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February 5, 2025
- Feb. 5, 2025 – “How to Start and Maintain an Organic Vegetable Garden”
Mary Karish ($100) - Speaker obtained from Federation Speakers list
Phone: 972-839-2188 - Bio attached
Email: marykarish46@yahoo.com
Feb. 5, 2025 – Mary Karish, is a Certified Master Gardener with Waller County. She grew up in the mountains of Lebanon, a tiny country in the East Mediterranean. Her gardening skills developed at the age of 7, helping her grandmother take care of the family fruit orchard. Her favorite pastime is growing citrus and olives. Mary’s specializations are Composting, Greenhouse Management, Citrus & Home Fruit Orchard, Budding and Propagation. Aside from maintaining her own organic vegetable garden, a wildflower meadow, a citrus and a fruit orchard, she gives presentations, lectures and hands on workshops on soil building, garden design, planting and food preservation. Her programs cover Katy Independent School District Adult Evening Education Programs, garden clubs, county master gardeners, corporations and senior education centers. Mary has published many articles on growing mangoes, moringa trees, citrus, biodynamic gardening, to name a few. She is also an active member of the Texas Rare Fruit Growers.
