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1 UW-Extension Wood County Master Gardener Association Wood County UW Extension June 2016 WCMGV Program Information Tour of Sue Haydock s City Yard June 28: Business meeting, 7:00 pm Garden Tour 7:30 pm Cook Ave, WR For the 30 years that Sue and her husband have lived on Cook Street, their yard has gone through many changes. Come and tour their yard to see how Sue has addressed the challenges of shade, water and poor soil by building raised beds for flowers and vegetables making their yard a haven from busy Wisconsin Rapids in spite of its being only a few blocks from 8th Street! She has volunteered to be one of our stops on the 2016 Garden Walk so some of us will be lucky to see her gardens twice. Driving directions: Going toward Wal-Mart on 8th street, turn left onto Airport Ave. Continue on Airport Ave until 14th St So. Turn right on 14th St S. Continue on for 2 blocks and turn right onto Cook Ave. The first driveway on the right is 1330 Cook Av. It has two driveways. Parking is on Cook In This Issue President s Message News from UWEX North Central Garden Walk WCMGV Tally of Community Education May Minutes UWEX Photo Release Form Winged Wonders Media Guidelines and photo release form North Central Garden Walk Garden Walk Update WCMGV Annual Potluck June Gardening Guide Vesper Library Program Brochures Tour of Mead Wildlife Center July 26 S2148 County Hwy S, Milladore, WI We Master Gardener Volunteers are in for a real treat this month! Wear your good walking shoes because Pam Resech, the Natural Resources Educator at the Mead Wildlife Center will be taking us on a tour and telling us about "Native Prairie Plants." This State Wildlife Area is the third largest in Wisconsin. Covering 33,000 acres it includes parts of Marathon, Portage and Wood Counties. The Mead Wildlife Area is home to a variety of grassland types that provide critical habitat for prairie and grassland wildlife. The variety of colors painted on the prairie canvas is a sight to behold as well as the habitat for many insects and birds that rely on the blooming flowers. You may wish to bring along baggies to collect some seed samples to start your own canvas or add to your existing canvas. Willowleaf Bluestar Volume 20, Issue 5 Wood County Master Gardeners Volunteers 1

2 From the President s Notebook June 20 is the first day of summer. As I drove to Marshfield for a meeting today, I noticed a sure sign that summer is here farmers had numerous hay fields cut down the harvest begins! Our spring seminar was educational and fun with very unique and interesting subjects. A delicious variety of treats on the refreshment table enhanced the morning and along with tea and coffee made the social time very inviting for all. Thanks to both committee members for your support of this seminar! Thanks to members who made the treats. October 15 the fall seminar will be held at the UW Marshfield site. Please note the date on your calendar. More details will be posted in the newsletter as we get closer to that date. The WCMGV Garden Walk is July 9. The GW committee and numerous volunteer helpers are all ready to host this grand event. The garden walk is our major fund raiser. Members who are not on the committee are welcome to earn extra hours by offering to help during the garden walk day even an hour or two will help! The monies raised are used for all of our projects and other events throughout the area. Thanks in advance for your help on garden walk day! We have a wonderful summer of events planned. Our June meeting will be held at our very own MGV, Sue Haydock s Garden. Sue has also volunteered to be a garden walk host this year, so we will enjoy her garden twice. Thanks, Sue. Along with the many gardens we also have Art in the Garden Boutique set-up at one garden. Denise Larson and her group of talented crafters have created some very unusual garden art which will be for sale at the boutique. Each year we ask WCMGVs to enhance the variety of items for sale at the boutique by cleaning out their garden sheds and donating any gently used items they no longer use or need. For your convenience Bob and Ruth Cline will have their empty van at the June meeting, so bring your containers, garden art, books, magazines, garden tools, small barn windows, old coffee or tea pots, old pails, small benches, stepping stones or whatever and stuff the van. We will store, clean, mark items and bring them to the garden walk boutique. Any questions about suitability of an item, please fill free to contact the Clines. At the May meeting a form entitled Wood County Master Gardener-Year End Tally of Community Education was handed out (see page 5). Since that date, several questions have come up about the form. I will try and answer those questions. In 2015 Teri suggested that three of the WCMGV projects be involved with a pilot program regarding keeping track of any type of education that the project members were