Form 10 Florida Master Gardener Awards and Recognition Form Awards of Excellence

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1 MASTER GARDENER UFFLOitlOA lfas Extension 107 MehrhofHall POBox Gainesville, FL Phone: (352) ext, 331 Fax: (352) Form 10 Florida Master Gardener Awards and Recognition Form Awards of Excellence Each county is allowed ONE ENTRY PER CATEGORY. Although your Master Gardener Coordinator may have been heavily involved in this effort, only the efforts of the Master Gardeners themselves are to be evaluated. Points will be deducted if it is perceived that most of the effort or submission of entry forms came from the Master Gardener Coordinator. Only efforts made since the last awards ceremony will be considered by the judges. Any new or recertified active Florida Master Gardener( s) are eligible. Inthe event your entry does not take top honors in this category this year, we would encourage you to improve your submission and resubmit your entry next year should you repeat or continue this project. If your project has won in ANY year, it CANNOT BE RE- ENTERED again, despite any significant changes in format or participants. Judges for the awards shall be appointed by the State Master Gardener Program Leader, University of Florida. Decisions by the judges will be final. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT SEE BELOW FOR ApPLICATION CRITERIA: The correct and completed award application forms including: A typed application form not to exceed 3 pages in length. Supporting materials (where requested may be additional pages) o The three pages must include the 150 word project summary. 12 point font No more than 8 photographs in addition to the three pages of text. (photos no larger than 8 x 10) This form typed and completed including: appropriate category checked Name ofmg Coordinator (The coordinator must approve application prior to admission) Application, photos and supporting materials must all be in PDF format and packaged into one document. Submissions are to be ed to: twichman@ufl.edu County:.~~~.~~!..<??~.~~.'. Name of Project:.~~~?'~.~!~~!~?~!.~.9.~~~~i.C?~~~ g~~~~~.-?:~~~~.. Project start date:.?~.~x Project end date: g.~~~~~.~.. Na~e of person( s) typing application:.~~~.~.~~~~.'..?~.~.~~. ~~~.q.~~.. Name or names fm G d. li ti Pat Leach, Susan League 0 aster ar eners preparmg app tea ion ;.... Name of Agent:.~!~.~:.~~::i.~.. Revised

2 CATEGORY: Indicate only one category per entry form. You must assign your entry to a specific category to be considered for an award in that category. Entries are limited to the categories indicated below. Form 11 Beautification Form 12 Demonstration Garden Form 13 Educational Materials Development Form 14 Extension Awareness Form 15 County DisplayslExhibits Form 18 Personal Communications Form 19 Service to 4- H and other youth Form 20 Special Audiences Form 22 Written or Verbal Mass Comm. Form 23 County Master Gardener Newsletter Form 16 General Achievement Form 17 Outstanding Master Gardener PDF Applications to: Tom Wichman twichman@ufl.edu TO BE ELIGIBLE ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY AUGUST 19, _ Revised

3 ''''J MASTER GARDENER of ~j.. FLORIDA UF UNIVERSITY IFAS Extension 107 MehrhofHall PO Box Gainesville, FL Phone: (352) Fax: (352) Form 12 FLORIDA MASTER GARDENER DEMONSTRATION/ EDUCATIONAL GARDEN AWARD Respond to the questions below in a concise manner and return this form along with Form 10. Remember entrants are limited to the category they indicate on Form 10. If additional space is needed, use attachments. Photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, etc. can also be included to help describe the demonstration garden efforts, scanned and attached in PDF format. Forms must be TYPED AND COMPLETED for consideration by the committee. 1. Give a brief explanation of the scope of the demonstration garden. Please describe educational components of the garden and number of Master Gardeners involved and hours spent. Please provide a list of all Master Gardeners who participated in this project. (25 points).. 2. What was the intended purpose of the demonstration garden and the actual or potential audience reached? (25 points) 3. How was the site evaluated according to its effectiveness as an educational demonstration?(20 points) 4. What were the results of this demonstration garden (15 points)? 5. How has this demonstration garden helped the targeted audience (15 points)? 6. A 150 word (or less) summary of your project so that we can let others know of your accomplishments. Your application will NOT be judged without this summary included. Please add a few paragraphs describing any problems you encountered or things you might change if you were to do the project again. Revised '7/2013

