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, June 16, 2012

2nd Annual CMGA Project Grants 2012

Our annual grants for master garden projects were given out at our June meeting. Three grants for $250 each were given to:

Emeritus Assisted Living
Master gardeners have been creating their garden space for 10 years. The funds will be used for plants and materials to be used for their resident program. Master gardeners on the project are Jacki Hainsworth, Mary Lou Parliman, Carol Daily, and Marie Pickle.. Tim Hainsworth has assisted with many of the hardscape projects.

Riordan Mansion
Master gardeners are active in restoring the gardens at the mansion. Charlotte Dodgon and Dave Brimhall are heading up this project and funds will be used for plants and materials for their Vegetable and Butterfly gardens.

Cromer School
This is a joint project with Cromer School and the Summit Fire Department for materials for a solar project for the school garden.

In addition $50 gift certificates were given to the Arboretum at Flagstaff's children's garden and the Michael Moore Native Medicinal Garden at Olivia White Hospice Home.

The Riordan Mansion project, the Arboretum at Flagstaff, and the MM Native Medicinal Garden were not fully funded. If you want to contribute time or money to any of the projects I am including contacts.

Two other proposals were not funded and their contacts are also included.

Riordan Mansion Charlotte Dodgson dod43cb@live.com
Arboretum at Flagstaff Mark Jarecki mark.jarecki@thearb..com
Olivia Whiite MMG Laura Davis laura_s_davis@q.com
Foodlink's Bonito Garden Valerie Dalton valeriedalton@gmail.com
Heather Bostian's Greenhouse Heather Bostian Healyourself@aol.com

Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Co-secretary CMGA
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