involved with during the year. The projects that agreed to participate were Lester Library at Rome and Vesper and the Community Gardens in Wisconsin Rapids. The project leaders kept track of the following activities: number of people attending programs, or stopped by the gardens while they were working, the number of people who asked garden questions, and any public contact that involved gardening in anyway. The three project leaders filled out the form and gave it to Teri. Teri included the information from the three projects and added that information to the end of the year report that she submits to the State. I also used the information in the WCMGV Annual Accomplishment report that I am required to prepare and report to the State. Teri thought this idea/form would be an excellent way to document the educational activities that go on within the WCMGV projects throughout Wood County and surrounding borders. This form doesn t require project leaders/teams to do anything differently at their project, such as present a formal program. All that is needed is to just track and note any informal interaction that occurs between the project members and the public during the times they are working in the garden. If you are a project leader, use the form that was handed out to record your information and then submit along with your project forms by October 1 st. In order for the form to fit all project situations it may need to be updated for the next year. Please do your best this year to note your information on the form. Add any comments (about how you would like the form to be set-up for the next year) on the back of the form. Thanks very much for helping get this new idea off the ground in Your effort and input are appreciated. The data collected will be posted in our annual accomplishment report as a total number for Wood County not by project! The form is available on the Continued on page 3 2

3 Continued from page 2 WCMGV website under forms. Looking ahead to July meeting, the program committee has a grand outing planned for us. We will venture out into The Mead Wild Center native gardens. You may wish to bring bug and tick protection as we will be walking on the trails. You are welcome to bring your own water bottle if you wish. Check out the detailed information about the July event in this newsletter. This is a true opportunity for the photographers in our group. Hope to see you all there! Bring a guest if you wish! Whatever Your Gift What is that you hold in your hand? Nothing, you say? Look again. Every hand holds some special gift A hammer, a broom, a pen, A hoe, a scalpel, an artist s brush A needle, a microscope, A violin s bow, a way with words In the giving of faith and hope What is that you hold in your hand? Whatever your gift may be, It can open your door to abundant life You hold in your hand the key.. By Helen Lowrie Marshall The garden walk refreshment committee will be asking for refreshments and help at the refreshment table on July 9 th. There will be a sign-up sheet at the June meeting. August is our grand Potluck/Picnic. This year it will be held at the Vesper Park. The program will be an educational tour of both the park gardens and the library gardens in Vesper. Tomato tasting will be an added attraction this year! More information will be available in the July newsletter. It is not too early to start thinking about the fall plant sale. Mary Czaja will be providing us with scarecrow skeletons at an upcoming meeting all we need to do is go home and design the scarecrow outerwear and bring the creation to the fall plant sale! More info coming! As always, please contact me with any questions. Enjoy summer and your garden! Ruth Cline New UW-Extension Policy UW Extension Update: New policy regarding personal flash drives. The UW Extension/Wood County Courthouse IT Department has put a policy in place that they can no longer take data off of personal flash drives. If anyone creates a flyer (for example) that they wanted printed, they would need to it to UW Extension. Our current contact is Allison Henke: ahenke@co.wood.wi.us. Thanks for understanding! Questions, please contact Ruth Cline U-W Extension This is high season for Master Gardeners. The exposure that you experience at activities during and in preparation for the garden walk is greatly appreciated. Also your work with all the projects that need your efforts this time of year is just the best. Master Gardeners that come into the UW -Extension office to assist with the home horticulture questions are greatly appreciated especially while we have a vacancy in the horticulture educator position. Of course you are fielding many questions as you assist with projects that are not as noticed by Extension as when you actually are in our office. We appreciate all of it! As a Master Gardener volunteer you are participating in a service and education based organization. As a volunteer you selflessly give, but hopefully your knowledge base and your capacity are increased while you do volunteer efforts. You are sustained and grow through the interaction with the other MG volunteers. This is the win-win that is the Master Gardener program. Matt Lippert Wood Co. Agriculture Agent Wood County Master Gardeners Volunteers 3

