At the 2017 Texas Master Gardener Association Convention,  Kaufman County Master Gardeners, who are in the medium association category (25 to 49 members), won a second-place award for their 2016 Spring Seminar, “No Dig Gardening: The Easier, Lazier Way to Grow Food.” 

Master Gardener Rebecca Morrow spoke about no-dig gardening techniques that were also physically easier to manage, including raised-bed gardening, vertical gardening, and container gardening. Master Gardener Duddly Hargrove discusses the principles and methods of the popular square-foot gardening system promoted by Mel Bartholomew. The program ended with a demonstration of ways to recycle common items for use in the garden by Master Gardener Rebecca Morrow.