Growing Plants from Hardwood Cuttings/Repeat March 2

 

Ales with the Arb: Nurturing Nature in Your Pint

 

 

Coconino Master Gardener Association Meeting Agenda 

Shepherd of the Hills-1601 N San Francisco St  Flagstaff, AZ 86001 

 Thursday, February 8, 2024, 6:00-8:00 PM

Reports: 

Tonight’s Education-Grantee Presentations

1. Olivia White Hospice Garden-Frank Branham (nancyandfrankb@gmail) and Geoff Wood (ggwesq2@gmail.com)

2. Willow Bend Habitat Gardens-Susan Lamb (susan@susanlamb.net)

3. Killip Elementary-Gayle Gratop (gaylejennifer2@email.arizona.edu)

Next Month:

SNACK & MINGLE BREAK & RAFFLE

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MG Coordinator Report—Hattie Braun

• Master Gardener & Home Horticulture Class- Started January 23 and runs until May 24, 2024
  being held @Coconino County Health Dept.
  1:00-4:30pm. 31 attended first session! 24 of whom are in the Master Gardener tract.

• Attend any special topic? 

֍Master Gardener costs $225 & requires 50 volunteer hours
֍Home Horticulture costs $325-no volunteer hour requirement

• Seed Library Workday-rescheduled Thursday, January 25, 2024, from 10 am-1 pm at Cooperative Extension office
  We have a volunteer who organizes and replenishes the library and we need a volunteer or two to head this.

Business Meeting & Committee Reports:

• Treasurer-Andrea Guerrette

2023 Debits $8,768.43

2023 Credits $8,464.54 Bank Balance on 01/01/2024 $7,891.69

• Roster for 2024-Education Chair-Bill Sandercock 

• Social Chairs-Denbie Nash and Lori Young=Sign up for snacks and dish duty

• Secretary & Membership-Marilyn Canteloupe=Time for annual dues $10. New card design issued

     ✏ Make checks payable to CMGA and give to Andrea 

Supports CMGA Program along with Plant Sale and Garden Tour

• Grants -Cheryl Blume=We will open new grant cycle
      ✏ $500 max award; don’t have to be a Master Gardener; Public/Community focus (no private gardens)

• Garden Signs-Holly Button= Recognition & thanks to folks for participating in Garden Tours

• Raffle Prizes needed! Revenue from last year’s raffles were nearly $600! Contact Holly

• Got Hours? -Brenda Smith and Sue Madden can help!

• Master Gardener Calendar/Blog/Other--Loni Shapiro=check out our calendar and contacts for events and volunteer needs & opportunities

Volunteer Needs

• Historian-Tammy Valdovino is stepping down from this position and from updating our Facebook page.

• Seed Library Volunteer- Organizes and replenishes the library on a regular basis

• Root Camp-Organizes with Warner’s and attends to manage registrations and handouts ?(Christina Compton info@torusventures.net) 

Any gardening questions…..?

Next Meeting – March 14, 2024, 6:00-8:00 PM

See reverse side for Committee Listings and Dates of Upcoming CMGA Events

Eagle Viewing

 

Eagle Viewing 

Save the date for our first eagle event of the year! Join the AWWE (Arizona Watchable Wildlife Experience) partnership for an outdoor eagle watching event on Saturday, February 10th from 8-10AM at Lake Mary. The second event will be held with live eagles from Liberty Wildlife at the Willow Bend Center on Saturday, May 11th. More information, meeting location, and sign-up coming soon.

Steller's Jay Painting - Willow Bend

 

February Adult Workshop: Steller's Jay Painting 

Join Willow Bend and artist Elaine Dillingham on Saturday February 10th 1-4:30PM to learn about and paint a Steller's jay. During this 3.5-hour, limited enrollment, friendly & informative workshop you will receive step-by-step watercolor painting instruction. Art materials are supplied. You will take home two small paintings. Instructor Elaine Dillingham has taught painting at Coconino Community College for 20 years. A supporter of environmental education, Elaine is delighted to be able to partner with Willow Bend Environmental Center staff members to offer nature-based art learning experiences.

Cost: $75/participant or $70/Willow Bend members. Limited spots. More information and sign-ups on our website.

Botanical Ink Making - Willow Bend

 

January Adult Workshop: Botanical Ink Making

Join us on Saturday, January 27th, 10AM-12PM for an instructional natural ink making. We will make several inks together and get the opportunity to play with different hues all made from plant material. Every student will go home with a bottle of botanical ink. This workshop combines learning with play! Jill Sans is a painter and owner of The HeArt Box Gallery in downtown Flagstaff. She focuses primarily on paintings of the natural world; from botanical art to mandalic representations. 

Cost: $65/participant or $60/Willow Bend members. Limited spots, sign-up required. More information and sign-up on our website. 

1/11 CMGA Agenda

 Follow the link for the agenda for 1/11

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Master Gardener In-Person Class

 

11/9 Meeting and Election

 For those who missed a great meal/snack we had a large crowd for Frank Branham’s – Cooking from the Garden on Thursday evening. In addition to the wonderful food we got cooking ideas and recipes which I will put on the blog for those who could not attend. I will add the recipes next week.

Frank has been our leader (CMGA) for the last 3 years and with the help of Nancy has made a big difference in our marketing and fundraising capabilities for garden grants.  They were crowned King and Queen of gardening, cooking, and fund raising at the meeting for the association. Over the last 3 years we had 2 successful Plant Sales, and 3 years of Garden Tours. In addition to those we have beautiful cups, t-shirts, and aprons to sell. Cheryl Bloom helped to develop that area of fundraising with Frank’s encouragement.

The elected officers for 2024 are,

Cheryl Blume                   President

Holly Button                       Vice President

Andrea Guerette             Treasurer           

Marilyn Canteloupe        Secretary

We also have many new chairs of committees. These will appear at the bottom of the blog starting on January 1, 2024.

On a personal note I want to than Frank for his work on food, and gardening in the Flagstaff area. The first restaurant my realtor took me to in 1997 was the Cottage Place. From there everything else was downhill. My family spent many evenings celebrating special occasions there, from holidays to anniversaries, birthdays, and even experiencing the food of Flagstaff’s history during a special event. I attended many of his cooking classes and brought the recipes home. He offered much to those who like to cook and those who want to make a living from it with teaching. He always supported the gardening community by purchasing as much local as he could or growing it himself. After taking the Master Gardener class he began volunteering at Olivia White Hospice Garden adding more food to the garden and protecting it from critters. In retirement he continues to help at the Flagstaff Family Food Kitchen.

Thank you Frank (and Nancy) for all you do for the Flagstaff community gardeners and cooks!

Loni Shapiro

CMGA Holiday Party