Hundreds of Master Gardeners in Memphis are ready to give you advice
Tom Rieman, a Master Gardener, stands in one of the city’s greenhouses in Overton Park. Rieman and a group of other Master Gardeners use the greenhouse to cultivate plants. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Tom Rieman, a Master Gardener, transports some newly potted plants to be watered in a greenhouse owned by the City of Memphis. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
A large agave plant grows in the corner of a greenhouse owned by the City of Memphis. The plants are for use in public spaces around the city. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Tom Rieman, a Master Gardener, trims leaves off a small plant in one of the city’s greenhouses in Overton Park. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Mary Cody Page, a Master Gardener for the Memphis Area Master Gardeners, stands in one of the city’s greenhouses.(Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Tom Rieman, a Master Gardener, stands in one of the city’s greenhouses on MLGW’s property in Overton Park. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
‘We’re not gardening gods, just people who enjoy it and have killed more plants than you have,’ says nine-year Master Gardener veteran Tom Rieman.
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