Lake County
lpagone@ucanr.edu
Louise Pagone joined UC Cooperative Extension in Lake County as the new program coordinator for the UC Master Gardener Program in Nov. 2020. Pagone was born in San Francisco and raised in Marin County. She joined the UC Master Gardener Program as a volunteer in 2016 after retiring in 2014 from her career with the County of Marin. Pagone graduated from the UC Master Gardener class in Marin County in May 2016. After moving to Lake County in December, one of the first things she did was connect with the UC Master Gardeners of Lake County, becoming the program's president in 2018. She maintained the board president position until she was hired as the program's new coordinator.
Pagone has had a love and passion for gardening for as long as she can remember. Her parents were both keen gardeners and taught her well. She still has all of the editions of the Sunset Western Garden book that belonged to her mother. Her favorite plants to grow are bulbs and perennials. “I can kill a vegetable in two seconds because I insist on treating every plant like a perennial!” she says.” Her latest interest is trying to grow saffron crocus.
Louise Pagone lives in Hidden Valley Lake with her dog, Buck, who likes to help her dig holes, gangs of sparrows that come to her bird feeders, and some very quarrelsome Anna's Hummingbirds who are always scolding each other. When restrictions lift, she will work out of the UCCE Lake County office in Lakeport, Calif. You can reach Louise Pagone via e-mail at lpagone@ucanr.edu.