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

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Volunteering at the Arboretum


Gardens:

Garden Clean-up: Wednesdays from 12pm-2pm - Weeding, pruning, dead-heading, and invasive plant removal, general garden clean up of gardens. This opportunity is usually in full sun, so sun protection is encouraged.

Horticulture:
Plant Sales: July 16th and September 11th
- Set up/clean up, assist with customers purchasing plants, assist with transport of plants to visitors vehicles, greeting visitors

Visitor center / gift shop:
Opening the Visitor Center: Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 8:15am - 10:45am - Prep Visitor Center for the day: make coffee, count/prepare cash drawer, pull up frequently used websites, place the admission sign outside, set up glass flower display, unlock the doors at 9am, take admission, answer phone calls and visitor questions, ring up gift shop sales, straighten displays, general organization and cleaning
Weekend Greeter: Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30am - 1:30pm - Become familiar with consignment pieces and frequently asked visitor questions, provide directions to visitors, greet visitors as they arrive, straighten displays, restock cafe items. For this opportunity, it is recommended that the volunteer knows a lot about native plants in order to answer visitor questions.
This would be perfect for someone who has been a docent before!
Events:
Summer Concerts: July 9th, August 6th, September 3rd, 4:00pm - 8:30pm
- Help with ticket taking and welcoming guests, help with band set up/clean up, help get all guests gone at the end of the night in a friendly way, help out with concessions/gift shop during intermission and before concert starts
Summer photographers:
- Taking pictures of people enjoying events, and/or taking photos of things around the grounds (great views, beautiful blooms, etc).
Wild Weekend Lectures: Second Saturdays of the month, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
- Volunteers would be hosts for each lecture. Set up, clean up, interact with guests, and assist the speakers.
Education:
Summer camp assistants
- When summer camp starts there will be more opportunities. More details to come!

For volunteering info:

Delaney.Donnelly@thearb.org


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