CMGA General Info

In my neck of the woods May Day nectar-rich flowers were sparse, so this black swallowtail sailed back and forth between our two native Phlox serrulata perennials nearly an entire afternoon and came back the following morning.
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

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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