Coconino Master Gardener Association: August 2017

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.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

LEAF Conference on Edible AZ Trees

Please join us September 22 - 24 for a lively conference highlighting how to bring edible trees to Arizona's urban areas – edible trees are those that produce fruits, seeds, nuts and pods that suit people's tastes.

The LEAF Network is partnering with the Tucson City of Gastronomy to present information for public, private and NGO planners (Friday) and community members (Saturday), and to provide tours of edible tree sites (Sunday). We are holding the conference at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 West River Road.

We are providing free tables for nonprofit, school and government organizations in the lobby to display information. We also have sponsorship and tabling opportunities for businesses. If you would like to reserve a table, please contact me, ann.audrey.1@gmail.com

For more information, go to leafnetworkaz.org
Please forward this message widely to all who might be interested.

I hope you can join us!
Ann Audrey, LEAF Network

Sunday, August 20, 2017

New Volunteer Opportunity

Friends of Willow Bend Gardens
Volunteer Plan
August - September, 2017

Please join us in preparing the gardens for this year's programs at the Willow Bend
Environmental Education Center, 703 E. Sawmill Road.

Contact
Kathleen Satterfield: k.satterfield@yahoo.com
If you’re interested but unavailable on these dates, email Kathleen and she’ll keep you posted
on future opportunities.
Schedule: 9 am - 12 noon (day's work is finished and area is cleaned up by noon).

Dates
August 28 Monday
September 1 Friday
September 5 Tuesday
September 7 Thursday
September 11 Monday
September 13 Wednesday
September 15 Friday
September 18 Monday
September 19 Tuesday
Gloves and tools are provided, or bring your favorite tools if you’d like.

Tasks
Pollinator Garden: finish south section - groom and plant
Arch Garden: remove stone chips, weed, tidy up
East Slope (below fence): weed
Meadow Garden: weed and re-seed; keep moist
Entrance Garden: pull and snip Woods' rose and locust, remove any weeds
Peripheral areas: pull and snip invasive ramets, weed
Between garden perimeters and flagstones: weed and/or apply weed cloth
Move cold-frame somewhere out of sight

A post from Susan Lamb Bean

Coconino Master Gardener Association