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6 Wood County Master Gardener Volunteers Gary & Micky Erikson s Garden Tour, Rudolph, WI May 24, 2016; One Hour Continuing Education. Meeting was called to order at 7:15pm. Minutes from 4/26/2016: Julie Carlsen moved to accept past minutes as written, seconded by Peg Harvey, motion carried. Financial report: Presented by Barb Herreid, motion made to accept as presented by Chris Grimes, seconded by Jeanne Osgood, motion carried. Old Business/Announcements: Check Sign-In Table for sign-up sheets/information handouts/other Attendance sheets, sign-ups to provide refreshments/work at refreshments table for Garden Walk distributed. WI Rapids Plant Sale Deb DeByl and Joanne Holden thanked everyone for helping and donating plants. Sales were best year ever. Left over plants for sale to members for $2 each. Barb Herried has worm castings available for sale. Awards for 2015 Volunteer Hours Ruth Cline distributed awards. New Business/Announcements: Extension Update Candidates for position will be interviewed in June. Matt Lippert and Peter Manley appreciate any help in Extension Office. Karen Houdek and Sue Wilford will be updating the reference notebooks with up-to-date extension documents. Also will create a sign-out process for the reference manuals. Ruth Cline will provide two tote bags for the references. Diane Nickel reported that the court house auditorium will be made into office space and no longer available for our monthly meeting after October. (updated information, not available after June 9 th ) Welcome new WCMGV Newsletter Editor Ruth Cline introduced Peg Klinkhammer. Thank you and congratulations. Community Education Form Sue Wilford reported that this form is to track the numbers of community members that MGV educate. At the end of the year, the numbers are tallied and reported to state. Working on getting form accessible on MGV website. Fall Seminar: October 15 th at UW Marshfield. Topics will be follow up to the spring conference of Permaculture and Invasive Species. Look for details in next newsletter. Garden Walk Saturday, July 9, Barb Herreid handed out envelopes with tickets and posters for distribution. Christine Griffith reminded greeters and guides to check s for communication and assignments will be given closer to garden walk. Denise Larson still looking for sewers to make bags. Garden Walk Sign-up for Refreshments Clip board distributed for sign-up. Donated Items for Garden Art Boutique Bob and Ruth Cline collecting boutique items. Bring to membership meetings. Annual WCMGV Potluck Picnic Sign-up next meeting. Will be held at Vesper Park and Library. Tomato Tasting Event at WCMGV Potluck/Picnic See Julie Carlson to help with event. Fall Plant Sale September 17 th and 19 th Mary Czaja will have supplies to build scare crows again. Encouraged donation of dried flowers/weeds which sell very well. Joyce Fischer offered MGV to utilize her soil to help with potting of donated plants. Call Joyce Fischer to arrange. Bus Trip Plans for 2016 Saturday, August 20, Diane Nickel reported that deadline for MGV members is June 30 th and cost is $43 for the trip, with food cost extra. Limited to 36, so sign up early. Project Leader/Committee/Teams Updates/Information: Jane Maciejewski reported that seeds are available from the Vesper Library seed lending library. If members need information on seed saving, contact Jane Maciejewski or Leonore Look. WCMGV 20 th Anniversary Celebrate 2017 Will soon be here. Projects are encourage to be creative in celebrating the anniversary at their sites. Famia Marx creating a 2017 calendar; if interested in helping, give her a call. Ruth Cline creating history display; if interested in helping, give her a call. Cookbook labeled as anniversary edition which will be ready to start selling again in mid-june. More to come. Teams, Forms, WCMGV requirements Chris Grimes presented Media Guidelines. The Extension is expecting that all media released is done in a professional manner, following all copyright or plagiarism rules. When posting pictures on websites, newsletters or brochures, WCMGV must have written permission to post pictures of members. A General Release form was distributed to all members, to sign if they are okay with posting their picture on web, brochures, newsletters, etc. Chris Grimes reported that she monitors the website and Facebook for appropriate posts. If questions regarding media posts, contact Chris Grimes. Motion to adjourn at 8:25pm was made by Lynn Bushmaker; seconded by Judy Miller; motion carried. The next meeting will be on June 28, 2016 with business meeting starting at 7:00 pm and Garden Tour of Sue