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Mission Statement

The Mission of the Master Gardener Society of Oakland County, Inc. is to enrich the lives of those who love gardening. We are volunteers who fulfill our commitment to community outreach by providing hands-on gardening and research-based horticultural education. Members of the Society are Master Gardeners certified by Michigan State University.

Upcoming MGSOC General Meetings

MGSOC General Meetings are free to MGSOC members. Members are REQUIRED to wear their Master Gardener badges. Visitors are always welcome and pay $5 at the door. Please sign in at the welcome table by 6 PM with Julie Bird. Our business meetings begin at 6:30 PM and our speakers begin shortly after.

 In 2024, we are excited to announce that we have a new meeting place for our General Meetings. They will be held on Wednesday’s at the Rochester Community House. Several of us toured this beautiful facility which will be perfect for our meetings! It is a warm and comfortable room, they will be able to book our meetings for a year in advance (critical for us to hire our speakers!), there is lots of lighted parking and we think it is convenient to most of our members. January’s meeting will be Zoom and some other offsite meetings will be held but all regular meetings will be at the new location. Check it out! https://rochestercommhouse.org/

For perks of being a member and a list of 2024 MGSOC education classes, click here.

Thursday,
October 3, 2024

5:00 PM

Special Harvest Happenings MGSOC Event and Salute to Nancy Schmid

Special guest speaker, Julia Hofley

*Held at Piechnik’s Garden Gate

1095 North Rochester Road, Oakland, 48363

Wednesday,
October 9, 2024

6:30 PM

Caitlin Splawski - Perennial Propagation

Caitlin will discuss how to multiply the perennials in our gardens.

*Held at Rochester Community House

816 Ludlow Rd, Rochester, MI 48307

Wednesday,
November 13, 2024

6:30 PM

Ed Blondin – Monastic Gardens: Begged, Borrowed and stolen

Part 2 of a two-lecture series: Much of the Western gardening tradition starts here, 900 years before the black plague, and owes its aesthetics to Ancient Persia. Throw aside all of your preconceived notions of the dark ages and explore a period of time that is steeped in eroticism, sensuality and strict religious dogma, all of which influenced the European agricultural economies.

*Held at Rochester Community House

816 Ludlow Rd, Rochester, MI 48307

Wednesday,
December 11, 2024

6:00 PM

MGSOC Silent Auction and Holiday Event

*Held at Rochester Community House

816 Ludlow Rd, Rochester, MI 48307

SAVE THE DATE for the 2025 Education Conference – Saturday, April 26, 2025

Past Meeting Recordings

Recordings from Past Meetings 2020-2022

Past Meeting Handouts and Websites

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