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1 Queen Anne s County Master Gardener Newsletter The Watering Can I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Coordinators Corner 2011 Monthly Meetings 2 3 Leopold Bench 4 Garden Affair & Plant Sale Emerging Forest Pests 5 Bay-Wise Grow It Eat It 8-9 Advanced Training 9 Project Clean Stream 10 Demo Gardens 10 Longwood Gardens Trip Volunteer Opportunities Educational Opportunities Calendar 12 Calendar 13 V O L U M E 1 3, I S S U E 4 A P R I L April 20th Meeting: Pollinators with Mike Embrey Did you know that bees can fly at about 7 miles per hour and that they have to beat their wings 190 times per second to do it? Also, almost 90% of all flowering plants rely on animal pollinators for fertilization, and about 200,000 species of animals act as pollinators. Of those, 1,000 are hummingbirds, bats, and small mammals such as mice. The rest are insects like beetles, bees, ants, wasps, butterflies and moths. Worldwide, approximately 1,000 plants grown for food, beverages, fibers, spices, and medicines need to be pollinated by animals in order to produce the goods on which we depend. Our April 20th meeting at WREC (see page 3) from 9:30am to 11:30am will focus on Pollinators and their important role with the home landscape. Our speaker will be Mike Embrey, UME Apiary Specialist. MG of the Month: Judy Cahall-Conley Judy, a resident of Church Hill, joined the Queen Anne s Master Gardeners with the class of Since joining Judy has been an active member, participating in many MG activities including: The Annual Garden Affair, Junior Master Gardeners, Demogarden cleanups and many more. Thank you Judy for all of your hard work and dedication to the QAC MG s. We are so lucky to have you in our program!

2 P A G E 2 Rachel Melvin, Master Gardener Coordinator Coordinator s Corner Is anyone else happy that we had the first day of Spring?? I cannot tell you how happy I am to finally see spring emerge after this long cold winter. I m sure that many of you are feeling the same way after being cooped up in the house for so long. Just to see the trees budding and daffodils sprouting, means that its almost time to start the garden. I can hardly believe that we are a little over 6 weeks till our 4th Annual Garden Affair. Planning is in full swing (see page 5) for opportunities to help out! UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFO! Please send any changes to Rachel Melvin at rmelvin1@umd.edu, 505 Railroad Ave, Suite 4, Centreville, MD or fax: (410) Signs of Spring Submitted by Julie Tompkins, with additions by Neenah Jane Chambers, Kit Foster, Susan McRae, Louise Shearer, and Joe Thanks To: Jelich for being a host/hostess at Advanced Bay-Wise Training. Linda Doub and Gayle Jayne for doing Grow It Eat It talks. Sandy Simonson and Billy Gibson for being our March Meeting Hostess. Judy Geggis, Debbie Pusey, Susan Seth, Judy Conley, Jim Persels and Jackie Kelly for helping with the Centreville Library Raingarden clean up. As always, thanks is due to all of you, but if we missed a deserved thank you or if you wish to express your appreciation to someone, please let Rachel know and it shall be acknowledged in the next newsletter. T H E W A T E R I N G C A N

3 V O L U M E 1 3, I S S U E 4 P A G E 3 Date Topic Time Place Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Pollinators 9:30am to 11:30 am Wye Research Speaker: Mike Embry and Education Wednesday, May 11, 2011 * Week Earlier due to Annual Training Day* Composting Speaker: Lew Shell 9:30am to 11:30 am Center Tilghman Terrace Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Picnic 11:30 am to 2 pm Linda & Jack Doubs Home Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Bay-Wise 9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Orchids Speaker: Roger Cole 9:30am to 11:30 am Arbec s Greenhouse Ridgeley, MD Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Bring One Get One, 9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Bring Two Get Two Terrace Planning :30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace Wednesday, December 14, 2011 * Week early due to Holiday* WREC Holiday Luncheon Place??? P.O. Box 169 Queenstown, MD The WREC is seven miles southeast of Queenstown. From US Route 50 West, turn Left onto Carmichael Road. From US Route 50 East, turn Right onto Carmichael Road. About one-half mile beyond the Carmichael Methodist Church, turn right onto Cheston Lane. Follow Cheston Lane past Education Lane on the left. Turn left at the second lane. Meetings will be held in the conference room of the red brick WREC Administration Building. Please enter through the main administrative office door. Monthly Meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday of the month and start at 9:30 AM