Haydock s City Yard at 7:30 pm. Respectfully Submitted Sue Wilford, Secretary Members Attending: Nancy Alger, Anna Ambroziak, Shirley Anderson, Annette Bowden, Audrey Brundidge, Lynn Bushmaker, Julie Carlsen, Bob Cline, Ruth Cline, Mary Czaja, Mike Datka, Debra DeByl, Karen Deglow, Roger Deglow, Michaeleen Erickson, Jennifer Fane, Patricia Farley, Joyce Fischer, Laurie Francis, Fern Fregien, Christine Griffith, Chris Grimes, Peg Harvey, Betty Havlik, Barb Herreid, Joanne Holden, Karen Houdek, Paula Klevene, Peg Klinkhammer, Leonore Look, Jane Maciejewski, Scott MacMillan, Joy Mader, Ellen Mazurek, Judy Miller, Barb Moes-Kleifgen, Tammera Neumann, Diane Nickel, Jim Nickel, Kay O Shasky, Jeanne Osgood, Debra Ostrowski, Patricia Paulus, Kathryn Poehnelt, Jean Rockwood, Jan Sabin, Roberta Stolt, Connie Stout, Donna Streiff, Carol Tomke, Apollonia Virsnieks, Margaret Weister, Janet Wierman, Sue Wilford, Joanne Wilkinson, Marlene Winters, and Mary Zahn. Meeting Program: Tour of Gary and Micky Erickson s gardens and plant exchange. 6

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10 WCMGV Media Guidelines The Wood County Master Gardener Association is a non-profit organization with a mission to educate and share information with its members and the community alike. We are a diverse group interested in the latest research-based horticultural information. In addition, it is our charge to promote the UW Extension from which we are founded. As our mission states, education is a prime focus in all that we do, whether it is presenting seminars and demonstrations, staffing information booths, sponsoring children s horticultural activities, hosting our garden walk, writing newspaper and newsletter articles, or by simply modeling good horticultural practices at our project gardens. In addition, we now have an online presence, through our website and Facebook page, to promote our organization and educational opportunities and subjects. With this wide expanse of visibility and, as more of us become involved in generating this information, we must always be cognizant of our responsibilities related to privacy, copyrights, and plagiarism. The UWEX provides support for this by maintaining resources to guide you in writing and printing acceptable information and pictures. Links to this information can now be found on our website by clicking on the Forms and Documents tab and scrolling down to the Writing and Photo Resources subheading. One of the main components of this is the requirement to have written permission of an individual (members included) before we are allowed to use his/her photo image in any of our publications or online entities. Oral consent is not adequate. This may affect you if you are inclined to post pictures of yourself or other MG members on our private Facebook page or you want to include pictures of people in a pamphlet, handout, video or some other tool you are designing to highlight your MG project. A file with the signed permission forms will be maintained. If you choose to do so, you can sign a form at a general meeting or you can print a form from our website ( Photo Release link under Forms and Documents ) and return the form to our Treasurer. In general, these are the rules: if an individual is identifiable in an image published in an electronic or hardcopy format, and they are not employed by UWEX, you must have a signed release form on file. Photographs taken at public events and in public spaces do not require written consent unless an individual is singled out and identifiable in the photo. Consent is not needed to photograph groups of people in a public place. Individuals are protected by privacy laws in settings where they might reasonably expect privacy. When in doubt, get written consent. In regard to pictures obtained from the internet to use in your projects or handouts, be aware that some pictures are copyrighted and it is illegal to use the image without permission. Again, refer to the resources listed on our website to assist you in finding suitable picture to reproduce. 10

11 In representing or discussing WCMGVA or UWEX in your publications, in person, or online, please be aware of these expectations; A professional image/positive impression should be presented to ensure that respect for our members, our organization, and the UW Extension is shown. Comments or communication by a member on his/her private social media accounts should also refer to WCMGVA, its members, and UWEX in a respectful way. Follow copyright laws and be vigilant about plagiarism (for newsletter, newspaper, website articles or any other educational handouts), including pictures obtained from internet. Our public online sites (our website and public Facebook page) will be clearly tied to our mission. Features will focus on our organizational activities and educational offerings with information from expert or academic sources only. Administrators only will post to public side of Facebook. Members