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2021 Master Gardener State Conference June 10 & 11, 2021 9 a.m.—3:30 p.m. each day Open to the public Conference Agenda
The following positions are available.
Board Positions - contact Susan Chamberlain
Project Site Positions - contact Susan Chamberlain
For more information on any of the above topics, please feel free to contact the University of Arkansas Division Of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service at 870-425-2335.
For more information on gardening, contact the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Baxter County Extension office at 870-425-2335. MASTER GARDENER MEMBERSHIP ONLY
WHEN: May 20, 2021 WHERE: Clysta-Willett Pavillion TIME: NOON (setup 11:30 am) WHAT: Bring plants to swap with other Master Gardeners QUESTIONS: Contact Susan Chamberlain The following positions are available.
Plant Sale - contact Valerie or Mary Pre-Clean Tuesday, May 11th, 1 pm Set Up - Friday, May 14th, 8 am Sale Day - Saturday, May 15th, 8 am Board Positions - contact Susan Chamberlain Board Treasurer Board Secretary Project Site Positions - contact Susan Chamberlain Library Pollinator Project Site Chairperson(s) Bull Shoals/White River Project Site Chairperson(s) Event Positions - contact Susan Chamberlain Baxter County Fair Horticulture Chairperson(s) Are you new to gardening? Learn everything you need to know about gardening in Arkansas from our Extension Agents Cory Tyler, Brad Runsick, and Cody Stroud.
In episode 2, we’re going to work through how to read your soil test report, talk about different soil amendments, such as lime and fertilizer, and discuss how and when to apply. This series is ongoing. Go here to see the videos completed thus far: Gardening from the Ground Up! SAVE THE DATE Growing Our Communities Virtual Auction
Sponsored by County 76 Auction Dates June 4, 2021 through June 11, 2021 Pick up dates and locations of sold items after the virtual silent auction ends. Mark you calendar for these dates as well! We hope you win several items in our virtual silent auction. Jonesboro – Saturday, June 12, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fayetteville – Wednesday, June 16, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Little Rock – Saturday, June 19, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Funds raised support County 76 programs, Janet B. Carson Scholarship Funds, and the PNG Leadership Conference. Arkansas Master Gardener Program | 2301 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204 Submit your photos for the 2022 MG Calendar! Now is the perfect time to start collecting your winter photos. You can use photos you have previously taken as long as they are not a previous winner in any contest. Start sending them today. Please email your photos to: mwilbanks3@gmail.com Deadline to submit photos is Friday, May 21, 2021. Photos MUST be properly named in the JPEG format only to be accepted for consideration. You will have to rename the files to be accepted. This is an example of how the photo(s) must be labeled using your own information: Your name, your county name, brief description, season of photo .jpeg EXAMPLE: Mike Wilbanks, Craighead, Doubletrueblood, SP.jpeg LANDSCAPE DIMENSION ONLY, PLEASE! PLEASE UNDERSTAND, if you do not properly name your photo(s), and adhere to the following conditions, they will not be sent to the selection committee for consideration. 1. Only four (4) entries per person (one per season). Meaning only one Winter (WI), one Spring (SP), one Summer (SU), and one Fall (FA) photo may be entered in the 2021 MG Calendar Contest.
2. All photos need be a higher mb count for the resolution to be considered reproduction by the offset printing method. 3. Photos must be sent as attachment(s) to email document. "Drag and Drop" files will not be accepted. 4. All photographs must have been taken inside the borders of the state of Arkansas. TIP: With today's ever improving photographic technology, using cell phones for photo submission might or might not generate the required resolution for large calendar images. However, they may be acceptable for the additional smaller shots that appear each month. If you have any questions, please contact me at any time. Thank you! Mike Wilbanks 870-530-0669 mwilbanks3@gmail.com Arkansas Master Gardener Program 2301 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204 Master Gardener Plant Sales April 2021
Pulaski County MG Plant Sale April 17, 2021 7th & Palm Streets, Little Rock, AR We will open the greenhouse grounds to small groups (ten people) at a time to shop our spring inventory. Please use the front gate (on 7th St.) for both entrance and exit. We will begin at 9:00 a.m. Saturday April 17, and continue until noon. PLEASE BE SURE TO WEAR YOUR MASK. In addition to the usual suspects, we have confederate roses, brugmansias (large trumpet lilies), some scheflerras, bright red geraniums, angel wing begonias, lantana, a few hostas, lantana and some native plants. Oh, and some very handsome tomato plants plus a bevy of veggies! Come! Shop! 7th & Palm Streets behind the State Hospital on Markham. A note: our costs (for plugs in particular) have increased, and this year hard to come by. A few of our plants will reflect this. **************** White County Plant Sale April 17, 2021 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. White County Cooperative Extension Service 22400 Old Searcy Landing Road Searcy, AR Covid guidelines will be followed Proceeds will fund scholarships for area students **************** Garland County Plant Sale April 24, 2021 9 to 5 p.m. Garland County Fairgrounds 4831 Malvern Avenue Masks must be worn CDC Covid Guidelines will be followed **************** Monroe County Plant Sale April 24, 2021 8 a.m. Brinkley, AR Corner of Main and Elm Street (Carroll's empty lot across from Baptist Church) 2021 Master Gardener State Conference
June 10-11, 2021 Registration opens April 5, 2021 Watch your email! Here’s this month’s gardening checklist. Just a few things to consider as we head into peak gardening season.
