Master Gardener 5th Annual Recognition Picnic

Please come join us for the event. Contact Hattie Braun at hbraun@cals.arizona.edu.

Riordan Workdays for the Remainder of the Year

Hi everyone,

Below is listed the remaining work days scheduled for the Riordan Gardens for this year.  We have had a great year and accomplished a lot. Thanks for all your dedicated work. Please mark your calendars for those days that you can join us.  

The Riordan has shovels and rakes that we can use but if a large number of us turns out on a work day there is not enough for all of us so please bring your shovel and rake plus your clippers and any other tools (with your names written on them) you think you may need. Also, don't forget your water bottle, a snack and your gloves.  I will bring a large container of ice water to refill your water bottles when needed through out the day.  All the work days start at 9:00 and we will work until 1:30 or so. However, if you can't come for the full time you can come and help for however much time you can donate between 9 and 1:30.

Volunteer Opportunity

Volunteer Opportunity

Assist the Native Plant Materials Program with an Invasive Weed and Revegetation Project in the Schultz Burn Area.

The Arboretum of Flagstaff and Museum of Northern Arizona are studying the effects of invasive weed management and revegetation after a fire. This part of the project will entail planting and seeding native plant materials into experimental plots. The plots are located along Forest Road 420 (Schultz Pass Road) in the Schultz burn area.

When: Wednesday, August 29th from 9:00am-2:00pm.

Where: Volunteers will meet Connie Cowan at the USFS Flagstaff Ranger District Station parking lot by the Visitors Center at 9:00am. This is located across Hwy 89 from the Flagstaff Mall on the east side of town and car pool to the sites.  

What to Bring: Everyone will need gloves, water, lunch, hat, sunscreen, long pants, and good work shoes. 

 RSVP: I would like to know how many individuals to expect, so anyone interested in assisting should contact Connie atccowan@mna.mus.az.us or 928-774-5211 ext 216. Please let me know if there are any questions.

Connie Cowan

Native Plant Materials Program

Museum of Northern Arizona

3101 N. Fort Valley Road

Flagstaff, AZ, 86001

Garden Visits July 21-August 25, 2012

Garden Visit 10 a.m. Saturday, August 25

Who: Our hosts are Fred aka Fast Fred and Dale Taunton

Where: Doney Park, 5420 Forest Drive

Description: On a vacant 2.25 acre field, beginning 15 years ago Fred and Dale have built a riverbed, three waterfalls and a large pond.  Two underground cisterns catch rain and snow water from rain gutters to use for irrigation and filling the pond.  The landscape includes native plants, large Moenkopi sandstone boulders, river rock and flagstone.  A vegetable garden “is enjoyed by the squirrels and birds”

Directions:  Hwy 89 North past the Flagstaff Mall, approx. 4 miles, go left on Sunset Dr. (across from Titan Propane), turn right onto Silver Saddle Dr., then left onto Forest Dr., almost to the end.  Look for a raised sandstone boulder driveway on the left side of the road with a bridge over the wash in front.  We’ll put some balloons on the mail box!

Phone: 928 606 9863

Thanks to Steve Huffman for arranging this invitation

Monthly CMGA Meeting Minutes 8/9/12

Master Gardener Meeting Minutes 8/9/2012

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

1601 N. San Francisco

6:30pm-6:35pm                Welcome – Agenda - Debi Stalvey

                         Brief review of agenda for the evening

                                               

6:35pm-6:45pm                Introduction of speakers - Debi Stalvey

6:45pm-7:45pm                Continuing Education

Thank you to both speakers for presenting material they prepared for the Flagstaff Home and Garden Show.

Propagation from Stem Cuttings – Linda Guarino                                            You can find the PowerPoint for this talk on the Coconino County Extension Web Site.http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/jbarcellano/hspropagatingstemcuttings.pdf

and

                                    Season Extenders – Ann Eagan

                      PowerPoint for Ann’s talk can also be found on the site.
 http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resourcefile/resource/jbarcellano/hsseasonexteners.pdf

               

7:45pm-8:00pm                Refreshments – Thanks to Linda Guarino

8:00pm - 8:25pm              Business Meeting – Debi Stalvey

Overview of recent Executive Meeting – Debi Stalvey

Debi outlined the upcoming elections (Nov.) for new officers. She and Ann would like to stay on as Pres. and Secy. The VP and Treasurer are leaving. All officers are up for re-election. Crys Wells and Linda Guarino expressed interest in co-running for Treasurer and Charlotte Dodgson for V. Pres. Think about running and we will bring this up at the next meeting in October. We also need committee chairs for 2013 – Calendar Project, MG Projects, Community Markets, and the Speakers Bureau. These are appointed by the President. Let Debi know if you are interested.

