President s Message. The Guadalupe Gardener February 2018

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1 The Guadalupe Gardener February 2018 Photo by Marilyn Moltz A monthly publication of the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners in cooperation with the Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Guadalupe County Extension Service Inside this issue: President s Message I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year s. We are off to a roaring start for 2018 with several major fund raising events scheduled in the near future. February s Meeting Speaker Volunteer Opportunities 3-6 Facebook 7 Movies in our Library 8 Wandering Gardener 9-10 Christmas Social Photos 11 January Meeting Photos Annual Awards Spring Plant Sale 18 Garden & Craft Fair 19 Continuing Education Volunteer Recognition Membership Information 24 Calendar of Events Members in Service 27 2 First up will be the South Texas Home, Garden & Environmental Show in Floresville on March 3 & 4. In addition to our normal efforts at providing volunteers for the show, the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners will have a booth we are calling Pepper Mania. The plan is to sell a variety of pepper plants as our first fund raiser for the year. This effort is spear headed by Cynthia Lyssy and Jerry McNulty. If you plan to raise peppers for the booth, please contact either Cynthia or Jerry. The following Saturday, March 17 will be our annual plant sale. Should the weather not cooperate the sale will be held on Saturday, March 24. Last year we did really well in the Silver Center parking lot in Seguin, so we will be returning there. The focus will be on vegetables but ornamentals also sell well. Please plan on raising transplants and/or helping the day of the sale. Saturday, April 7 will be the Guadalupe County Community Garden & Craft Fair. This event has been held in the fall in the past but has been moved to this spring. More information will be made available as plans progress. Please contact Mary Bowe with any questions. Last but not least will be Earth Day on Saturday, April 28 at Central Park in Seguin. This event will include not only a plant sale, but children s activities and an information booth to provide the public information about gardening. It s always a lot of fun! As well as these fund raisers, all of our normal projects/gardens are getting geared up for spring planting and activities. Thanks to all of you for your continuing commitment to making GCMG the outstanding gardening organization that it is. Happy Gardening Kay McElveen 1

2 Guadalupe County Master Gardener s Membership Meeting Five Theme Gardens with Native Plants Presented by Nancy Masterson Certified Arborist and Master Gardener Thursday, February 15, pm Free. Everyone is welcome. Where: AgriLife Extension, 210 East Live Oak St., Seguin, TX Nancy Masterson joined the Native Plant Society of Texas and became a Master Gardener. Her long career in corporate public relations included a stint at American Forests, a national non-profit organization where she developed community education programs on urban trees and energy conservation. While there, Nancy produced an educational television series and won the Florida Governor's Award for Outstanding Environmental Education. Nancy is a past president of the Texas Urban Forestry Council and of Guadalupe Valley Habitat for Humanity. She holds a B.A. in Communication from the College of Wooster, Ohio. Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status. 2

3 Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities At Your Convenience Kingsbury - Kingsbury Habitable Spaces Garden, 3050 FM 1104, Mon Fri from 9AM 5 PM. Contact Cathy Medlin at cathmed2003@yahoo.com or the first time you go so she can meet you at the gardens and discuss what needs to be done. Bring tools (hoes, trowels, etc.), gloves, hats Schertz Gutierrez Xeriscape Park, 1231 Borgfeld Rd. Contact Kim Darrough at kimdarr70855@yahoo.com or or Judy Stanley at jstanley20@satx.rr.com if you need work recommendations. One of them may be able to meet you at the park (day and time dependent) Seguin Christian Cupboard Community Garden, 516 N Camp St. Contact Kay McElveen at hkaymcelveen@gmail.com or Scheduled Workdays Mondays Marion - Veterans Memorial Park from 8 11 am. The park is located next to the Schulz Nursery parking lot, 100 W Huebinger St. Contact Joyce Friesenhahn at or omaannie2@gmail.com. Seguin - MG office/library, 210 E Live Oak, is open from 8:30 am - noon except for holidays. Volunteers are always needed. Contact Betty Hughes at Tuesdays & Fridays Schertz - Guadalupe County Community Garden, 1101 Elbel Road behind the County Annex Building. Start time is 9AM. Check with Ann Odvody at odvodyd@swbell.net or for access at other times. Fridays Seguin Big Red Barn Gardens, 390 Cordova Road. Start time is 9am. Check with Janice Knobles at or jmknobles@yahoo.com for details. Saturdays Schertz Gutierrez Xeriscape Park, 1231 Borgfeld Rd from 8:30 a.m. to around noon. Bring water, sun protection, gloves, tools and a team attitude. Contact Kim Darrough at kimdarr70855@yahoo.com or or Judy Stanley at jstanley20@satx.rr.com 3