4 P A G E 4 Leopold Bench Raffle Sponsored by the Queen Anne s County Master Gardeners Tickets $2 or 6 tickets for $10 The winning ticket holder also will receive a copy of Aldo Leopold s famous book, A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There. Drawing to be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the 4th Annual Master Gardener Garden Affair located at the Centreville Library & Historic Wright s Chance in Centreville, MD. Hand Crafted by Master Gardener, Joe Jelich The Leopold Bench is named for the famous conservationist Aldo Leopold. He designed a bench like this which sat in front of The Shack on his farm in Wisconsin. The bench is hand-crafted of western red cedar, a sustainably-harvested wood. If left untreated the bench will fade to a gray patina. The life of the bench can be extended by coating it with preservative, especially where it contacts the ground. Even if you haven t read Leopold s opening lines, There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot, from A Sand County Almanac, you will appreciate this bench. Aldo Leopold wrote about our place in the natural world. He promoted conservation of natural resources and an ethical relationship between people and the land. His simple, sturdy bench design reflects these ideals. Please stop by the Extension Office to pick up your ticket! T H E W A T E R I N G C A N

5 V O L U M E 1 3, I S S U E 4 P A G E 5 Garden Affair Update Submitted by: MG Susan Seth (Chairperson) The planning committee has a wonderful Garden Affair planned for the community this year on Saturday, May 21 from 10 until 2. We are working hard to publicize the event to increase our community participation. Please include the event in the newsletters of your communities and organizations. We also have flyers available for you to post in your neighborhoods. Contact Rachel if you want her to a newsletter article or a copy of the flyer to use for publicity. We are developing invitations to the event that we hope each Master Gardener will use to invite at least 10 people to the Garden Affair. Remember it will be an event with many activities for both children and Garden Affair Meetings Don t forget to mark your calendars: Monday, March 14, A.M. Monday, April 11, A.M. Monday, May 9, A.M. Post meeting Tuesday, May 24, A.M. adults. We will have copies available at the April 20 meeting. If each Master Gardener has 3 or 4 individuals or families who attend the Garden Affair, it will be a huge success. Thank you to the Master Gardeners who have volunteered to fill many of the jobs that are necessary for a successful event. We are still in need of volunteers, particularly for setup (8am-10am), to blow up the helium balloons (8am-10am), and to serve as greeters (10am- 2pm). Contact Rachel to sign up to fill one of these needs or to find another volunteer spot that appeals to you. Keep your eye out for useful gardening items for our Green Elephant sale. Be sure to price them in advance. All of our bakers out there are needed to supply those yummy home baked items for our bake sale. Judy Geggis will provide information in the May newsletter about the type of items allowed by the Health Department and how we will need to package them. Before we know it the Garden Affair will be here, for all of those who are growing plants to be sold please remember: Favorite houseplants can be propagated (not too many spider plants, please!) When starting seeds indoors for your own garden, sow some extras (herbs & veggies are popular) and pot them up Sharing your divided perennials is appreciated by new & experienced gardeners Any volunteer (flower, tree, or shrub) can be potted up for sale. Offering plants on the invasive list (English Ivy, Nandina, Ajuga, barberry for example) is Submitted by: MG Carole Colavito strongly discouraged. Healthy plants, labeled with the Latin and common names, color of bloom, bloom time, growing conditions (sun/shade), the more information the better. Labels can be masking tape, plastic tabs. Tabs can be made easily by cutting milk cartons or clear soft drink bottles up into short lengths with a pointed bottom, use Magic Marker or Sharpie to write on them. Plant trays for display and customers use. Anyone who needs small pots can contact Rachel or Karen. We will price plant items. Near the end of the day the prices will be reduced on remaining plants.