4 1. Give a brief explanation of the scope of the demonstration garden. Please describe educational components of the garden and number of Master Gardeners involved and hours spent. Please provide a list of all Master Gardeners who participated in this project. The native plant garden is a 60' by 50' section of the UF/IF AS Sumter County demonstration garden that contains native plants that grow in Sumter County. The native plant garden contains many wonderful species of native plants including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses and wetland plants. Examples include: Longleaf Pine Loblolly Pine Oakleaf hydrangea Tropical Sage Coreopsis Love grass Muhly grass Gamma grass Rosinweed Gaillardia Buttonbush Dwarf yaupon holly Frostweed Horsemint Walters's viburnum Cabbage Palms Saw palmetto Silver Saw palmetto Sunshine mimosa Spiderwort Florida privet Blue-eyed grass Blue flag iris Virginia sweet spire Pond cypress Beach Sunflower Beautyberry Southern Magnolia Plants and materials incorporated into the garden were donated or purchased by the Sumter County Master Gardeners. We utilized the Florida Wildlife Association for seeds and we had green house space donated to us for propagating annuals and perennials. Some specific plants were hard to find. Trees and shrubs were an even bigger challenge but with growing interest in native plants, we hope they will be more readily available both for us and those who would like to re-create our garden. The native plant garden is irrigated using micro-irrigation from two 3,000 gallon cisterns. Watering is done on an as-needed basis. No pesticides are used in the landscape. Master Gardeners involved in this project include, Pat Leach (Committee Chair), Larry Boyce, Johanna Jones, Roger Jones, Barbara Schroeder, Ann Carraway, Allen Wise, Dan Bonner, May May Bowers, Karen Boyce, Doris Branson, Nick Brown, Martha Buck, Ed Bull, Jan Carlos, Jan Carpenter; Glenda Crandall, Karen Crispin, Cindy Dobbs, Evelyn Duncan, Ann Fender, Carol Frederick, Annie Grewe, Diane Gudaitis, Michael Harris, Sandra Higginbotham, Ginny Horsey, Susan League, Ed Johnson, Mary Moessinger, Celia Marek, Wendel Martinkovic, Clarice Maurer, Andrea Nelson, Tom Nielson, Sandy Nolan, Barbara Peterson, Kathy Porter, Jeanie Powell, Elaine Pursell, Ed Rhinehart, Sue Rehkamp, Debra Sanders, Hal Sands, Barbara Schroeder, Jim Selock, Ann Shepard, Vicki Sheppard, Bridget Smith, Porgy Smith, Cliff

5 Sunday, Marcia Taylor, June Trupke, Sharon Tuchman, Holly Tuxbury, Carolyn Wildes and Bob Williams. Master gardeners donated 991 volunteer hours in the native plant garden What was the intended purpose of the demonstration garden and the actual or potential audience reached? The main purpose of the native plant garden was to introduce residents about native plants that can be grown in their county. When planted in the right place, native plants are naturally adapted to Florida's adverse climate conditions and resistant to pests. Native plants are also very important to native wildlife such as reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds, butterflies and other beneficial pollinators. The native plant garden was also a great tool to introduce new residents to Florida landscaping and ways in which native plants can be utilized in a home landscape. 3. How was the site evaluated according to its effectiveness as an educational demonstration? The native plant garden has been recognized as a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. As of January 2013, the native plant garden has had 462 visitors. 4. What were the results of this demonstration garden? The installation and maintenance of the native plant garden has generated positive results for the extension office. The residential extension agent teaches a summer "Bug Camp" that utilizes different components of the landscape. Children collect insects and learn which ones are the good guys and which are the bad guys. The residential horticulture agent also has taught a Florida Master Naturalist Class, using the gardens wetland plants as part of his wetlands module. The garden is also used as part,_ of the Master Gardener Evening Gardener series and training landscape professionals. 5. How has this demonstration garden helped the targeted audience? After visiting the native plant garden, homeowners have now achieved a greater appreciation for native plants. Many native wildflowers are seen as "weeds". The use of Spanish needles in our garden enlightens them on what wonderful butterfly plants these "weeds" are! The native plant garden has also helped residents choose the right plant for the right place. Homeowners now can see mature plants used in our landscape and then incorporate those ideas to their own home. Homeowners are educated on what plants do well in full sun, part sun, shade and wet areas. 6. A 150 word (or less) summary of your project so that we can let others know, of your accomplishments. In 2007, our concept was to have a garden that would showcase and demonstrate how native plants appropriate for central Florida, including trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials could be utilized in the traditional home landscape. The advantages would be in keeping with the principles of Florida friendly gardening. We were lucky that the site we chose had both an upland area and a water retention area. This allowed us to use a wide variety of plants to demonstrate the "right place right plant" principle. Native plants, once established,

6 require less water and are less susceptible to insects and disease which minimizes the use oftoxic materials. We were also able to demonstrate management of storm water runoff and the use of appropriate wetland plants. We utilize the garden for many of the presentations and events given by our agents and master gardeners. In addition we have a beautiful low maintenance and is eye catching as well. colorful "backyard" that is attractive to wildlife Please add a few paragraphs describing any problems you encountered change if you were to do the project again. or things you might We had the usual issues, such as: plant selection, water distribution and how routine maintenance would be accomplished. All of these were easily overcome and we did not need to change our process. We also continue to have issues with vandalism, such as broken signs and irrigation heads. We currently have all plant materials and other landscape materials in a file for documentation and reimbursement from the facility.

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