For more information, contact the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service at 870-425-2335. State Master Gardener Conference for 2021 going virtual!
June 10-11, 2021 Via Zoom Excellent speakers and outstanding virtual garden tours from beautiful Craighead County! Registration coming very soon! Lodging reservations If you had lodging reservations in Jonesboro for 2021 Master Gardener Conference you can call the hotel to cancel. Embassy Suites 870-619-4482 March 2021 Events
1 - MG Online Basic Training Class begins 2 - noon to 1 p.m. Trees Count in Cities & Towns: Managing Community Trees to Maximize Their Benefits, presented by Krissy Thomason, AR Department of Agriculture Forestry Division Urban & Community Forestry Program Coordinator, and Krista Quinn, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Agent Zoom Registration: https://bit.ly/TreesCountMar2 Research shows that trees provide a multitude of benefits to communities. Krissy Thomason, Urban & Community Forestry Program Coordinator with the AR Department of Agriculture Forestry Division and Krista Quinn, University of AR Division of Agriculture County Extension Agent in Faulkner County, will discuss some of the ways that trees help communities and introduce some methods that communities can use to manage their community trees. 10 - Deadline for Janet B. Carson High School Scholarship Link to scholarship form Arkansas Master Gardener Program www.uaex.edu UAEX UADA CES AES
WHAT? What's up with all the letters? Some of you probably know us as "UAEX," "Arkansas Cooperative Extension," "cooperative extension," "the extension service," or simply, "extension." So, let us break some of those initials down for you: UAEX, or the University of Arkansas System - Division of Agriculture - Research and Extension (our official title) is a state-wide research organization managed through the U of A System that shares research-based practices and information for.... just about everything. UADA is University of Arkansas System - Division of Agriculture. The U of A System has an entire division devoted to agriculture, agricultural research, and agriculture-related fields. UAEX is housed inside that system. CES: The Cooperative Extension Service. This service is over 100 years old and has been a major part of people's lives all that time. Researchers would find new and improved ways of performing life-related tasks, such as farming, gardening, canning, cleaning, taking care of homes, managing businesses, living in a community, teaching the youth, etc., and would share that information with extension agents, who in turn, would teach those practices to the public. We still do this today! AES: Agricultural Experiment Station. These are the folks doing all the research that extension shares with the public. We get it. It's a lot! And it's a mouthful. We have lots more letters we could mention, too (FCS, CPED, EHC, 4-H, etc.), but we will save that for another day. You can call us whatever you'd like. Just remember, when you see our name or our logo, it means there are lots and lots of people working hard to help you, your family, and your community live and grow in Arkansas. And, if you're looking for more info about extension, check out https://www.uaex.edu/about-extension/ UADA Communications Department Welcome to the Gardening from the Ground Up! Video Series This series of 3-5 minute videos will walk you through how to create a basic traditional tilled garden spot in your landscape. University of Arkansas System, Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service County Agents Brad Runsick (Baxter County); Cody Tyler (Fulton County); and Cory Stroud (Sharp County) will take you from breaking ground the first time; to planting; to basic care and maintenance; and all the way up to the harvest. The recommendations we make along the way are research-based, reliable management decisions that will ensure both the success of your new garden as well as the safety of the food you produce. Topics discussed through this series will be somewhat general, since not all situation and growing seasons are alike. For specific recommendations, reach out to your local county extension office. www.uaex.uada.edu/counties Check out Episode #1: "Location, location, location" I just want to plant something!!!
