THE WOAI HOME & GARDEN SHOW
Saturday 7:00-10:00 a.m.
Call in: 210-737-1200 or 1-800-383-WOAI
Host: Bill Rohde - Expert: David Rodriguez
e-mail Bill: billrohde@clearchannel.com
e-mail David: dhrodriguez@ag.tamu.edu
WOAI HOME AND GARDEN SHOW
THE WOAI HOME & GARDEN SHOW Saturday 7:00-10:00 a.m. Call in: 210-737-1200 or 1-800-383-WOAI Host: Bill Rohde - Expert: David Rodriguez e-mail Bill: billrohde@clearchannel.com e-mail David: dhrodriguez@ag.tamu.edu
Here are a couple of great educational opportunities for adults and youth in becoming better gardeners in 2013.
Bexar County Master Gardener’s
May 21 (Tues) 6:30pm-8:30pm Backyard Gardening Series: "How to Build a Raised Bed and Utilizing Drip Irrigation” Come visit with Master Gardeners Dr. Tom Harris and Ron Csehil to become more comfortable and successful with raised bed gardens as well as to save water with drip irrigation. For more information and to RSVP, contact Angel Torres at (210) 467-6575. Registration fee of $10 is payable at the door. Click here for more information.
2013 Alamo Area Horticulture Show and Contest May 25, 2013 at Festival of Flowers
The Bexar County Master Gardeners invite all area gardeners to participate in the 2013 Alamo Area Horticulture Show and Contest that will take place during the Festival of Flowers on May 25, 2013 at the Alzafar Shrine, 901 N. Loop 1604, between Blanco Rd. and Stone Oak Pkwy. The horticulture show and contest is presented by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Bexar County Master Gardeners.
The show and contest is open to all amateur home gardeners from Bexar and the surrounding counties. Gardeners of all ages are encouraged to enter the show including gardeners 17 years old and younger that are judged separately from the adult exhibitors.
We are encouraging area youth to participate in the show. If you are affiliated with a scout or church youth group, mentor a school garden or other youth organization, please share this information with our area young folks including family members and neighbors.
Exhibitors may bring their entries to the Alzafar Shrine between 3 -7 pm Friday, May 24, or 8 – 10 am on Saturday, May 25. There is a fee of $5 for each person entering one or more exhibits in the show. Each exhibitor will receive one coupon good for admission to the Festival of Flowers on Saturday, May 25.
Bill Rohde is the go-to guy when it comes to Saturdays on News Radio 1200 WOAI. Hear him when you wake up with San Antonio's First News: Saturday Edition, and then join him as he plants himself in front of the microphone for three hours of stimulating and bright talk with the Home and Garden Show.
Bill's also known as the "Head Elf" around these parts, having successfully worked in tandem with the Elf Louise charity to stage an annual WOAI radiothon and auction to benefit the group's efforts. His hats don't stop with charity. Bill's also works as a senior account executive in the WOAI Radio sales department, and has been the man behind the microphone on various TV commercials and as the starter for professional golf tournaments around the area, including the AT&T Championship each October at Oak Hills Country Club
Hello everyone. My name is David Rodriguez, County Extension Agent-Horticulture for Texas AgriLife Extension Service-Bexar County of the Texas A&M University System. I am also, the Program Coordinator of over 400 trained and recertified volunteers of the Bexar County Master Gardener Program.
Here is a little bit about myself. I was born on March 28, 1968 in Houston, Texas. But, I was raised all my life here, in San Antonio. Considered a second generation Sicilian, yes I have a Spanish surname, but I was adopted and recently have been acquainted with my birth parents and family (a much longer story).
I attended Mount Sacred Heart School K-8th grade—in which I survived nine years of an all-boys military Catholic school! (And the nuns survived me!) I attended high school at Antonian College Preparatory School, graduating in 1986. I was very active through those years in all aspects of sports and student council. I graduated from Texas A&M University, College Station, with a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture and earned my Masters in 1992 in Horticulture, as well. Hopefully, I’ll start and finish my Doctorates one day.