6 P A G E 6 Emerging and Current Forest Threats in Maryland Submitted by: MG Lin Goldkrantz Highlights from the Forest Stewardship Program Webinar, presented on Feb. 15, For a complete recording of the presentation and other webinars, and webinar opportunities, go to I am told this presentation will be online shortly. Ambrosia Beetles.(Xylosandurs germanius ) Spring is coming, and with that, the first generation of the Ambrosia Beetle. The beetle will overwinter in leaf litter and come out when it warms up in March. It will procreate two more times in the season, with evidence showing up again in June and August. The main concern is the invasive variety, not the natives. And unfortunately, it goes after healthy trees. Females bore into the tree and nest just under the bark. Look for a wet, gelatinous area and then a small circle of sawdust. At this point, it can be treated with insecticide. Once you see sawdust and beetle waste sticking out, like a cigarette butt, it is too late to treat. The whole will be invaded by secondary fungi, and ultimately, the tree will die. The beetle is attracted to alcohol (hmmm, Webinar didn t say if it was rubbing alcohol or Jim Beam!) Traps baited with alcohol are used to collect the beetles for identification and extermination. The beetles are a very serious problem for nurseries, because there is no way of predicting which type of tree the beetle will hit. Growers are injecting alcohol in target trees and intending to use insecticide when the beetles return. Send samples to the Clarksville, MD research center. Contact Stanton Gill at sgilll@umd.edu A fact sheet can be found on: Thousand Canker Disease Geosmithia morbida fungus, transported by the Walnut Twig Beetle (pityophthorous juglands). The disease which attacked walnut trees out west has crossed the Mississippi River and unexpectedly appeared in Knoxville, Tennesee. Maryland has reason to be concerned. Making its nest, a gallery, just under the bark, the Walnut Twig Beetle lives in the trunk in winter and awakens in Spring to feed on tip growth. The dark brown discoloration surrounding the gallery is indicative of fungi damage invading the phloem of the inner bark. It girdles the tree and kills it. From the outside, you will see a crack, but the bark does not slough off. A grey or white cast is a collection of spores that the beetle will carry to other trees. This is a top-down disease, so look for scattered dead branches with leaves attached and dead branches in the crown. The time to watch is mid-june to August, because the timing of Fall defoliation can make it difficult to identify. There is no treatment. Wood crafters taking logs from the forest should leave the bark in the woods and transport a clean log, because the hidden beetles can live for up to 10 months on a seemingly dead log. Maryland has no quarantine at the moment, but some states do. Since there are abiotic look-alikes that will defoliate a tree, send samples for testing. Use 1 inch thick twigs about 6 inches long. Send live samples with beetle holes, and double bag to prevent spreading. To find your nearest diagnostic lab, go to or contact your extension service. Oak Wilt Oak Wilt (Ceratocystis Fagacearum) is a fungus spread from tree to tree through root grafts and insects. It is prevalent in the mid-west and Appalachians, and Texas, and has moved into Western Maryland and upstate New York. Overwintering in dead trees under the bark, it establishes a pressure pad, which breaks. Sap beetles eat the spores and deposit them into wounds on oak trees, especially if there is a fresh cut. It goes into the xylem and T H E W A T E R I N G C A N