can submit items of interest for consideration. Members that desire to present garden related information from the mass media, or personal/private sources should do so on their own social media or on the private group page. Private Facebook group: Posting is allowed by members of the group. Content guidelines are looser, but Administrator has the authority to remove any postings or part of posting. Members should use discretion in regard to content and pictures, keeping in mind our mission, our image, and copyright issues. Fall Plant Sale Photo by S Chia/Flickr/Creative Commons Photo: Andrew Bowden, Creative Commons It seems like a crime to be thinking of fall when summer has just begun. This is just a gentle reminder to keep the Fall Plant Sale in mind when you are doing your routine gardening projects. We are asking each member to donate a dozen plants to the sale. These can be perennials or houseplants. Please have your plants labeled. A picture of the plant in bloom will help it sell. Many plants are very healthy and green but get lost without a little color. We also are looking for dried materials that we can make into fall bouquets. If you have access to small hay bales that you would be willing to donate or lend, we will use them to display the scarecrows. I will bring wood strips to the summer meetings to use for the scarecrows. They were a big hit last year. I heard that two sold while Appolonia was carrying them in. Any other fall related items or crafts would be appreciated. We had a very successful sale last year thanks to all of your hard work. Any questions or help with "digs" can be directed to Mary Czaja by or at

12 Garden Walk Update Plans are coming together nicely, but we need your help with a few items to make our day at success. Advertising Help: A new idea this year is to place yard signs promoting the Garden Walk in strategic locations around the community. The signs are similar to for sale signs posted by realtors. Can we place one in your yard or a business with which you are friendly where there will be a lot of traffic? The signs will be brought to the June meeting to be distributed. We hope to use these every year and that they will be one more method of getting the word out about this important fundraiser. Art in the Garden Boutique needs: Gently-used garden related items are still much needed. Books, tools, pots, pictures, decor, birdhouses, plants, etc are welcome. The sooner we get them, the better, so they can be priced items ahead of the Walk. Please bring items to the June meeting or contact Barb Herreid or Denise Larson to make other arrangements. Please be sure any pots or containers are clean and serviceable. New! Silent Auction! Now is your chance to bid on a variety of special items, including one of Famia Marx beautiful cement and mosaic glass stepping stones, especially made for the Garden Walk. Might you have an item to contribute that would be an interesting or fun auction item? If so, please contact Denise Larson. Set Up Help: Additional muscle-power is needed on Friday to help set up tables and canopies and then again at 3:30pm on Saturday to help take them down again. If you can assist or have a helpful spouse or teen willing to share some time with us for one or both days, please contact Barb Herreid for where and when details. Growing Friends Community Gardens The Growing Friends Community Gardens is in need of wood pallets to make compost bins. If anyone has any or knows of anyone who has any to donate please contact Karen Houdek at either khoudek842@aol.com or Any Master Gardeners interested in earning hours at the Growing Friends Community Garden in Wisconsin Rapids, we need volunteers to help water, weed and harvest our food pantry beds, herb beds, and butterfly garden. We are hoping to get enough volunteers to make a rotating schedule through the summer. Please contact Team Leader Karen Houdek at khoudek842@aol.com or

13 WCMGV Annual Potluck Picnic June Garden Guide from Portage County Master Gardeners Volunteers Tuesday, August 23 Vesper Recreational Park, Vesper 5 PM: Garden Tour/ Program 6 PM: Picnic Supper/ Tomato Tasting 7 PM: Business Meeting Spouses Invited!! Enjoy a True Old Fashion Potluck Supper Featuring: Delicious Main Dishes Pinch off one-half inch of chrysanthemums when they are six inches tall and continue pinching through June. Pinch annuals when 4-6 inches tall to promote growth. Give peonies 2-3 applications of complete fertilizer two weeks before flowering. Disbud several branches for bigger flowers on remaining buds. Stake before buds open. Prune spring flowering shrubs (lilacs, forsythia, honeysuckle, hydrangea, mock orange, privet, snowball, spirea, viburnum and weigela) after flowering. Apply annual application of fertilizer. Prune junipers, arborvitae, yews and hemlock any time during late spring or early summer. Water flower beds weekly during dry periods. Remove spent flowers and weeds from gardens and add mulch. Dig