CMGA General Info

Fall painted lady butterfly 2024.
Photo by Cindy Murray.

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, August 1, 2020

Plants for the People


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Hi Friends,
Our garden is exploding right now, and it feels so good. Witnessing it grow, flower, and fruit has been such a delight. It's the type of delight that is born of deep ancestral belonging, deep roots in the Earth. We know we were meant for tending the garden. It's like we can feel the delight of the plants as well right now when we water, weed, and witness. These feelings are that much more pronounced when we care for the native plants who have deep roots in this soil here along the base of Mt. Elden. We are walking them back home, and finding ourselves and our roots along the way. This is our garden love song.

CONTAINER PLANTS: Hope you can join us this week by adding some natives to your home garden or any garden you tend. These plants work well in containers, too. We have a lot of native pollinator plants. We are selling them in groups of 6 for $30 or individually for $6. We have lemon balm, datura, clary sage, showy fleabane daisy, penstemon palmeri, white yarrow, blanket flower, white strawberry, black-eyed susan, and native oregano/bee balm. Find more information and lots of pictures on our website. You can place an order here.

SEEDS: We still have wildflower, montane prairie, and native turf seed available. You can also purchase seed packets of a number of species.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Jeff has space for a couple more clients if you are looking for inspiration that weaves art, ecology, hydrology and sustainability. We've updated our landscape design page with more photos and couple example designs.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POLLINATOR 6-PACK with Clary sage, Black-Eyed Susan, and Strawberry:

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Here's to roots & belonging!
Molly & Jeff
928-821-5100

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