CMGA General Info

The San Francisco Peaks as seen from Timberline 5 miles northeast of Flagstaff.
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

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities for 2020

Please check out MG Projects List for 2020 for general info.
Weekly information will be posted on this page.



 CMGA
-Seed  Library
Not available until August
4th Thurday of the month from 10an-1pm

-4th Annual Plant & Garden Sale
The June plant sale is cancelled.  Keri and Liz are looking at  possibly doing a monsoon event in August.  If you would like to help contact Kari Usher (dancingwvr@q.com) or Liz George lizgeorge928@gmail.com. They have sent  an update to the vendors who had requested space.

-Flagstaff Tour of Artful Gardens
This event is cancelled for July. There is a possible reschedule for August. Contact Jenny Quartman if you want to help.  (jennyanneq@gmail.com)

Museum of Northern Arizona
Colton community Garden
Museum Research Campus on east side of highway 180 (turn at Peaks Senior Living sign to top of road).
Come join us as we prepare garden beds, plant early season crops and do garden clean-up in preparation for the 2020 growing season. Thursdays from 1-3 pm . Contact Fritz at beetbatbadger@gmail.com. If you have any questions please call Diane at 928-607-1368.

Michael Moore Medicinal Garden
No new volunteers for this year due to the coronavirus. The space just isn't that big and so social distancing becomes an issue, and it is also difficult to introduce them to the garden.  For questions contact Laura Davis (mmgardens@q.com).

Native Plants & Gardens Work Group
Please join this group to learn how to care for Colorado Planteau native plants and improve the 200 acres of lands at MNA's grounds and gardens. The gardening season begins on May 6th, from 8am-10am in the Colton House/Coyote Range Garden. For more info contact Jan Busco (jbusco@musnaz.org).

Olivia White Hospice Garden
Luncheon and new gardener orientation cancelled. Early season gardening will be limited to past volunteers with scheduling time.  If you have questions contact Crys Wells (cryswells@gmail.com).

City of Flagstaff Sustainability
If you’re looking for a hands-on volunteer opportunity, we could use some help making some major improvements to one of the City’s community garden (the O’Leary Street Garden). We are planning to install over 15 raised bed garden plots, remove a fence, pull weeds, and more and we could use your help!
We are planning to carry out the work throughout the day on May 13th. Based on the number of volunteers and your availability, we will work to stagger volunteers throughout the day and provide adequate spacing in order to observe social distancing guidelines.
If you’re looking to get outside and get your hands dirty, we would certainly appreciate the help. If interested or for questions  email  Dylan Lenzen at sustainability'   dlenzen@flagstaffaz.gov.

Willow Bend Gardens
Contact Susan Lamb if you are interested in helping this year.  (susan@susanlamb.net)





No comments:

Post a Comment