CMGA General Info

Species tulips planted in fall. These appear in early spring. Olivia White Hospice Garden.
Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Welcome to the Coconino County Master Gardeners Association blog. The mission of the Master Gardener Program is to create a corps of well-informed volunteers, and to deliver quality horticultural education programs adapted to our regional high elevation environment. The purpose of the association is to provide support for those volunteers and Master Gardener graduates, continuing education, and opportunities to participate in community programs that increase the visibility and participation in the Master Gardener Program.
The Coconino Master Gardener Association (2009) began in 2009. This blog contains information on:
-How to become a member
-Volunteer and Education hours reporting
-Calendar of Events
-General gardening information articles
-Master Gardener Association Documents and forms
-References and Resources
-Interesting Websites and Blogs
-Old Gardening Etcetera columns
-Recipes
-Book Reviews
-How to contact Board or Committee Members
Meetings are held monthly on the 2nd Thursday from 600pm - 8;30pm. We meet at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1601 N. San Francisco. This includes continuing education and a business meeting.

Reporting Master Gardener Hours

All master gardener trainees and certified master gardeners need to report their hours.
Beginning in 2010 certified master gardeners need to have 6 Education hours and 12 Volunteer hours in order to maintain certification.The on line reporting system allows you to report Education or Volunteer hours. You can sign in to record hours in the right hand column under Recording Volunteer and Education Hours. Just click on the U. of A.
If you have any questions or concerns about the new reporting system, please contact Brenda Smith (A - M) or Sue Madden (N - Z). Their contacts are listed at the bottom of the blog under
Contacts.



Ideas for hours------
--Attend monthly meetings
--Work on an association committee
--Work at an informational booth for the Master Gardeners
--Be a speaker about gardening topics at a variety of venues

--Host a garden tour
--Work at a fundraising event (Plant Sale - Garden Tour).
--Work at a MG site (Olivia White Hospice, the Arboretum, Riordan Mansion, or school gardens (many others)). Check out the Assoc. Doc. & Forms under Volunteer Sites.
--Work in the Extension office
--Write an article for the newspaper column -Gardening Etcetera
-Volunteer with the Seed Library
Be creative! There are many ways to fulfill your hours. Just remember for volunteering it needs to be a non-profit endeavor or an approved for profit site.

Change in Contact Information

Have you moved or changed your e-mail address, but would still like to be contacted about high elevation gardening information from the Extension? The Coconino County Extension Master Gardener Program has a site that will let you change your information on-line.

Click here to change your contact information!

Event Calendar

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Flagstaff Garden Starts CSA 2013


Again, Flagstaff Foodlink and Flagstaff Native Plant and Seed are partnering to grow and distribute high quality vegetable seedlings for your garden. We hope to offer more heirloom varieties this year, and to support small seed companies as much as we can. And like always, we will be offering a combination of cold and warm season crops, and seeds for direct sowing. We are in the process of ordering seeds right now and we will be sending out the variety list and pick-up dates soon. We are also going to send out a planting guide well in advance to assist you in planning your garden.

I would like to introduce Helen Sisk as our grower this year. She has a deep knowledge of growing plants and has gardened in Flagstaff for many years. I'm very excited to be working with her this year!
If you would like to volunteer with the Garden Starts CSA this year, please let me know. We can always use a hand in sowing, watering, thinning, preparing seed packets, rebuilding our shade house, and whatever else comes up! As our operation is in the NAU greenhouse, NAU students are especially welcome.    
Without further ado, please consider ordering your garden starts share today, please see the registration form here. You can pay by check or through Paypal for even faster payments.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask,
Looking forward to hearing from you,

Regan 
Regan Emmons
Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator 
Flagstaff Garden Starts CSA, Flagstaff Foodlink - Growing Food, Growing Community

flaggardenstarts@gmail.com

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