More than 50 Sussex County Master Gardeners are involved in the planning and upkeep. Home gardeners can drop by any time to view our array of plantings and get ideas. In summer, varieties of heirloom tomatoes, herbs, shade-loving plants, annual flowers, perennial ground covers, decorative grasses, roses and asters abound in this area, which is always open to visitors and students alike. Using the garden as a hands-on laboratory, Master Gardeners offer workshops on composting and growing vegetables and flowers. While the trial plots and laboratories that comprise much of the REC farm are vital to the research program, the people who work there are its most valuable resource.
Every day is different.
A college alum with a degree in animal sciences, Green, like many workers at the REC, came from industry, drawn by a strong desire to help people and do work they see as critical for a profitable agriculture and a healthy, safe environment. Its equipped with a computer system and a printer. The data is collected automatically on a disk that can be inserted into an office computer. This eliminates the need for inputting data for comparisons, which is how it was done in the past. More than 25 different weed species can be found among the many corn and soybean plants.