CMGA General Info

Roadrunner: Although typically desert dwellers, roadrunners may also thrive in cold climates by fluffing feathers for insulation and by exposing their black back feathers to the sun.
Photo by Cindy Murray.

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

Monday, September 17, 2018

Olivia White Hospice Garden Volunteers in 2018

One of the many beautiful roses that Carol Chicci cares for at the Olivia White Hospice Garden.
Morden Sunshine Rose by Crys Wells

Work continues by the city on the circle drive on Turquise and Switzer Canyon on the south end of the garden property. The volunteers have worked around it and have had to move  a memorial garden (Michael Moore) and many plants and trees, but the rest of the garden remains beautiful. Here is a note from Crys Wells on the happenings this year.

What a busy, wonderful gardening season we’ve had!  We’ve survived drought, heat, rain, deer foraging, construction work, and mosquitoes!  Not exactly the 10 Plagues, but enough for one group of gardeners!
This week continued with dead-heading and weeding. We’ve purchased a maple tree to replace Dana’s tree that was damaged (killed?) in the move due to construction.  We are hoping to get it planted in the next couple of weeks.  The roses, once the deer found something else to nosh on, have been lovely!  Even the Harrison’s Yellow Rose that had to be moved (due to construction!) is doing well under Carol’s loving care.  We have been able to utilize LOTS of beautiful, rich mulch that Pam and Frank have nurtured so diligently.  Joe has been actively pruning trees to make them healthier AND more beautiful.  Becky keeps us stocked in hummingbird nectar and Jackie and Sirena tirelessly fill bird feeders most every week; Sirena also helped with seed collection this week. Judith worked on the Rock Garden this week, loving planting a few new items.  Kay’s work in the north gardens is worth an out-of-the way visit if you don’t get to that area much.  The apples are ripening (and some will be unscathed thanks to the sock that Ashley placed on them weeks ago!) and we’ve got LOADS of grapes (seedy but sweet and wonderful) this year.  We snacked on a few on Thursday, but are still waiting for some of the smaller ones to ripen a bit more.  We should be able to take quite a bit of fruit into the house for the residents as it looks like we’ll have some raspberries coming in a bit also.  Suzanna has kept the front of the house looking good, including the flower pots that brighten the entrance.  We’ve been taking turns loving on Linda’s Fairy Garden, which awaits her return.  In the coming weeks, we will need to be dead-heading lavender and cutting back iris (Katarina is away, so we’ll be tending to these this year.)  I haven’t seen Ashley, Judy, Cindy, or Ed in a while, although I’ve heard from Ed.  I hope all are doing well.  Also hoping that we’ll see Vic and Carol at the potluck and that Carol is healed and getting stronger!  It was great to have Loni in the garden in the early weeks…we’ll hope to see her at the potluck.

Just a note from me.....This garden was created by master gardeners and has been a project for about 15 years. They have received several grants from the CMGA. Thanks to all who have helped to make it beautiful for the residents and families.

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