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Awesome Awards and Heat-loving Plants

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On this week’s Good to Grow, hosts Denise and Jan will talk about graduations, awards, and heat-loving plants. The El Paso Master Gardeners recently had their own awards! Congratulations to MG Veronica Macias, winner of the State 1st place Dogwood Association Award for Outstanding Individual. Congratulations as well to MG Blanche Herrera and EPCMGA President James Courtright for earning State 1st place for G.R.O.W.S. Workshop Presentation.

Today’s topic on heat-loving plants serves as a teaser for the upcoming G.R.O.W.S. workshop with speaker Robin Scofield on Saturday, June 13, from 11:00am to 12:30pm at the Westside Library Branch. 125 Belvidere St., El Paso, TX 79912. For more information on this workshop you can visit the following link: https://txmg.org/elpaso/

Heat-loving plants range from Palo Verdes, Spanish Brooms, Bugambilias, Birds of Paradise, and many more that will be discussed in today’s episode. Don’t miss this edition of Good to Grow, and stay tuned for the next episode!

The El Paso County Master Gardeners started in 1981 and has been growing with many volunteers and Master Gardeners ever since. The love of gardening and search for knowledge are primary reasons people join the program to become trained and certified Master Gardeners. Texas Master Gardeners are united in name, but the program’s strength lies in its ability to meet the diverse needs of the communities it serves.

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This program originally aired on May 23, 2026.

Denise S. Rodriguez, County Administrator and Horticulture Extension Agent, is an El Paso native who earned her BS and MS in Horticulture at New Mexico State University. Denise previously worked at the AgriLife Research Center at El Paso where she was part of a research team focusing on determining the drought and salt tolerance of low water use plants in urban horticulture. She has tailored her home gardens to be kid friendly in hopes of inspiring her own children to engage in gardening.
Jan Petrzelka is a voluntter host on Good To grow on Saturdays at 11:15 AM. She is a Master Gardner with the Texas A&M Extension service and conducts workshops on gardening.
Arely Avitia manages website content, graphic design and is part of the student outreach team. She works with audio producers to update production archives and news content, as well as maintain reporting for music licensing.
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