more... > Master Gardener > Parish LMG Programs > Piney Hills > [image: Piney Hills] Germantown Colony and Museum [Image: Bluegrass Festival at Germantown] Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners plan to add plantings to enhance this old historic site. 4-H Gardening Contest [Image: Henry Andrews with Overall Winning Garden] A gardening contest to encourage 4-Her's to try their hand at vegetable gardening. Trails & Trellises [Image: Color in a 2008 Trails & Trellises garden] Trails & Trellises is a garden tour planned for the spring of 2008 by the Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners. Several gardens in the Minden area will be featured as well as two lectures presented by gardening personality, Felder Rushing. Buds & Blooms [Image: Registering for Buds & Blooms 2007] Buds & Blooms provides educational seminars for the gardening public.  more articles... Jonquil Jubilee [Image: Field of daffodils] The Jonquil Jubilee is an annual spring event in Gibsland, La. Louisiana Master Gardeners help visitors identify plants at the various gardens as well as share gardening tips from planting to caring for tools. Can You Dig It? [Image: Trowel with flower] Can You Dig It? is the newsletter of the Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners. Master Gardener Kathy Love, the editor of this publication, seeks submissions of articles, recipes and other information of interest to our organization and the gardening public. Meadowview Nursing Home Louisiana Master Gardeners, in conjunction with T.G.'s Nursery in Minden, are installing a butterfly garden at Meadowview Nursing Home for the residents' enjoyment. 4-H Projects Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners help with a variety of 4-H projects. Union Elementary Teaching Garden A teaching garden is being put in at Union Elementary School in Doyline. Bistineau State Park Louisiana Master Gardeners have prepared perennial beds in front of the office at the park and at the entrance to the park. Forms Forms available to Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners The Farm The Moess Center for the Arts & City Farm in Minden, La., is the site of several activities of the Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners. Labs for the Master Gardener classes are held here. Students enjoy a little fresh air and sun as they learn everything from compost making to pruning to collecting insects. Projects List of ongoing Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardener projects Shadows Estate Project Description [Image: Photo of Shadows Estate] The home and outlying buildings will be renovated to depict what they looked like in the 1800s. It is the job of the Louisiana Master Gardeners to assist in renovating the landscape to resemble as closely as possible what the grounds looked like then.