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.

Plants for the People

Hi Friends,

Our garden is exploding right now, and it feels so good. Witnessing it grow, flower, and fruit has been such a delight. It's the type of delight that is born of deep ancestral belonging, deep roots in the Earth. We know we were meant for tending the garden. It's like we can feel the delight of the plants as well right now when we water, weed, and witness. These feelings are that much more pronounced when we care for the native plants who have deep roots in this soil here along the base of Mt. Elden. We are walking them back home, and finding ourselves and our roots along the way. This is our garden love song.

CONTAINER PLANTS: Hope you can join us this week by adding some natives to your home garden or any garden you tend. These plants work well in containers, too. We have a lot of native pollinator plants. We are selling them in groups of 6 for $30 or individually for $6. We have lemon balm, datura, clary sage, showy fleabane daisy, penstemon palmeri, white yarrow, blanket flower, white strawberry, black-eyed susan, and native oregano/bee balm. Find more information and lots of pictures on our website. You can place an order here.

SEEDS: We still have wildflower, montane prairie, and native turf seed available. You can also purchase seed packets of a number of species.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Jeff has space for a couple more clients if you are looking for inspiration that weaves art, ecology, hydrology and sustainability. We've updated our landscape design page with more photos and couple example designs.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POLLINATOR 6-PACK with Clary sage, Black-Eyed Susan, and Strawberry:

Here's to roots & belonging!

Molly & Jeff

www.PlantsForThePeople.Us

928-821-5100

Bee Pollinating a Rocky Mt. bee plant

This is a second photo of the same bee. He looks like he is either holding on or gathering pollen.

"Here's lookin' at you, kid!"  A native bee collects pollen from a Rocky Mountain bee plant.

photo by Cindy Murray

Seeds from China

Unsolicited Seeds from China

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is aware that people across the county have received unsolicited packages of seed from China in recent days including many in Arizona.
APHIS is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection and State departments of agriculture including the Arizona Department of Agriculture to prevent the unlawful entry of prohibited seeds and protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and noxious weeds. Please do not discard the unsolicited package of seeds received in the mail. Anyone in Arizona who receives an unsolicited package of seeds from China should immediately send or drop off the package to one of the following locations:

Arizona Department of Agriculture
ATTN: PLANT SERVICES DIVISION
1688 W. Adams
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(P) 602-542-0992
(F) 602-542-1004

Tucson Operations
Arizona Department of Agriculture
Plant Services Division
400 W Congress Ste. 124
Tucson, Az. 85701
(P) 520-628-6314
(F) 520-628-6961

Yuma Operations
Arizona Department of Agriculture
Plant Services Division
1931 S. Arizona Avenue Suite 4
Yuma, AZ 85364
(P) 928-341-1758

www.agriculture.az.gov

(F) 928-341-1750

Flagstaff Community Market

Flagstaff Community Farmers Market's Public Re-Opening
Flagstaff High School 400 W Elm Ave
Sundays 8-1
​Online Store Hours: Monday 12pm- Thursday 5pm
Pick up Sundays 8-12

ONLINE SHOPPING
Shop online Monday 12PM-Thursday 5PM under "SHOP NOW" and pick up your purchase Sundays between 8-noon at the Flag High lot *Please Note: The "SHOP NOW" button and link is only visible from Monday 12PM-Thursday 5PM. This gives us time to communicate with farmers and gives them time to harvest for Sunday!
​Enjoy nourishing yourself and your loved ones with healthy food!!!
🌱Thank you for your support🌱

We will still be offering a pre-purchase drive through produce, local meat & honey, tamales, salmon, bread & more!

Go to their web site for pre-orders.  http://www.flagstaffmarket.com/

Volunteer Pollinator Garden at Kachina Wetlands

Help Establish a Pollinator Garden at Kachina Wetlands

Tuesday, August 7, beginning at 8 am

Volunteers are needed to plant 400 milkweed plugs and 30 shrubs in gallon containers.

You will need either a garden trowel or a shovel to participate in this event.

Also, bring a hat, sunscreen, water, and gloves

Directions: Drive 6 miles south of Flagstaff on I-17 and take the Kachina Blvd exit. 

At the bottom of the off ramp, turn right onto Tovar Trail and follow it one mile to the end, then turn right into a dirt parking area.

If using a cell phone for directions, enter 2375 Utility Road, Flagstaff, AZ

The pollinator garden is being funded through a Partnership Grant with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
For questions:  Christina.Vojta@nau.edu

Arboretum Plant Sale

 Link for plant selection and purchase:
https://thearb.org/plant-sale/?dlv-emuid=67e15c89-6dd8-428f-b0d1-bc9c476ebcf9&dlv-mlid=2289923