7 VOL UME 13, ISSUE 4 P AGE 7 Emerging and Current Forest Threats in Maryland continued blocks water transport. Red oaks will die in 2 months. White oaks can last 2 years, but will die. In May through July, look for leaves that are browning from the margins in. It shows up earlier than bacterial scorch, and there is a sudden defoliation of a mix of leaves green and brown. There will be brown streaking in the wood. When the dead areas crack, you will see discoloration. But the fungus must be identified under a microscope. Collect recently defoliated leaves and 1 inch thick wood, 6-8 inches long, and pack dry. Keep cool, even using an ice pack, when preparing and shipping samples. Try to avoid pruning in April through July when the beetles are flying. Prune during dormant season. Remove infected trees and trench around neighboring trees to prevent root grafts. High value Uninfected trees can be injected with Alamo or propiconazole to protect them. Go to : for more information. If this link does not open, got to youtube.com and search Oak Wilt. Other recommended resources from the presentation: MD Dept. of Agriculture Forest Pest Management: Univ. of MD Extension Home and Garden Information Center Plant Diagnostics: Emerald Ash Borer information: Maryland EAB information: Thousand Cankers Disease: (3.7 MB) Bark Beetles on Conifers: Congratulations to: Jane Chambers, Kit Foster, Jim Persels, Joe Jelich, Stephanie Simpson, Susan McRae, Lori Sharer, and Louise Shearer for successfully completing Bay-Wise Advanced Training on Tuesday, March 15th. Our next Bay-Wise meeting will be held directly following the April 20th MG Meeting at 11:30 am

8 P A G E 8 April Grow It Eat It Continue to sow lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, beets and other favorite salad vegetables. Thin seedlings of leafy greens, to a few inches apart and eat the ones you pull. Check planting chart for final spacing between mature plants. Plant seeds of carrots, turnips and parsnips in deeply worked, welldrained soil. Start Brussels sprouts indoors, under lights, to be planted in late May, for fall harvest. Start tomato seeds indoors under lights, to be ready for transplanting outdoors in six to eight weeks. Don t jump the gun with warm season crops; plant outside only after all danger of frost is past. (Night temperatures below 45º F. can damage plants and later fruiting.) Optional: lay down black plastic mulch to warm the soil, two to three weeks before planting warm season crops, like tomato, pepper, eggplant, and melon. Plastic mulch also keeps down weeds. (Biodegradable nonplastic mulch, made out of corn, is n o w a v a i l a b l e ; is one source.) Sow beans and corn outdoors late this month or early May, when soil temperatures are above 50º F. (Or pre-start them indoors to get them off to a faster start.) Start squash, melon and cucumbers indoors to be transplanted in the garden, in two to three weeks. (These plants also benefit from black plastic or biodegradable mulch.) Or, plant them directly in the garden, in late May through mid-june. Check out all of these Grow It Eat It Classes Queen Anne s County Free Library in Stevensville: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm- Container Gardening & Raised Beds Wednesday, May 11, 2011 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm- Composting made Simple Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm- Vegetable Gardening IPM Queen Anne s County Free Library in Centreville: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Container Gardening Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Vegetable Gardening IPM Wednesday, June 8, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Extending the Season for Fall Harvest Kent County Extension Office in Chestertown: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-unusual Fruits for the Backyard Tuesday, May 10, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-vegetable Gardening IPM T H E W A T E R I N G C A N

9 V O L U M E 1 3, I S S U E 4 P A G E 9 Grow It Eat It continued Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-extending the Season: Summer Planting for Fall Harvest Sudlersville Memorial Library: Thursday, April 14, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m-herbs & Planting an Edible Landscape Thursday, May 13, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m-growing Great Tomatoes Master Gardener Annual Training Day Master Gardener Annual Training Day is open to all Master Gardeners and Master Gardener interns. ANNUAL TRAINING DAY HIGHLIGHTS Keynote Speaker-Pat Stone 33 Workshops to choose from Continental Breakfast Delicious Box Lunch Free Parking Tradeshow/Exhibits 600+ MG s from across the state all classes (except labs and walks) in same building for 2011 If you need assistance to participate in the Annual Training Day program, contact Robin Hessey at least 2 weeks prior to the program (tel.); (fax); rmhessey@umd.edu Schedule: May 17, :45-8:30 AM REGISTRATION, REFRESH- MENTS TRADE SHOW/EXHIBITS Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union 8:30-8:55 AM OPENING REMARKS Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union * Dr. Cheng-i Wei, Dean & Director, UME * Jon Traunfeld, Extension Specialist, State MG Coordinator, and HGIC Center Director, UME 8:55-9:15 AM HGIC PLAYERS 9:15-10:15 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union I can t wait for Annual Training Day!!! "Greatest Garden Stories Ever Told." Pat Stone, gardening author, speaker and performer. Humorous, heartfelt and inspiring true garden stories. 10:30-12noon - SESSION I workshops 12:00-1:00 PM LUNCH & TRADE SHOW/EXHIBITS MG IDENTITY ITEM SALE Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union 1:15-2:45 PM - SESSION II workshops 3:00-4:30 PM - SESSION III workshops Registration Fee: $69 Registration Deadline: 4/18/2011 To register online go to mastergardener.umd.edu and click on Annual Training Day If you have not received the Annual Training Day brochure and would like one contact Rachel. April 18, MG Annual Training Day Registrations must be received (for $69 rate). After this date, registrations are $79.

