New Mexico Master Gardeners assist their local Cooperative Extension Service office in providing accurate, research-based gardening information to county residents.

The New Mexico Master Gardener Program began in 1981 in Albuquerque. There are currently (2007) 15 New Mexico counties and the Navajo Tri-State Extension office with active Master Gardener Programs. In some counties the Master Gardener classes are taught annually. Other county agents find that the program is more sustainable if it is taught once every two years.

For more information about New Mexico counties with Master Gardener Programs, click on the PROGRAMS button at the left side of this page.

Curtis Smith
Extension Horticulture Specialist
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service
9301 Indian School Rd. NE, #112
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Phone: 505-275-2576
Fax: 505-292-9815
Email: cwsmith@nmsu.edu