CMGA General Info

Christmas Amaryllis with Orchid to the right. Below Ruth Benson's holiday bears.
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

Thursday, January 6, 2011

MG Association January Meeting 1/13/11

Master Gardener Meeting Agenda 1/13/11
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
1601 N. San Francisco
6:30pm – 8:30pm



6:30pm-6:40pm Welcome – Agenda Jim Mast
Brief review of agenda for the evening
Introduction of Speaker

6:40pm-7:30pm Continuing Education
Bird Loving Plants
Bea Cooley, Master Gardener and member of the Audubon Society

7:30pm-7:45pm Refreshments
Hosted by Loni Shapiro

7:45pm - 8:30pm Business Meeting
7:45pm – 8:00pm Grand Canyon Project(Jan Busco) & Overview of recent Executive Meeting – Jim Mast
Repeat of calendar project (May 5 deadline for photos) – see handout
Last year – sold about 150/distributed 50
Membership – Jan/Dec
Cards next month
Will include discounts
Categories – Member, Trainee, Associate
By-laws to be updated next month

Finance Update – Ed Skiba
Membership/Calendar sales

8:00pm – 8:20pm Committee Reports:
Continuing Education – Dana Prom Smith (see schedule below)
Community Programs
Community Markets
Speakers Bureau
Home Show – Hattie Braun/Faith Brittain
Coordination of MG Projects – Linda Guarino
Volunteer Support/Social – Hattie Braun/Crys Wells

8:20pm – 8:30pm How to – touring the blog!

Next meeting: February 10, 2011
Shepherd of the Hills Church
1601 N. San Francisco
Spiders of the Winter
Freddie Steele, writer and former naturalist with the park service

Schedule for future meetings:
March 10 Chaa Organic Farm in Belize – Linda Neff, anthropologist
April 14 Therapeutic Horticulture vs. horticultural Therapy – Loni Shapiro
May 10 Flagstaff Community Market – Art Babbott
June 9 Foxglove Gardening – Joanie Abbott
July 14 Sustainability – William Auberle

Other Educational and Volunteer Opportunities
February 8 – May 17, 2011 Master Gardener Training
October – 2011 Highlands Garden Conference/Yavapai County
For details on above opportunities check out the blog – coconinomgassociation.blogspot.com
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