10 P A G E 10 Submitted by: MG Intern Jim Persels On Saturday, April 2, 2011, from 9-12 a.m., the community will once again come together to help clean up the Corsica River watershed. Volunteers are needed at four designated sites. Centreville City Wharf Millstream Park North Brook Symphony Village at the Bioswale Join in the fun at the site of your choice. Gloves and trash containers will be provided. Contact Jim Persels at for further information. Demonstration Garden submitted by MG: Debbie Pusey & Alice Macnow Spring is almost here and I know that we are all gearing up to get outside. Demo garden work schedule: April 21 Millstream at 9:30 May 19- Library Rain Garden at 9:00 June 16 and July 21 Library Rain Garden at 9:00 August 18 Millstream at 9:00 September 15 Library Rain Garden at 9:00 October 20 Millstream at 9:30 and November 17 Library Rain Garden at 9:30 The locations may change if we feel one garden or the other needs more or less attention. The town has been taking care of the garden at Rt 213 north since they now have a Welcome to Centreville sign there. Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge- Butterfly Garden Garden cleanup work is starting up at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge butterfly garden, which is a demonstration garden in the Master Gardener's program. MG's are able to count their volunteer hours done at ENWR for cleanup days, which are held on Thursdays from about 9:00AM to noon (varies a bit according to the weather). Dave Gauntt and Zeeger dewilde are usually there much earlier (and much later.) Everyone is welcome, please check in at the lodge to record volunteer hours for ENWR and also record your MG hours for Rachel. ENWR is 7 miles south of Rock Hall, take route 20 to Rock Hall, then Main Street South from the center of town to the Refuge. The garden is down the road to the right where the sign says Butterfly/Bayview. The lodge is a little farther down the main road to the right where it says Office/bookstore/Lodge. Bring gloves, your favorite small tools, some other tools are there, Binoculars are available too. Spring is really coming! T H E W A T E R I N G C A N

11 V O L U M E 1 3, I S S U E 4 P A G E 11 Just a quick reminder that if you have signed up for a trip to Longwood Gardens on Thursday, April 14th, The Bus will be leaving the route 404/route 50 park & ride promptly at 7: 15 am and returning at 5:30 pm. Volunteer Opportunities Chestertown Plant Clinic: This year the Chestertown Plant Clinic at Fountain Park will start on Saturday, May 14th (8am to 12pm) and will run every other Saturday until mid September. If you are interested in signing up please contact Sabine Harvey at greenbien@hotmail.com. Here are the Dates: Saturday, April 30th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, May 14th from 8am to 12pm. Saturday, May 28th from 10am to 3pm (Tea Party Day) Saturday, June 11th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, June 25th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, July 9th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, July 23rd from 8am to 12pm Saturday, August 13th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, August 27th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, September 10th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, September 24th from 8am to 12pm Educational Opportunities Adkins Arboretum: Saturday, April 16 th : Designing Extraordinary Mixed Plantings from 1-2 p.m. Cost: $15 members, $20 non members Friday, April 22 & Friday, April 29 th : Designing a Native Forest from 10am to 2:30pm. Cost: $85 members, $110 non members Monday, April 25 th : Founding Gardeners Lunch & Lecture from noon to 2:30 pm. Cost: $35 members, $40 non members Thursday, April 28 th : Ecology of the Forest in Spring from 1 to 3 pm. Cost: $15 member, $20 non members Please Call or visit to register for classes Longwood Gardens Saturday, April 9 th : Performance Pruning-Shrubs from 9:30 to 12:30pm. Cost: $45 member, $50 non member Thursday, April 14 th : Dividing & Transplanting Herbaceous Perennials from 6 to 9 pm. Cost: $45 member, $50 non member Thursday, April 28 th : Plant Propagation: A plan for Spring from 6 to 9pm. Cost: $45 member, $50 non member To register visit or call