The Christmas Party will be held on December 13^th at Molly Larsen’s home. Details will be e-mailed to the listserv.

Loni Shapiro is researching having a Plant and Garden Sale next year in conjunction with the Arboretum. It would include seedlings and gently used garden equipment/art. She will be talking with the Arboretum director (Lynne Nemeth) this week and report back at the next meeting of the Executive Board. The goal for earning more money would be to increase grants and purchase AV equipment/camera for the CMGA. Loni would like to start small and see what works. She will need at least 4 additional committee members to help do this project. Contact her if you are interested.

                                                Financial report – Ed Skiba

Ed reports we are now at 60 members. Our current balance in our account is 731.74. Those funds will be

used for the final calendar payment and the church. Ed has the accounts set up on Quicken and working

for the next treasurer.

                                               

                                                MG Program Happenings (Classes, Conference) – 
Hattie Braun/Ann Eagan

The MG class is going to happen in the fall. It will be held this year at Flagstaff Middle School. Details will

be on the extension site and/or come from Hattie by e-mail.

The conference is set for Oct. 6. So far, there are about 20 registrations.

There was a discussion on scholarships. Ann Eagan mentioned students, and Christine Orr suggested

 they be offered to the Flagstaff Community Garden coordinators. Loni Shapiro suggested that the

 availability be announced to all MGs – listserv or other list Hattie may have so all have a chance. There

 has been over $700 collected and participants will be asked to contribute some funds.

                                                                               

                Committee Reports:

                                                Continuing Education – Loni Shapiro

Loni will be leaving the education position next year. She will survey the listserv for ideas for next year’s

speakers in September and has one to add (speaker on Bees from the Mountain Living Mag.). She emphasized that this is not a difficult job for a volunteer. The survey and the Executive Board can help with ideas, and all just need to be contacted. We now have a speaker guideline form that can be sent.

Speakers are added to the AZ Daily Sun calendar one week prior to the meeting. Dana Prom Smith is open to articles to be published one week prior to the meeting. These must be sent in at least a month in advance to him for editing.

2012 has 2 remaining speakers. See bottom for schedule.                                            

                                                Community Programs

                                                                Community Market – Julie Holmes

Julie needs people for September for 2 markets on Sunday. Contact her if you are interested. Andrea and Galen Guerrette will work one, not sure yet which. Julie and Molly will be leaving this committee next year and need a replacement to schedule markets. Loni Shapiro suggested that this become a requirement for master gardener certification. When she did her requirements she had to do some hours with the hot line which is no longer used. This could be a requirement instead and help us to fill the slots. Any newbie would work with a certified Master Gardener. The market on Silver Saddle and highway 89A has asked us to man a booth there. The info was passed on to Debi Stalvey to check out.

                                                                Speakers Bureau – Bea Cooley

Bea talked about the calendar which will be arriving in another week. It will be sold at the fall conference and any place else we are involved in, including the market, and the Recognition Picnic. She also talked about the Speaker’s Bureau and read a list of ideas to encourage people to participate. We all have something to share about gardening.

                                                Volunteer Support/Social – Hattie Braun and Crys Wells

Crys reported recorded hours for the month –

442.25 Volunteer

  57.5   Education

There were several questions about what can be used for Education hours. Reading is not an option unless it is prep time for a talk. Please refer to the guidelines for Volunteer and Education Hours on the blog – Documents & Forms area.

                                               

New Business:                  Need a digital photographer for photos for the blog and publicity. The association is thinking of buying a camera when funds allow, but we need someone to do this for adding to the blog and other publicity. This is separate from the historian who also takes archival photos.

                                                               

8:25pm – 8:30pm             Gardening Questions?

Andrea Guerrette asked for ID for a flower. It was identified as a campanula (Bell Flower) and several suggested to remove it from her yard. It travels by rhizome and can be very invasive and difficult to get rid of.

Julie Holmes asked about blackspot on her Amur Maple. People were uncertain about the cause but suggested she take a branch to Warners.

Susan Thompson (susan421@npgcable.com) asked about an evergreen shrub to replace a juniper she is removing. Any suggestions should be sent to her as there were not many other than something in the same family as holly.

Debi Stalvey brought up something that Jean Hockman had told her. If your plants are not surviving you might check to see if your water is connected to the water softener. If you have a water softener it is most likely connected unless it is a newer home. The softener provides too much salt to your plants.