4 At Home Volunteer Opportunities Every year we have members who want to remain with the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners, but have problems earning their volunteer hours due to their work schedule, caring for an ill family member, or health reasons of their own. This list is not all inclusive. There may be other reasons why you have problems earning volunteer hours. We are putting together a list of people who need at home opportunities. The board will use this list to identify volunteers for various projects that lend themselves to at home work as well as sharing it with volunteer project leaders for other at home opportunities. If you would like to be placed on this list, please send me an at hkaymcelveen@gmail.com Let me know if you have computer skills such as word, excel, and/or power point or if you have limitations regarding what you can do. We hope this effort will allow all of our members to meet their volunteer hour requirements. Kay McElveen Possible Additional MG office hours There has been some discussion by the Board about the possibility of having the Master Gardener office open on a regular basis for more than just Monday mornings from 9:00 - noon. It would make the facility more available to members, add addition hours to responding to public phone inquiries and additional volunteer time available to members doing office work and supporting projects. To make this happen we need a member(s) to volunteer to be responsible for those additional hours. The specific day/time would be that Master Gardener s choice but it would need to be a long term, specific commitment. If anyone is interested in doing this. please contact me. If we have more than one Master Gardener volunteer we will negotiate about what is workable. Kay McElveen hkaymcelveen@gmail.com

5 Additional Volunteer Opportunities Seguin Artsfest In 2017, we had a children's activity booth at the Seguin Artsfest. The Seguin Arts Commission has contacted us to see if you are interested in doing that again this year. The event will be on Saturday, March 3 in Seguin and we are looking for someone (or multiple someones) to organize and man the booth. This is a great opportunity to have some fun with the kids and get visibility with the public. Please contact me if you are interested. Kay McElveen hkaymcelveen@gmail.com C: A butterfly garden in Schlather Park in Cibolo At the December Board meeting the Board approved an exciting new volunteer opportunity. One of our Master Gardeners, Kathy Carroll, is working with the city of Cibolo to develop a butterfly garden in Schlather Park. This project is just in the planning stages, so anyone who is interested in the planning and development of butterfly gardens has a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor. If you would like to work on this project contact Kathy Carroll kathleencarroll@icloud.com The South Texas Home, Garden and Environmental Show The show will be held on March 3rd & 4th at the Floresville Event Center. This event is free to the public. GCMG will be having a booth selling our "Pepper" plants. There are many volunteer opportunities at this event. We will need volunteers to assist with our Pepper plant sales. Dr. Finch has requested GCMG assistance in registration with data collection, handing out free plants, Sunday's landscape school, and miscellaneous. To sign up to volunteer, Cynthia Lyssy at cmlyssy@prodigy.net or text

6 SEEKING A MASTER GARDENER Let me introduce myself, I am informally known as bed 8 at the Gutierrez Xeriscape Park. I have a Grandma s Yellow Rose and Several Dwarf Mexican Petunias (purple) or Ruellia planted. In the spring some Mexican Bush Sage will be joining us. I am seeking a Master Gardener or two to adopt me to care for the plants, weed and water as needed. The Master Gardener must have the initiative to research the plants in the bed for the best care and maintenance. They must be able to work on their own or with a partner, but ask for guidance when needed. The Rose bush needs some special care and pruning techniques. When deadheading you cannot just cut off the flowers any ol way. There is something to do with counting leaves and cutting at an angle, what do I know I m just a planting bed. Please consult references or someone who can assist you. A Rosarian perhaps? YouTube has some videos. Adoption arrangements can be made through Kim Darrough or Judy Stanley. Contact Kim at kimdarr70855@yahoo.com or cell: Contact Judy at jstanley20@satx.rr.com 6