I am a prodigy of the nursery “Green Industry. I started with Grimm’s Nursery when I was 10 years old. I received my first official paycheck when I was 12 years old! (Making $3.15 per hour.) My father worked with the Grimm’s family for almost fifty years. From the age of 12 to 23 (11 years), I worked at Grimm’s learning about wholesale growing (roses, fruit trees), retail nursery management, residential, and large scale commercial landscaping. I am both a certified and Master Nursery Professional.
After finishing my formal education, I worked with George Weschler of Wolfe’s Nurseries for about 10 years and then Calloway’s Nursery for three3 more years thereafter. So I bring over 29 years of practical hands-on experience with a sound education taking the position as an Extension Horticulturist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service in January 2006. I am always willing and excited in learning new things on a daily basis. I did my first Senior Internship with the Extension and helped set up the first Master Gardener class in 1989, so it’s good to be back.
Here is some information about Texas AgriLife Extension Service and my current programs. The educational programs conducted by Texas AgriLife Extension Service serve people of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, religion, disability, or national origin.
Questions can be asked and horticultural information can be found on the Internet at Texas A&M’s Plantanswers website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu or our own county site at: http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu, please click under Horticulture for all our local information including the Bexar Master Gardener page.
Current media that I work on include a weekly gardening calendar in the San Antonio Life section of the Saturday San Antonio Express-News, a question and answer column in all Thursdays Prime Time Newspaper Outlets, which includes the Northside Recorder-Times, the Northside Times and Southside Reporter. A monthly gardening “Live Chat” on MySA.com at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/salife/gardening/.
A monthly Sunday gardening article in Spanish, in “La Prensa”, San Antonio’s oldest and only Bi-lingual newspaper. The WOAI “Garden” Show every Saturday from 7:00-10:00 a.m. in which they have a wonderful garden page with a plant of the week and seasonal article at: http://radio.woai.com/pages/homeandgardenshow.html.
I often contribute to plantaswers.com, which is the largest Horticulture web site in the world. As well as many other gardening publications, interviews, articles, press releases and gardening presentations.
The other pages in this “Welcoming” package will show and provide information in how valuable and how much the Master Gardener Volunteers of Texas AgriLife Extension Service help out in the public.
If we can be of further service, please contact our office at (210) 467-6575, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and ask for the Homeowner Hotline. Check it Out!!! Remember Learn and have Fun!!! As always we want to thank all the Master Gardener volunteers and are partners who support Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Extension Horticulture programs. Without each and everyone’s loyalties and hard work very little to none of this work could be conducted. David Rodriguez Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas A&M University System Extension Horticulturist & Bexar County Master Gardener Coordinator 3355 Cherry Ridge, Suite #212 San Antonio, TX 78230-4818 Phone: 210-467-6575 Fax: 210-930-1753 E-mail: dhrodriguez@ag.tamu.edu Horticulture Secretary: Angel Torres
Special Note: Listen to a live broadcast of the "Garden Show" with David Rodriguez and Bill Rohde on WOAI 1200 AM every Saturday morning, between and , and call in with your gardening questions at (210) 737-1200 or 1-800-383-9624. Feel free to listen "Live" on the web and visit the gardening page at: http://radio.woai.com/pages/homeandgardenshow.html
7:00-10:00a: WOAI Home and Garden Show 10:00-11:00: Mutual Fund Store w/ Adam Bold 11:00-2:00: The Car Pro Show 2:00-3:00p: Under The Hood 3:00-4:00p: The WOAI - KM Builders Remodeling Show 4:00-5:00p: WOAI Real Estate Show 5:00-6:00p: Wellness Matters 6:00-9:00p: The Tech Guy
Bexar County Master Gardeners, Texas AgriLife Extension Service,
and Texas Nursery & Landscape Association.
Open to juniors and adults and judged separately.
New to the show this year are two top Agriculture High School entries: First place is a $500 certificate and second place is a $250 certificate. Certificates will be awarded by Texas Nursery and Landscape Association to each awardees’ upon acceptance into a college or a university.