                                               

Next meeting:                  September 9, 2012

                                                Annual Recognition Picnic

                                                Fort Tuthill (details to follow)

Future meetings:

*Oct. 11 – Landscaping with Native Grasses – Jan Busco

Nov. 8 – Pending – Tam Nguyen – topic TBA

Those starred are confirmed

** Even though great care has been taken to maintain the accuracy of any material and information presented at our meetings, the CMGA does not give any warranty or other assurance as to the content, accuracy, completeness, timelessness, or fitness for any particular purpose. General guidelines for speakers can be found on our blog under documents and forms.

Flagstaff Native Plant Society Monthly Lecture/Field Trip

Greetings, All, 

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Jan Busco will give a presentation - Penstemons of Grand Canyon National Park.  Jan is the horticulturalist in the Vegetation Program at the Park and a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic botanist of Northern Arizona native plants.  Jan's research on Penstemons is partially funded by a grant from the American Penstemon Society.  The meeting will take place at 7:00 pm in Room 328 of the Biology Building at NAU. 

The Sunday moss field trip with Theresa Clark, followed by an indoor workshop to observe collected mosses under microscopes, must be postponed due to a conflict in her schedule. We will announce a date in September for a moss walk at higher elevations.

At this moment, there is no Sunday walk scheduled for August 26.  Stay tuned. 

Posted by

D. Lamm

Invasive Weed Workshop

The first Invasive Weed Workshop following the Schultz Fire is happening on July 28th, at 9am, at Summit Fire Station 33.
Click on flyer for the details.

Hattie Braun

2012 Native Plant Garden Showcase & Tour

Greetings, All, 

Plans are finalized for the 2012 Garden Showcase and Public Tour.  This is the 6th year that the AZNPS has organized this very popular city-wide event and fundraiser. 

Public tours for this event are on July 29th from 11am-4pm.  Maps are available from all of our sponsors and at the Downtown Farmer's Market for $5 each. 

See the Attached flyer for details.

The Committee

Susan Lamb Bean

Janice Busco

Dorothy Lamm

Lori Makarick

Mea Stees

Non-credit Native Plant Society Workshops at CCC

This summer there will be two Native Plants of Northern Arizona workshops in Flagstaff. PAPAZ graduates, you probably know much of the botanical information already, or you may want a review. Otherwise, please tell your friends about it, and share the attached flyer. Thanks. On June 11-13 and/or August 6-8, the AZ Native Plant Society will offer two non-credit native plant workshops. Each will include information on identifying native plants and invasive weeds, controlling weeds, and landscaping with native plants. We will be making field trips to practice identifying plants and to visit local gardens. Classes will be at the Lone Tree Campus of the Coconino Community College. Register online, at either CCC campus, or by calling 928-526-7654. The fee is $95.00, and the class is limited to 10 students. Questions may be directed to the instructor, Susan Holiday, prior to registration by calling 928-526-9212 or emailing naris123@cs.com Students will need the following items for class: lunch, snacks, water, hat, sunscreen, appropriate footwear, rain jacket, and field identification guide. Plants of Arizona (First or new Second edition) by Anne Orth Epple or the Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers are recommended. A digital camera is optional. Hattie Braun Susan Holiday Dorothy Lamm Ana Novak

June Class photo taken at Dorothy Lamms by Ken Lamm

I took the first class and it was a good experience. It was a nice combination of classroom and field work identifying local native plants and invasive weeds. We were able to put together a great resource book that included plant specimens for later use and other resources (PowerPoints, books, pamphlets) for teaching info to groups that might be interested. Opening are still available for the August class.

Loni Shapiro

Master Gardener Meeting Minutes 7/12/2012

Master Gardener Meeting Minutes 7/12/2012

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

1601 N. San Francisco

6:30pm-6:35pm                  Welcome – Agenda - Debi Stalvey

                  Request for volunteers for September picnic planning

Tess Wymore, Willa McAuliffe, her friend, Marianne, and Crys Wells volunteered to help Hattie plan the September 9 Recognition Picnic.

6:45pm-8pm                  Continuing Education

                                                     

What to do With the Harvest – Michele Lytle (MG and personal chef)

Michele Lytle and her husband, John Mead, created several dishes from locally available vegetables and demonstrated one recipe.  Michele demonstrated making a simple and tasty spaghetti squash dish and shared samples with the audience.  While making the recipe, she talked about different ways to use spaghetti squash or other kinds of squash.  She also shared samples of arugula walnut pesto, roasted beets and a cool cucumber soup (courtesy of John).  They were all delicious!  Her main theme was that you can be creative with unfamiliar vegetables.  All of the recipes are available on the blog, right column under Recipes.