Twenty-one volunteers make up the Penn State Extension Master Gardener program in Greene County, helping coordinate everything from giving children baby tomato plants to creating pollinator gardens. And they’re always looking for more people to help. “It’s a good program for people who ...

Penn State Extension of Washington County’s pesticide education program had fallen by the wayside since the pandemic, but the organization hopes Mr. Yuk will be back in all of the county’s first-grade classrooms next school year. Cathy Witsberger, a master gardener and coordinator of the ...

Lisa Lewis, Greene County Penn State Extension Master Gardener Though they mainly originated from the mountainous rainforests of Brazil, holiday cacti can find a happy home in many Greene County abodes. These houseplants can live up to 100 years, being passed down from generation to ...