12 P A G E 12 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 4 5 MG State Coordinators Mtg HGIC 10am-2 pm 11 Garden Affair Mtg at Extension Office 9am 12 Grow It Eat It Chestertown Extension Office 7pm-8pm April Butterfly Garden ENWR Maintenance 9am (see page 10) 13 Grow It Eat It Stevensville & Centreville 6:30pm- 7:30pm 14 Longwood Gardens Trip Grow It Eat It- Sudlersville 6:30pm- 7:30pm Bay-Wise Friendly Lawn Care Centreville Library 10am 12pm Adkins Plant Sale-MG Booth 9am to 1pm 18 Newsletter & MG Hours Due MG Monthly Mtg Pollinators, 9:30am-11:30am at WREC Bay-Wise Meeting 11:30am 21 Demo Garden work- Millstream (See page 10) & Butterfly Garden ENWR Maintenance 9am (see page 10) 22 Extension Office Closed 23 Earth Day Chestertown Rainbarrel talk Centreville Fire Dept 5:30pm 28 Butterfly Garden ENWR Maintenance 9am (see page 10) Plant Clinic Chestertown Farmers Market 8am to 12pm Upcoming Meetings and Trips Sat. April 9th: Bay-Wise Friendly Lawn Care, Centreville Library 10am to 2pm Mon. April 11th: Garden Affair Meeting at Extension Office 9am Tue. April 12th: GIEI-Chestertown Extension Office 7 to 8pm Wed. April 13th: GIEI-Centreville Library & Stevensville Library 6:30 to 7:30pm (see page 8) Thur. April 14th: Longwood Gardens Trip (see page 11) Sat. April 16th: Adkins Plant Sale booth 9am to 1pm Mon. April 18th: Newsletter Submissions & MG hours Due Wed. April 20th: MG Monthly Meeting (see page 3) Thur. April 21st: Demo Garden Maintenance- Millstream (See Page 10) & Butterfly Garden at ENWR (See Page 10) Fri. April 22nd: Extension Office Closed Wed. April 27th: Bay-Wise Booth at CRC rain barrel sale, Centreville Fire Dept. 5:30 to 7:30pm Sat. April 30th: Plant Clinic Chestertown Farmers Market 8am to 12pm T H E W A T E R I N G C A N

13 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat JMG at Kennard Garden Affair Meeting at Extension Office 9am 10 GIEI Chestertown Extension Office 7 to 8pm MG Annual Training Day Post Garden Affair Meeting 9am at Extension Office May MG Monthly Meeting 9:30am, GIEI-Stevensville Library 6:30 to 7:30pm, JMG at Kennard 18 JMG at Kennard 19 Demo Garden Work Centreville Library 9am 25 JMG at Kennard 26 GIEI-Centreville Library 6:30 to 7:30pm Plant Clinic Chestertown Farmers Market 8am to 12pm th Annual Garden Affair 10 to 2pm Chestertown Tea Party-Plant Clinic Booth 10am to 3pm V O L U M E 1 3, I S S U E 4 P A G E 13

14 May Newsletter Deadline: Monday, April 18th Send submissions to Rachel: University of Maryland Extension 505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4 Centreville MD, Phone: (410) Fax: (410) Wow. Almost time for the Garden Affair QACMG Website: index.cfm Master Gardener Coordinator, Queen Anne s County It is the policy of the University of Maryland and University of Maryland Extension, that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or disability. Equal opportunity employers and equal access programs. University of Maryland Extension Queen Anne s County 505 Railroad Ave. Suite 4 Centreville, MD Vision Statement: A healthier world through environmental stewardship