Hold that thought!!! Baxter County Cooperative Extension Brad Runskick recommends not getting too anxious to start anything that’s frost sensitive until May 1st. Download this handy planting guide to help you determine the best time to put your crops in the ground. https://www.uaex.edu/publications/pdf/MP422_03.2020.pdf
For more information on any of the above points, contact the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension office at 870-425-2335. A Garden Contest hosted by Arkansas Flower & Garden Show Deadline for entry is May 31, 2021 See below for more information. Application Form ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Master Gardener Program www.uaex.edu February 2021 Events 2- noon to 1 p.m.- Pruning with Purpose, presented by Krista Quinn, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Agent Zoom Registration: https://bit.ly/PruningWithPurposeFeb2 Properly pruning trees has many benefits - from improving the health and beauty of your trees to maintaining the safety of your property. In this one-hour virtual presentation, attendees will learn basic pruning techniques to achieve desired results and reduce harm to trees. Participants will learn when, how, and why to prune their trees for maximum satisfaction. Information about how to train young trees to reduce pruning requirements later will also be presented. 3 - White County Brown Bag Lecture Series: Amy Simpson - Cool Season Vegetables, 12 to 1 p.m. Registration link http://bit.ly/3sUZzd3coolseasonveggies 4 - Grow Your Own Groceries: Blackberries, 12 to 1 p.m. Link for GYOG webpage 9 - noon to 1 p.m. Tree Preservation on the Construction Site, presented by Allen Bates, City of Hot Springs Urban Forester Zoom Registration: http://bit.ly/TreePreservationFeb9 Preserving trees during construction can be a challenge, but by identifying ways trees are damaged on the construction site and then using proven methods to mitigate those problems, the final result of an established healthy tree is a great benefit to the environment and beauty of the site. In this one-hour virtual presentation, attendees will learn how to avoid damage to trees that are being preserved on the construction site. Participants will learn which trees should be preserved, the most critical area to protect of the tree and activities that should be prohibited beneath the tree. 10 - White County Brown Bag Lecture Series: Jan Yingling - Diseases, 12 to 1 p.m. (link coming soon) 12 - Deadline to register for Advanced MG Class via Zoom, Pollinators: An In-Depth Look at One of Life's Most Important Resources, March 12, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. and March 13, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (must attend both days) Cost is $25.00 For more information contact Patsy Louk at pjlouk@gmail.com or 479-841-9865. Registration Information link (found on MG ONLY portion of the website) 15 - Deadline for MG Award Forms Award Forms 15 - Deadline for MG Conference Donations Conf donation form 15 - Deadline for county forms (notebook order form, csv file and mentor list) to be sent to state office for 2021 MG Online Basic Training Class (contact your county extension office for application form, fees and date to turn in form to your county office). Please send csv file to mg@uaex.edu 15 - Master Gardener Monday (MGM), 12 to 1 p.m. (link coming soon) 16 - noon to 1 p.m. Trees Count in Cities & Towns: Managing Community Trees to Maximize Their Benefits, presented by Krissy Thomason, AR Department of Agriculture Forestry Division Urban & Community Forestry Program Coordinator, and Krista Quinn, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Agent Zoom Registration: http://bit.ly/TreesCountFeb16 Research shows that trees provide a multitude of benefits to communities. Krissy Thomason, Urban & Community Forestry Program Coordinator with the AR Department of Agriculture Forestry Division and Krista Quinn, University of AR Division of Agriculture County Extension Agent in Faulkner County, will discuss some of the ways that trees help communities and introduce some methods that communities can use to manage their community trees. 16 - Getting Started with Starting Seeds via Zoom, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration link http://bit.ly/FCMGStartingSeeds Description: There is no better time than right now to start planning for your spring and summer gardens! In this Learning to Grow seminar, Faulkner County Master Gardener, Diana Polcar, will walk us through the process of germinating your own seeds indoors. She will help us understand what seeds need to flourish and perform best by discussing where to source high quality seeds, the best seed starting mediums and seed starting containers, the pros and cons of grow lights and heat mats, and much more! Contact: Krista Quinn 501-329-8344 klquinn@uaex.edu 17 - White County Brown Bag Lecture Series: Terrell Davis - Warm Season Veggies, 12 to 1 p.m. (link coming soon) 18 - Grow Your Own Groceries: Potatoes, 12 to 1 p.m. Link for GYOG webpage 23 - noon to 1p.m. Top Ways to Save Money with Trees- presented by John Baker, AUFC board member and co-founder of Tree Streets Little Rock, and Anthony Whittington, City of Hot Springs Parks & Trails Director Zoom registration: http://bit.ly/SaveMoneyWithTreesFeb23 Beautiful, healthy trees can greatly enhance our homes and businesses. However, growing trees takes time, effort, and money and the last thing anyone wants is to invest in trees and then watch them die. In this presentation, attendees will learn how to plant and care for trees to protect their investments and ensure they thrive. Some topics that will be covered include tree species selection, good and bad site locations for trees, and tree planting and maintenance to promote the health and longevity of trees. Participants will learn when, how, and why to plant, prune and maintain trees to maximize tree benefits. 24 - White County Brown Bag Lecture Series: Brett Gordan - Soils, 12 to 1 p.m. (link coming soon) March 2021 Events 1 - MG Online Basic Training Class begins 10 - Deadline for Janet B. Carson High School Scholarship Link to scholarship form |
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