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2011 Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association Outreach Report We had a great outreach year. To date, MMG’s have recorded 1,280.25 hours of outreach for 2011. Please if you have not recorded your hours, send them to Julie as soon as possible. Top Outreach Hours
The toughest part of my job last year was finding certified master gardeners to participate in MMGA’s outreach booths around the state. We need certified master gardeners for two important reasons: to complete our mission to disseminate horticultural information whether it be one of our handouts or answering a questions and secondly, to pass on our knowledge to our interns and students in outreach, gardening, or working a MHS festival for admin hours. The success of our organization depend upon maintaining and teaching our members. Please consider giving some outreach time not just at the Boston Flower Show but other booths around the state. MMGA PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE, BOOTHS AROUND THE STATE LEXINGTON HCC PROJECT WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL GARDEN PLOT STONE ZOO PROJECT – AREA RESTORATION STEVENS COOLIDGE –GARDENING AT THE GREENHOUSE CITY SPROUTS SCHOOL DROP-IN PROGRAM YOUTH BUILD NURSERY DOROTHY QUINCY HOMESTEAD
OUTREACH BY MONTH JANUARY Boston Flower Show preparation Virginia Thurston Healing Garden – Gardening (after storm) Elm Bank Greenhouse
FEBRUARY Boston Flower Show preparation Kennedy’s Garden Center – info table and children’s activities Elm Bank Greenhouse
MARCH Somerville Growing Center: Maple Syrup Boil Down Boston Flower Show preparation BOSTON FLOWER SHOW preparation, digs, outreach, admin Stevens Coolidge greenhouse project Lowell Youth Builds-otreach and gardening projects Russell’s Garden Center Hort Info Booth Elm Bank Greenhouse-see starting, plant Heritage Gardens-ongoing gardening Alzheimer’s Sensory Garden-Lexington health Center Project Elm Sharpening Workshop
APRIL Pruning Workshop, Elm Bank Stone Zoo Project (ongoing) gardening Chestnut Hill Mall Spring Flower Show, outreach booth Dorothy Quincy Homestead Cleanup Elm Bank Greenhouse Earth Day, Elm Bank- invasives and composter sale Chelmsford Garden Center – Weston Nurseries opening – outreach booth Reading Garden Club outreach booth MCI Concord Project – April to end of September taught vegetable gardening and use of flowers in landscape Stony Brook Reservation Hort Info booth and children’s table Opportunity Lawrence Children’s Obesity Program, Winchester High School
MAY Town of Sudbury, planting and maintaining of plantings Wheelock Elementary School (ongoing spring planting/fall harvest) 300 mg hours-may planting – opctober harvest, supervised outreach, unlimited approved gardening hours available Briggs Nursery, North Attleboro Outreach Booths Canton Garden club outreach booth Wollaston Garden club outreach booth COSTCO Month long outreach for children fundraiser Natick Community Garden Stone Zoo Project Opportunity Powisset Spring Farm Festival Elm Bank Gardens garden help ********Trial, Wildflower, Italiante, Crockett and Goddesses Garden Vegetable, Weezies and Bressingham gardening Society Row Plant Sale, Elm Bank Norwood Evening Garden Club MCI
JUNE Town of Sudbury planting and maintenance Wheelock School Victory Garden Plymouth Garden Club outreach booth Elm Bank Gardening MCI Stone Zoo
JULY Town of Sudbury planting and maintenance Wheelock School Victory Garden Elm Bank Gardening MCI Stone Zoo
AUGUST MCI Stone Zoo Wheelock School Victory Garden Marshfield Fair (l week 8/16) Mass Marketplace, Elm Bank (8/6) Braintree Farmers’ Market/Urban Farm Day/Marketplace Elm Bank Gardening
SEPTEMBER Tufts university Community Day – Somerville/Medford Boxborough Agricultural Fair, composting MCI Stone Zoo Daylily garden court Wheelock School Victory Garden Elm Bank Gardening
OCTOBER Wheelock School Victory Garden Elm Bank Gardening Somerville Council on Aging, seniors class on window sill gardening St. Clement’s Fall Fair, info booth
NOVEMBER Festival of Trees, Elm Bank Early preparation for Boston Flower Show
DECEMBER Festival of Trees, Elm Bank Preparation Boston Flower Show I have read so many amazing projects. I congratulate all those who have given of their time.
Susan Varkas Outreach Coordinator |