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Fall Florafest 2025

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On this week’s Good to Grow, hosts Denise, Jan, and John are hosting their show live during the Florafest native plant sale in the company of Dr. Kevin Floyd, the botanical curator of UTEP’s Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. In this episode, they will talk about the native plant varieties offered at this Florafest plant sale, such as the Golden Ball Lead trees from an Austin greenhouse, Texas Kidney Wood, Leucophyllum (or Texas Sage), and many other great additions for your garden. 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 October 11, 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.
John White is a co-host of Good To Grow on KTEP and a curator of the Chihuahua Desert Garden at the University of Texas at El Paso. John is a professional Horticulturist and earned his Masters of Science in Horticulture from New Mexico State University.