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News for Delaware County Master GardenersVol. 11 No. 9 October, 2006 |
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Congratulations to the Fall Fest Committee for an excellent gardening program on September 16. Alyce Zellers chaired the committee, and her energy and enthusiasm were contagious. Marion Yaglinski spent countless hours grooming and labeling the hundreds of plants that you donated, and the reward was $522 in sales. Lisa Augustine came in after work on many days to clean, price and prepare the Frugal Gardener items. That table earned a profit of $328.00. Fifty Master Gardeners either volunteered at the Fall Fest or attended the event. Thanks to everyone who helped to make it a great day. The new State Master Gardener Coordinator has asked me to be one of the three representatives from the Southeast Region on her MG State Steering Committee. Our first meeting will be held in November. If you have suggestions for improving the program, please send them to me. Thanks for entering/sending your volunteer hours. If you still need hours for this year, we have many activities going on. We particularly need volunteers for the teaching gardens. You may select your own days and times. If you would like to help, please contact the chairperson (s) for the garden that interests you. Delilah Foldes and Stephen Hinds for the Hillside Garden, Kathy Hornberger for the Bird and Butterfly Garden, Carl Pfeiffer and Marion Nelson for the Terrace Garden, and Carolyn DiPaulo and Maru Hollen for the Shade Garden. Thanks to the efforts of these chairpersons and their committees, the Teaching Gardens have steadily improved. They looked great for the Fall Fest! We will be preparing the Master Gardener Directory for 2007 next month. In order to save printing and mailing costs and paper, we will not be sending the entire list of Volunteer Opportunities to the membership. Marty Roelandt will include changes to the list in the November newsletter. Please look at the 2006 lists for members' contact information and the Volunteer Opportunities and let me know if you wish to make changes in your committee selections or contact information. If you have misplaced either, we can send you a replacement. Committee chairs - please read your committee description on the 2006 Volunteer Opportunities document and send any changes to Marty as soon as possible. If you need additional volunteers for your committee, you may wish to add that to your write-up. The Hortline Committee has completed the Hortline Manual and will present the completed project to the membership at October's meeting. Congratulations to this talented and dedicated group of volunteers from the class of 2005! The Social Committee is planning our Holiday Party for December 3 at Ridley Creek State Park. An invitation and RSVP will be included in the November newsletter. Please respond promptly so that the committee can order the correct amount of food. We have printed tickets to make a donation to the Master Gardener Memorial Bench. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. One lucky donor will be selected at random to receive two vouchers for a round-trip flight for US domestic travel anywhere in the USAirways route system. (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands are included!) The winner will be chosen at the Holiday Party. Tickets are available in the office and at the monthly
Ahhhh, autumn! It really is a great time of the year for just about everything. Yes, the flowers are lovely in the summer but with it comes hot weather that sometimes makes you hesitant to go outside to enjoy them. The fall offers lots of opportunities to go outside and reflect on your garden in cooler, more color-enhancing air as well admire the changing leaves. With the shortening days my appreciation of nature increases more due to the oncoming months when I will only be thinking of perennials, compost, plant sales, etc.. Why is it that most gardeners do not tend to plant a garden devoted to reds, oranges and yellow but when fall returns, we all fall in love with the combination when decorating with mums, pumpkins, Indian corn and we especially love those same colors of the changing trees?? Living on the East Coast we are fortunate to have the change of seasons so that we can all take the time to slow down and count our blessings that maybe throughout the past season we made a difference through gardening. Hopefully we planted a few more shrubs for the birds, maybe included more host and nectar plants for butterflies, put in a water feature or added more birdhouses. Whatever it is, fall should be the time to step back and just say "ahhh!!, this is what life is all about". So after reading this, go out and buy some unusual varieties of apples, (hint: Macouns or Ida Reds), put your flannel shirt/sweatshirt on, take a leisurely walk around your garden, pick up and admire some fall leaves and take on the attitude of a wooly bear caterpillar; just lumber along and let everything just brush right off. Whatever way you enjoy fall, just don't imitate the squirrels and chipmunks, who are currently scurrying around like last-minute Christmas shoppers and similarly, probably won't remember where they hid those nuts. Almost
ex-president,
From Marion Yaglinski Just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who donated plants for our Fall Fest plant sale. Your generous donations made the sale a great success. People were impressed with our wonderful variety of plants! And a special thank you goes to Helen Joyce and Cynthia Sabatini for their help with the sale.
The election of officers for 2007 will be held at the January meeting. Alyce Zellers, our current president, has served two years and cannot continue. Our vice president, Kathy Hornberger, has agreed to be the nominee for president to replace Alyce. This
will leave the office of vice president open.
The vice president normally serves in the office
for two years and then goes on to be president
for two years. Anyone who is interested in serving
in this capacity or would like to recommend
a nominee, please call Carl Pfeiffer.
Extension Master Gardener Logo & Slogan Contest Invitation The Extension Master Gardener program will be 35 years old in 2007 and as part of that celebration you are invited to submit an original logo design and slogan for the organization's communication and visual identity. The Extension Master Gardener Program needs a new logo for the website and to demonstrate national collaboration and recognition of all Master Gardener programs. As Extension is developed, the logo and slogan will be utilized with new standardized curriculum. This partnership will signify the cooperation of all State Master Gardener Programs will use this identification for marketing and promotion of a national unified program. State and local logos will still be utilized by may have the option of adding the International logo and slogan. The new logo and the title will be trademarked and protected by the USDA/CSREES. The Extension Master Gardener Program is a platform for each state partner to share materials increasing the availability of information for volunteers and Extension personnel to share with the general public. Guidelines Submissions of a qualifying nature will be passed on to a panel appointed by the EMG-ECH committee. Appropriateness, creativity, originality, aesthetics and the use of space used to measure the logo & slogan's merit. The winning logo & slogan will demonstrate the mission and understanding of the Extension Master Gardener Program to the general population. LOGO SPECIFICATIONS
Submit logo and slogan as separate files. SLOGAN SPECIFICATIONS
Submit slogan and logo as separate files. PRIZE Registration and lodging at the 2007 International Master Gardener conference held in Little Rock, Arkansas, May 2 through May 5, 2007. DEADLINE FOR JUDGEMENT Entries will be accepted beginning October 15th and the contest will close on February 15th (postmark deadline). The committee will judge the entries and select the winner by March 1, 2007. The winner will be announced at the 2007 International Master Gardener conference. SUBMISSION Art submitted to the contest will not be return to the artist. More than one original art piece can be entered per Master Gardener. Include
the following on your Submission Form: Please mail all submission to:
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