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On July 21st Baxter County Master Gardeners attended a special “Annuals to Perennials” Program developed especially for newest Master Gardener mentees “Annual” and their mentors “Perennial”. The purpose of the program was to welcome newest Master Gardeners and their mentors. The meeting was held in Batesville. Master Gardener mentees and mentors from 11 counties were present. Dr. Kim Pittcock, Professor of Horticulture at Arkansas State University discussed and demonstrated various methods of plant propagation. The next speaker was Janet Carson, Horticulture Specialist for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Program and coordinator for the Arkansas Master Gardener program. Janet outlined the Master Gardener program, and then discussed ‘Arkansas Diamonds’, highlighting some of the newest Annuals, Perennials and Shrubs introduced in the last four years. 2018 Master Gardener classes will be held on five Wednesdays October 17 to November 14. Contact Mark Keaton Baxter County Extension Agent for more information and to enroll. Far left is Jon Smith and on the far right are James Wiegand and Debbie Legner mentees from the fall class of 2017. In the center left to right are mentors Anita Hayden and Audrey Holt.
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HATCHERY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE Volunteers
The Hatchery Outdoor Adventure Day is being held this year on Saturday, 09/08/18. The event begins at 8:30 am and ends around 2:00 pm. Each year we service 400 - 500 children with some type of garden craft. We are asking for your assistance in working this great event. This allows you to gain work hours with no digging, and have so much fun doing it. Lunch is provided for the volunteers, and we will have refreshments and water. We have a couple of ideas for the kids garden related craft project, but want to see what ideas you might have about what we can do. In the past we have done planters, sock chia heads, sweet potato growing pots, water bottle bird feeders, and other crafts. If you have an idea please share that with me so we can see if it might work and/or be better than the other ideas we have already. The craft should be something that can be done by all ages of children, can be completed in just a few minutes, is not terribly messy, can be carried by the children during the day, materials can be gathered easily and quickly, and is not too expensive. We are not going to do anything involving peanut butter to avoid creating problems for anyone that might have an allergy. Dependent upon which craft idea we choose we may also need to have a work day prior to the actual event to complete preliminary items. Please let me know if would be able to help us this year, if you might have any good ideas, or you have any questions or suggestions. Contact Darrell Stewart if you can help with this fun event. BAXTER COUNTY FAIR HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT Volunteers Baxter County Master Gardeners manage the exhibit listings for the horticulture section of the Baxter County Fair Book. We oversee the horticulture room, including the Junior and Senior Horticulture Exhibits at the Baxter County Fair. Coordinators recruit and train other Master Gardeners to register exhibits and to staff the horticulture room at fair time. An exhibit grooming table is also available to exhibitors, staffed by Master Gardeners during the fair registration hours to assist with final entry preparations. Contact Rick Gatewood if you are interested in helping September 11th-15th. SPRING SEMINAR Chairperson We need a chairperson for our annual Spring Seminar. Jane Druff, who has chaired this event for the last two years, has a great committee, many of whom will continue to work on this event. Jane will also lend guidance and ideas to help the new chair. The church has already been reserved for March 9, 2019, but it will soon be time to start planning. Either Jane or myself would be happy to sit down with you and answer any questions or concerns you may have about taking over this job. And I can promise the Board supports this event and the chair. So, if you think you 'might' be willing to become Seminar Chair, please get in touch with Ceil Gasiecki; and we'll make sure we deal with any concerns. Many thanks for all your help and support. Seven Baxter County residents recently completed the Master Gardener training offered by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. The group participated in a 40-hour training program, and each volunteer will donate 40 hours back to the Extension Service in the areas of horticulture and ornamental horticulture.
The group will meet monthly and work on community service projects throughout the coming year. As of November, the Baxter County Master Gardeners have logged 3575 volunteer hours back to the community in 2017. The new Master Gardeners are (from left) Jon Smith, Jennifer Baker, James Wiegand, Debbie Legner, Toni Olden, Jeffrey Pearson and James Loveless. For more information on the Master Gardener program, call 425-2335. |
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