and divide non-blooming daffodils. For large dahlia blooms, prune all but one shoot per clump. Cut back delphiniums after blooming. Fabulous Salads Control leaf blight on tomatoes by disposing of diseased foliage or plants immediately and planting Yummy Desserts disease-resistant varieties. All Created by Talented WCMGV Chefs Dish to Pass Options Listed Below: Last Name Begins With: A-F Dessert G O Main Dish/Side Dish P Z Salad Paper plates, cups, napkins, eating/ serving utensils, dinner rolls and ice water will be provided by the WCMGV Association. Before setting out tomato cages, disinfect with a 10% bleach solution. Control fruit anthracnose and other disease problems by staking plants, maintaining optimal plant spacing and using mulches. Plant peppers, eggplant, sweet potatoes and late potatoes. Plant successive crops of beans, beets, carrots, kohlrabi, corn, turnips, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. Spray cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli to control cabbage worm and cabbage looper. Stop harvesting asparagus by month-end. Weed asparagus bed carefully after harvesting to avoid damage to roots. Prune evergreens. Prune out lilac seed heads. Treat lawns that are infected with cutworms and armyworms with parasitic nematodes. If fertilizing lawn two times per year, apply in June and October; if three times per year, apply in early June,,early Sept and mid- to late Oct. Continue applying fungicide on trees and small fruits. Prune suckers from fruit trees.apply sticky bands to fruit trees to catch insect pests that climb the trunks. Wood County Master Gardeners Volunteers

14 2016 WCMGV Board of Directors President Ruth Cline Vice President Julie Carlsen Secretary Sue Wilford Treasurer Barb Herreid Director Karleen Remington Director Jan Sabin Director Karen Houdek Director Mary Czaja Communications Rep. Chris Grimes Historian North Roxanne Tomkowiak Historian-South Michaeleen Erikson Immediate Past President and WIMGA Rep Barb Herreid Newsletter Editor Peg Klinkhammer ncatholicschools.org Please send items for inclusion in the newsletter by the 10th of the month. Public Relations Chair Karen Thlacac Lead time for television and newspaper is four weeks. Call Karen for clarification of dates and deadlines. Wisconsin Master Gardeners Website: wimastergardener.org Wood County Extension Website: wood.uwex.edu WVMGV Website: The Wood County Master Gardener Association is a non-profit organization with a mission to educate and share information with its members and the community alike. In addition, it is our charge to promote the UW Extension from which we are founded. We are a diverse group interested in the latest research-based horticultural information. Astrantia, Astrantia major Astrantia is a genus of 8 or 9 species in the carrot family (Apiaceae). One of the most commonly available as a garden ornamental is A. major, native to mountain meadows, grasslands, woodland clearings and along streams in Europe and western Asia. With a common name of masterwort (also the common name for Peucedanum ostruthium) or great masterwort, or just astrantia, this herbaceous perennial is hardy in zones 4-7. The much less commonly available A. maxima is a bit taller than A. major, with flowers held not as far above the basal clump Plants grow in mounded clumps up to 1½ feet high and spread by stolons. The 3-6 long basal leaves are palmate with 3-7 deeply divided lobes and toothed edges, but the sparse leaves on the branched flower stems are narrow with three shallow divisions. The medium green foliage remains attractive throughout the season, but does not develop interesting fall color. by Susan.Mahr Astrantia major in bloom. 14

15 What to bring Stepping Stones Registration Form Fill out and return form to the Vesper Library by June 30, 2016, or RSVP by calling the Library at Each class is limited to the first 6 people registered. Registration fee is $8.00. Tuesday July 12, 6-8 PM (molded stones) Thursday July 14, 6-8 PM (leaf stones) NAME: ADDRESS: Clip here and return completed form to the Vesper Library, 6550 Virginia Street, Vesper, WI Molded Stones: We will provide you with two round molds to use for your pour so that you may take the poured stepping stone home with you. The molded stones may be further decorated (but they do not need to be) by adding found items such as those shown in the photos in this brochure: marbles, pieces of glass, pottery, game pieces, leaf patterns, etc. Just remember that whatever you use should not have sharp edges, should not have openings that would collect water, and should be able to withstand the weather. Leaf Pattern Stones: Right before the day of the class, pick three or four of the largest leaves you can find. Leaves that are more rounded in shape work the best, such as rhubarb or squash leaves. Wear clothes that you don t mind getting dirty. We will supply everything else that is needed, including latex gloves to protect your hands, but if you need special gloves, please bring your own. Lester Public Library of Vesper 6550 Virginia Street Vesper, WI Phone: vespl@tds.net Stepping Stones Molded and Leaf Patterns DATE: July 12: 6-8 PM Molded Stones July 14: 6-8 PM Leaf Stones LOCATION: Lester Public Library of Vesper Each session is limited to 6 people. There is a $8.00 charge per class payable at registration. Sponsored by Wood County Master Gardener Volunteers & Lester Public Library of Vesper

