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

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Arizona Native Plant Society - Flagstaff Chapter

AZNPS Monthly Talks and Field Trips

All talks begin at 7:00 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in Room 328 of the Biology Building on the NAU campus (unless a room change comes about, which we will alert you to). Field trips normally are held the Sunday following the evening talks. Meet at 10:00 am at the Arizona State Credit Union parking lot, southwest corner of Beaver and Butler. Come prepared with sun protection, water, food, and a car or gas money for carpooling.

For information about the Flagstaff Chapter, contact Barb Phillips.

Tuesday, April 19: Jan Busco, “The Grand Canyon Visitor Center/Mather Point Vegetation Project.”
Grand Canyon National Park Vegetation Program Horticulturist Jan Busco will talk about Grand Canyon National Park’s ambitious project to create a world-class experience at Mather Point, the most-visited place in this World Heritage Site. Find out how the park works to preserve native vegetation, follow the Vegetation Program staff and program volunteers through planning, surveying, salvage, plant propagation, planting and project maintenance, and find out about how you can participate as a volunteer to continue caring for and sharing this amazing site with visitors from around the world.

The Amphitheatre is one component of ongoing work at Grand Canyon National Park’s Mather Point that Jan Busco will discuss on Tuesday, April 19. (Photo submitted by Jan Busco)



Saturday, April 23: Grand Canyon Restoration Ecology Tour
Join Grand Canyon National Park’s Horticulturist Jan Busco for a fun-filled day touring a few of the park’s vegetation program highlights. We will see the Native Plant Nursery and the Endangered sentry-milk vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax ) ex situ population in the new passive solar greenhouse; visit the sentry milk-vetch disturbed lands restoration site and explore the new Mather Point/Grand Canyon Visitor Center improvements where over 20,000 salvaged and nursery propagated plants have been planted to date. Plan to bring a picnic lunch to be enjoyed at one of the new canyon view picnic areas at Mather Point. Please RSVP to Janice_Busco@nps.gov, 928 638-7782.
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