July 2014 meeting minutes

Master Gardener Meeting Minutes 7/10/2014

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

1601 N. San Francisco

 

6:30pm – 6:40pm             Welcome – Agenda – Hunter Kemmet

                                                Brief review of agenda for the evening               

 

                                             Raffle – $1 each or 6 for $5 - Must be present to win

                                                Drawing will be held after refreshments and before the business meeting

Prize:  Butterfly weed plant

 

                                             MG – NEED VOLUNTEERS

1.       Garden Clean-up raffle – Molly/Hattie

1.       Need yard clean-up volunteers

2.       Sell Tickets

2.       Garden Tours – Loni

1.       The Flagstaff Tour of Artists gardens Saturday July 26^th.

§  Colleen Tucker looking for volunteers.

3.       Arboretum (Plant Sale & Penstemon Festival) Saturday July 12^th – Hunter/Hattie

1.       Need one more volunteer

 

6:40pm – 6:45pm             Introduction of speaker – Ed Skiba

 

6:45pm-7:30pm Continuing Education

1.       Hattie Braun, History of the Extension in Arizona - then

2.       Gail Morris, Creating Monarch Waystations and Butterfly Gardens Gail Morris is a Maricopa Master Gardener,  project coordinator for Southwest Monarch Study www.swmonarchs.org/ and Conservation Specialist for Monarch Watch www.monarchwatch.org/.  The title of her talk is ‘Creating Monarch Waystations and Butterfly Gardens’.   Monarch waystations are refuges that provide resources necessary for monarch butterflies and their offspring when they make their annual migration. She will also talk about attracting and providing habitat for other butterflies.

7:30pm-7:55pm Refreshments – Andrea Guerrette and Linda Guarino

 

7:55pm-8:00pm Raffle Drawing - Butterfly weed plant

 

8:00pm - 8:25pm              Business Meeting – Hunter Kemmet     

 

MG Projects/Blog - Loni Shapiro

1.       Fund raising apron for sale

2.       Donor tags – these are for gardens that have won grants

3.       Donation to the Arboretum Soiree basket will be an apron with CMGA logo, a load of compost and a garden consultation by Hattie

 

                                                Financial report – Linda Guarino/Crys Wells

                                               

                                                MG Coordinator - Hattie Braun

 

                                                Continuing Education – Ed Skiba

 

Community Markets – Andrea Guerrette

 

Volunteer Support – Crys Wells

 

8:25pm – 8:30pm             Gardening Questions?

 

Next meeting: August 7, 2014

·         Rachael Edelstein – Mushrooms

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