Extension can be reached at:
Denton County
Extension Office
Denton Government Center
306 N Loop 288, Suite 222
Denton, TX 76209-4887
Phone: 940-349-2880
Fax: 940-349-2881
Email:
Denton-tx@tamu.edu
The Denton County Cooperative
Extensions website is
http://denton-tx.tamu.edu/
