On-line Master Gardener Program

 

ONLINE MASTER GARDENER CLASS FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA!

Do you live in the higher elevations of Gila, Apache, Coconino, or Navajo County? Are you interested in participating in the online Master Gardener training for Northern Arizona?

The Master Gardener training is a nation-wide program offered through the Cooperative Extension system. This new online course emphasizes the needs and challenges of high elevation gardening in Northern Arizona and involves a volunteer commitment to share gardening skills with your community.

 

‣     Intensive 16-week training in soils, botany, entomology, plant problems, container gardening, and more

‣     Different topics covered each week and include assignments and readings

‣     Classes taught by UArizona staff and local industry experts 

‣     Pass a final exam and complete 50 volunteer hours to become a certified Master Gardener

‣     Enjoy the convenience of online learning!

NEED TO TAKE THE CLASS FOR A JOB, TO BUILD YOUR RESUME, OR TO LEARN ABOUT HIGH ELEVATION GARDENING BUT DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO VOLUNTEER?

‣     Earn a Home Horticulture Certificate through the University of Arizona

‣     Same curriculum as the Master Gardener Training

‣     No volunteer requirement

‣     Pass a final exam to earn your University of Arizona Home Horticulture Certificate

Dates: August 31st to December 18th 2020

 Cost: $200 to become a Certified Master Gardener

 $300 for the Home Horticulture Certificate

Plus: $45.00 for the Arizona Master Gardener Manual

Link: printable application 

https://coconinomgassociation.blogspot.com/2020/08/on-line-master-gardener-program.html

 

GAYLE GRATOP

Instructional Specialist Coordinator Master Gardener Program Coconino County

           (928) 773-6112    gaylejennifer2@email.arizona.edu

•            Potential students must apply to participate in this program

•            Application deadline: August 21, 2020

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development, Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension, The University of Arizona.

The University of Arizona is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information in its programs and activities.

Invasive Weed Workshops

 

Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance

 

Seed Chat Q&A

Bill McDorman & Greg Peterson – FREE

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 @ 5:00 p.m. Pacific

Click here to sign up and participate

A Menu Unlike Any We Have Seen

Never before has it been easier to access whatever education or information you want or need to become a great seed steward. Classes are plentiful through any number of platforms including Zoom. No longer is it necessary to travel thousands of miles to be in the presence of your favorite teacher or leader in the movement. 

This Tuesday night at 5pm PST Bill McDorman, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance and Greg Peterson from Urban Farm U will illustrate how you can navigate through the diverse array of resources available to get to any answers, instructions or strategies you seek for seed saving. They will also help with framing the right questions to guide the process. Speaking of...come with your questions and get ready for an exciting and fascinating foray into the modern world of seeds in this newly realized paradigm. 

Send in your questions, share your challenges and successes, and find gems of wisdom from two people who have been working on these ideas for decades. Between them, you'll benefit from 70 years of practical experience and lessons learned.

Next up for RMSA: Seed Saving For Farmers (and Gardeners too!), starting September 16, 2020. Look here for more details on the 10-week program. 

Lavender Agritourism in Ariziona: Bringing New Life to a Pioneer Farm Webinar

August 20, 2020 11:00am to 12:00pm

Online event link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/98681332967

 

Pine Creek Canyon Lavender Farm

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Gila County presents: Garden and Country Extension Webinar Series. A Zoom webinar (60-minutes or less) featuring a variety of horticultural and natural resource topics relevant to the environmental conditions and residential concerns of Gila County, Arizona.

Featured Topic: Lavender Agritourism in Arizona: Bringing New Life To A Pioneer Farm

Featured Speaker: Terry Gorton (Vesci) is the former Assistant Resources Secretary for the State of California and past USA General Counsel for Wirsol International, a leading worldwide solar developer. Terry has served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Sustainability, California State and Regional Community Economic Revitalization Teams, the Tahoe Conservancy and Chair of the California Fire Strategy Commission. Ms. Gorton is a practicing California attorney, and served as Governor Pete Wilson’s legal and campaign counsel and as the first and only woman to Chairman of the California Board of Forestry, the nation’s oldest environmental board. Former board member of LEAN Energy US, she has received numerous awards, including the National Performance Review Award, presented by the Office of the Vice President of the United States, and the US Rural Economic Development Award. She has been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Arizona Highways Magazine, Good Morning Arizona, Travel and Leisure Magazine, San Diego Magazine as a “woman to watch” and the Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal.

CMGA August Meeting Agenda

 

Coconino Master Gardener Meeting Agenda

Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 6:30pm

Zoom Meeting

 

6:30-6:35pm   Welcome-Sue Madden, President    

 

6:35-6:40pm   Introduction of Speaker—Hattie Braun

 

6:40-7:45pm   Education: J Kate Watters from Agave Maria Botanicals “Floral Design” https://www.agavemariabotanicals.com/our-story

7:45-8:25pm   Business Meeting:

                       

MG Coordinator Happenings—Hattie Braun

·         Updates on Meetings, Events, Seed Library, Garden Resources

·         Other

Fall CGMA Meetings – Sue Madden

·         September 10, 2020  Zoom Meeting - Christy Stuth, Canning and Preserving

·         October 8, 2020 Meeting (may be in person and Zoom?) - Jackee & Steve Alston Seed Saving.   Attendees should have a tomato, glass jar and a sieve.

·         November 12, 2020 - Geoff Wood Garden Art

·         December 10, 2020 - Holiday Party

 

Financial Report – Jeff Best

 

Next meeting:              September 10, 2020

AZ Native Plant Society Meeting

August 18, 7pm Zoom meeting

Lois Neff: Nemacladus: history, hunting, and sorting the species

Nemacladus (Campanulaceae), is a genus of 26 mostly desert annuals. I will introduce them through images of the tiny flowers. In the post-apocalypse of my thesis defense and during the Covid-19 quarantine, I decided to put faces to names--that is, I'd read articles by numerous botanists for my study, but knew nothing about them as people. I will present a bit about these botanists and their contributions. Also, I've met and interacted via email with several Nemacladus hunters, and will share how they hunt for Nemacladus. This part of the presentation is partly self-serving, as I would love to have more people looking for the plants, and letting me know when they find them! I will convey some details about what I did for my thesis--enough to give you an idea of the complexity and complications involved in studying Nemacladus.

Lois Neff is a master’s student in Dr. Tina Ayers’ lab at Northern Arizona University studying plant systematics and evolution.

Email flagstaffAZNPS AT gmail.com for the Zoom link and password. This talk will not be recorded.

Image: Nemacladus flowers. Image credit: Lois Neff

Arizona Native Plant Society talks are free and open to the public.