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 to create a corps of well-informed volunteers, and to deliver quality horticultural education programs adapted to our regional high elevation environment. The association provides support for Master Gardener graduates and volunteers as well as continuing education and opportunities to participate in community programs that increase the visibility and participation in the Master Gardener Program.


Monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
1601 N. San Francisco St. in Flagstaff, Arizona.

On this page you will find:
- How to become a member Membership form
- How to report volunteer and education hours Report your hours
- Upcoming events calendar
- Gardening columns and articles
- Links to other useful websites and resources
- Master Gardener Association documents and forms

Change in Contact Information

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Event Calendar

Sunday, January 2, 2022

EcoRestore Portal

 

Newsletter

January 2022
Supported by The School of Natural Resources and the Environment at The University of Arizona

 

January Announcement

There has been a lot of talk about flu and COVID innoculations but what about soil innoculation for restoration (see what I did there?). Revitalizing your soil is just as (if not more) important as getting plants in and on the ground. Depending on your priorities and resources, this could be as simple as moving a bit of soil from healthy systems to your degraded system. Commercially available innoculants might be cheap but research suggests they dont work.

This Month's Selected Events

  • Volunteer: Arundo removal (1/2)
  • Webinar: Site assessment and setting restoration goals (1/3)
  • Workshop: Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity (1/11)
  • Conference: Native Plant Materials Virtual Conference (1/12)
  • Class: Environmental Art in the Landscape (1/18)
  • Webinar: Arizona Water Blueprint: A roadmap to good stewardship (1/20)
SEE ALL EVENTS

Cool New Stuff

  • Blog: Overview of AZ weed challenges
  • Blog: Desert Seed resources center
  • Blog: Addressing changing ecosystems that propel wildfires in the Southwest
  • Handbook: Restoring bottomland hardwoods
  • Publication: How to increase the supply of native seed to improve restoration success
  • Publication: Pre-Sowing treatment effects on native plant germinability
  • Publication: How parks can provide benefit for pollinators
  • Publication: Revitalization of Indigenous cultural burning
  • Report: Strengthening the native seed supply chain
  • Report: Recommendations for collaborations with federal agencies
  • Tool: Identify what animal caused wildlife damage
  • Tool: Match forest seedlots with planting sites
  • News: Encouraging numbers from the Western Monarch count!
  • News: To regrow forests, the US need billions of seeds and more seed hunters
Do you have relevant information you would like shared to a community of land managers, practitioners, researchers and gardeners in the next newsletter? Send it our way!

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