16 Stepping Stones Molded and Leaf Patterns Wood County Master Gardener Volunteers and Lester Public Library of Vesper are offering two sessions of classes on creating stepping stones for your garden. The first class will show you how to create simple molded stepping stones. The second class will teach you how to make stepping stones formed by leaf patterns. In these classes you will learn what you need to do to create beautiful and original artwork for your garden. Garden Beauty You Can Create Preservation of your most beautiful hosta, rhubarb or squash leaf Stones with your new baby or grandchild s name Permanent eclectic assortment of memorabilia Unusually shaped stones for path creativity The classes will be offered Tuesday, July 12 from 6:00-8:00 PM (molded stones) or Thursday, July 14 from 6:00-8:00 PM (leaf patterns). There is a limit of 6 people per class. A fee of $8.00 to cover the cost of supplies will be charged at registration. We will hold the class rain or shine, but if it rains, we may move locations, but meet first at the library. At the first classes, you will prepare your form, and mix and pour concrete for at least one original garden stone. The stones will be in a form that you can take with you. At the second class (the leaf patterns) you will pour and form the stone, but it will need to dry before it can be transported. Therefore, you will need to arrange a time to pick it up at a later date. You need no particular artistic ability. Just come with enthusiasm and leave your fears at home. Above: molded stepping stones created by using found objects for both the mold and decoration. Below, a round formed stone that highlights entertainment memorabilia.

17 What to bring Garden Treasures Registration Form Fill out and return form to the Vesper Library by June 30, 2016, or RSVP by calling the Library at Each class is limited to the first 10 people registered. Wednesday, July 13, 6-8 PM FEE $3.00 payable at registration NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: Clip here and return completed form to the Vesper Library, 6550 Virginia Street, Vesper, WI Clean out your cupboards and bring all the old glassware you can find for repurposing plates, vases, candle holders, cups, platters, bowls, etc. Bring in wooden or metal dishware as well. Nothing in your cupboards? Scrounge Goodwill, the Salvation Army or other thrift shops and garage sales for interesting pieces. Bring in extras to share and we can mix and match pieces with others. Wear clothes that you don t mind getting dirty and bring gloves if desired. We will supply everything else that is needed. Lester Public Library of Vesper 6550 Virginia Street Vesper, WI Phone: vespl@tds.net Garden Treasures from Grandma s Attic DATE: July 13: 6-8 pm LOCATION: Lester Public Library of Vesper Limited to 10 people per session. $3.00 Fee payable at registration. Sponsored by Wood County Master Gardener Volunteers & Lester Public Library of Vesper

18 Garden Treasures from Grandma s Attic Garden Beauty You Can Create Unfading Garden Flowers Wood County Master Gardener Volunteers and Lester Public Library of Vesper are offering two sessions of classes, Garden Treasures from Grandma s Attic. In these classes you will learn what you need to do to create beautiful and original artwork for your garden by simply piecing together cast-off dishes, glassware and other sundry supplies. Non-poisonous Mushrooms Tempting Bird and Butterfly Baths Whimsical Solar Towers, etc. Grandma s Attic Do you have treasures from your Grandmother, Mother or Aunt Jane that you can t bear to throw away, but never can find a use for? Do you have any of those awkward gifts that you can t throw away, but really want out of your cupboard? Do you have more vases than you will ever have flowers to fill them? Do you have chipped, worn or just old dishware, but can t really justify getting new stuff? Now is your chance to re-purpose, re-use, and create something of beauty for your garden. The classes will be offered Friday, July 10 from 10:00-12:00 AM or Monday, July 13 from 6:00-8:00 PM. There is a limit of 10 people per class. At these classes, you will assemble at least one original work of garden art that will be ready to take with you and put in your garden when you leave. You need no particular artistic ability. Just come with enthusiasm and leave your fears at home. Garden flowers created from candle holders and china plates above. Below, glass birdbath created from Dollar Store plate and vase.