CMGA General Info

Apple blossoms.Photo by Cynthia Murray.

Welcome to the Coconino County Master Gardeners Association. The Coconino Master Gardener Association began in 2009.
Monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1601 N. San Francisco.

MISSION: To create a corps of well-informed volunteers, and to deliver quality horticultural education programs adapted to our regional high elevation environment.
PURPOSE: 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.


On this page you will find:
-How to become a member
-How to report volunteer and education hours
-Upcoming events calendar
-Gardening columns and articles
-Links to other useful websites and resources
-Recipes
-Book Reviews
-Master Gardener Association documents and forms
-Contact information for Board or Committee Members

Reporting Master Gardener Hours

All master gardener trainees and certified master gardeners need to report their hours. Click here to report your hours
To maintain their certification, master gardeners need to complete and report 6 Education hours and 12 Volunteer hours each year. 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. If you have any problems with the reporting system, please email bhsmith1956@gmail.com if your last name starts with A to M or susan.madden@asu.edu if your last name starts with N to Z.

Ideas for hours:
-Attend monthly meetings
-Work on an association committee
-Work at an informational booth
-Speak about gardening topics at a variety of venues
-Host a garden tour
-Work at a fundraising event such as the annual Plant Sale or Garden Tour.
-Tend a garden 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 a Gardening Etcetera column article for the newspaper
-Volunteer with the Seed Library
-Be creative!

Change in Contact Information

Make sure you are receiving the regular emails from Master Gardeners, which are filled with reminders about upcoming events and useful gardening information.Click here to update your contact information!

Event Calendar

Friday, February 10, 2017

Weed Management

News from the Native Plant Society
Dear colleagues, I know that this may not be accurate but I often find that native plant enthusiasts are also concerned about exotic weed invasions.  I have been working with some colleagues to develop a survey of weed priorities for natural areas but I need to improve circulation and participation. Feel free to complete the survey yourself but can you help me circulate this survey among land managers and weed control folks in Arizona? This survey has been developed for Arizona specifically with the goal of getting broader input into the prioritization of weeds and which should be targets of biological control.

Please circulate the following link to stakeholders in Arizona who are responsible for weed management or have knowledge/experience of weed impacts first-hand (e.g. county-level weed managers, land management agencies, individual landholders, weed ecologists). All surveys should be completed by 22-Feb-2017. The survey is designed to short as well as enable each person to forward the link on to others as well. Here is the link:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/ 3328954/Prioritizing-Weeds- for-Biological-Control-Arizona

Thanks, Paul.

Dr. Paul Pratt, Ph.D.
Research Leader
Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit
USDA/ARS/WRRC
800 Buchanan Street, Office 3008, Lab 2136
Albany, CA  94710
Office: (510) 559-6127
Cell: (510) 332-7679
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