Master Gardener Meeting Agenda 5/20/10
Northland Hospice Office – 452 N. Switzer Canyon Drive
(Parking in front of the building or in the lot just north of it.)
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30pm-6:40pm Welcome – Agenda
Jim Mast
Brief review of agenda. Introduction of speakers
6:40pm-7:30pm Continuing Education
All Plants are Medicine
Susan B. Collins
7:30pm – 7:45pm Refreshments
Ed Skiba
7:45pm -8:30pm Business Meeting
7:45pm-8:00pm Overview of recent Executive Committee meeting - Jim Mast
Change in meeting times beginning October/November
Standing Committees added to Bi-laws (handout circulated and will be posted on website under by-laws)
Finance - Bank account, dues collection, donations jar
Calendar fundraising update (Loni will circulate photo selections)
8:00pm-8:30pm Committee Reports:
Continuing Education-Dana Prom Smith
Speakers scheduled through January 2011. Check blog for updates.
Community Programs-Steve Shields
Flagstaff’s Community Market
1st & 2nd Sundays/all Wednesdays beginning in July
Speakers Bureau, Home Show
Need speakers/topics/Hattie working on getting someone from Toastmasters to talk about speaking and will do tech training for those interested (PowerPoint)
Coordination MG Projects –Linda Guarino
Change in application form
Working on updating list of current projects
Approved project- Canyon Chapel – contact Ed Skiba
Volunteer Support/Social - Crys Wells
Next meeting: June 17, 2010
Speaker: Volunteer Through Gardening Around the World: experiences highlighted in Lesotho, Malawi,l Australia, and Costa Rica Julie Lancaster
Speakers for future meetings:
July 15 Microclimates & Gardening Lee Born
August 19 Bugs Freddie Steele
September Recognition Picnic
October 21 Hopi Agriculture Susan Lamb Bean
November ?
December Holiday Party
Continuing Education opportunities and Events:
May 21-23 NAU Sustainable Communities Program
Lessons From Puebloan Culture
May 22 Garden Club Annual Plant Exchange
Home of Jacki Hainsworth
May 22 Building a Rock Garden & Water Feature Workshops
Arboretum at Flagstaff
May 23 Earth Spirit Essential Oils Class
Floral/Water Elements
May 25 Vegetable Gardening in Flagstaff Jim Mast
East Flagstaff Library
May 26 & 29 Warner’s Landscape & Nursery
Container Gardening
May 30 Flagstaff Sunday Community Market Begins
June 5 Terroir Seeds Open House – Chino Valley
June 6 Earth Spirit Essential Oils Claqss
Grounding and the Earth Elements
June 11-13 NAU Sustainable Communities Program
Four Sister Gardening in the Southwest Highlands
June 13 Earth Spirit Essential Oils Class
Ether and the Sacred Scents
June 17 Coconino MG Association Meeting
June 18-20 NAU Sustainable Communities Program
Global Food Systems
June 26 Hummingbird Festival
Arboretum at Flagstaff
July 7 Flagstaff Wednesday Community Market Begins
July 9 Summer Plant Sale
Arboretum at Flagstaff
July 17 10% of Proceeds at Warners Donated to the Olivia White Gardens
July 30-Aug.1 NAU Sustainable Communities Program
Permaculture Design Course
August 27-28 11th Annual Arizona Highlands Garden Conference – Payson, AZ
Oct 13-16 American Horticultural Therapy Association
Annual Conference – Chicago, IL
Oct 16 13th Annual School Garden Conference – Chicago, IL
CMGA General Info
Christmas Amaryllis with Orchid to the right. Below Ruth Benson's holiday bears.
Photo by Loni Shapiro.
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.
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.
--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!
Click here to change your contact information!
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