7 Now that the holidays are over and we ve survived the first hard freezes of winter the members of the Guadalupe County Master Gardener's FB group, now 161 strong, are looking ahead and sharing their successes. In the last month members have posted photos of some of the wonderful plants they re growing for the upcoming MG spring events. Everyone seems excited with their seed sowing efforts, this should translate into some great fund raising for future educational activities. Peppers are the plant of the day and from the photos it looks like shoppers will have lots to choose from at the plant sales. Jerry McNulty, Kim Tessanne, and April Rippel have posted pictures of our peppers (say that 3 times fast...) and we d love to see what you ve got growing. Kim & Jerry also shared some great ideas for your seedlings and hopefully everyone will pull out their seeds and get started! If you have questions or problems with your seedlings and/or transplants, you can ask for advice on FB, there are some fantastic Master Gardener members with all sorts of helpful hints. Photos were also posted from our most recent Master Gardener meeting on January 18 th. Volunteers were awarded, long time members were acknowledged, and graduates of Class 30 were applauded, what an inspiring night! As always, event reminders such as interesting continuing education seminars, volunteer opportunities, meetings, and lectures are posted to keep us all up to date on garden happenings, which makes it easy to plan and mark our calendars. You too can share your photos, ideas, comments, questions, events, and articles with us on Facebook, it s very easy to join. All you need to do is log into Facebook and in the search box type Guadalupe County Master Gardeners, the Group will show up, click on it and request to join, you are guaranteed to be approved. Still need help joining? Give me a call at (830) or me at adrippel@gmail.com and I d be happy to walk you through the procedure for joining the group or even how to create your new account for Facebook, all questions are welcome. To all the FB Group members, keep those photos, questions, links, and advice coming. We all enjoy the posts. Thank you all for sharing! April Rippel Class 27 7

8 Movies in our Library Cathy Kirk I am excited to let you know that we have DVDs in the Master Gardener Library available for checkout. Seed, The Untold Story A beautiful film about saving the future of our food by collecting seeds. We can all assist with this worldwide project. Many inspiring stories about preserving native seeds and growing nutritious foods are told. Some of us saw this at a monthly meeting, but it is well worth viewing again. Gardens of the World, with Audrey Hepburn A special 3 DVD tribute edition that includes additional footage not in the original series, plus 16 orchestral works from the soundtrack. There are 17 gardens in seven countries featured, fusing them with history, art, and literature. The Great Gardens of England Collection This is a 6 DVD set that tours 58 English gardens, everything from The Gardens of the National Trust to tiny private courtyards - six hours of gardens. Now that is binge watching at its finest! 8

9 Bryce National Park, Utah Marilyn Moltz The Wandering Gardener There are several national parks located in southern Utah and the smallest of these is Bryce. It is only 35,835 acres in size but contains the largest collection of hoodoos in the world. A hoodoo is a rock formation which resembles a totem pole. Some of the hoodoos here are 200 feet tall. I have been to the park in several different seasons and they take on a different look each time. Bryce National Park offers lots to do in addition to hoodoo viewing. The park has two campgrounds and one lodge if you want to stay more than a day. It offers hiking, off-road vehicle tours, stargazing, geological seminars and a scenic drive which has 13 viewing stops. The park s elevation varies from 2000 feet to 8000 feet. There are fir/spruce forests, pinyon/juniper forests, ponderosa pines, 100 species of birds, 10,000 plant species and dozens of mammals including black bear, elk and mountain lion. The park changes in color with a variety of wildflowers like paintbrush, penstemon, western iris, and columbine. Please add this national park to your list of those to visit when you go to southern Utah you won t be disappointed! 9

10 December Snow! Marilyn Moltz This past December we had a big surprise when it snowed. I had about 3 inches all over my property. We went outside when it began and just stood there and let the large, wet snowflakes fall on our heads. It snowed for over 2 hours. Of course, the photographer in me just had to set an early alarm and go out in the 25-degree weather to take pictures! These are a few of the 100+ I took. I hope you enjoyed the snow as much as we did. 10

11 Remembering the Christmas Social

12 All photos by Marvin T Taylor 12

13 All photos by Marvin T Taylor 13

14 GCMG 2017Annual Awards Recognition GCMG held our 5th Annual Awards Recognition Ceremony during the January Membership Meeting. Thank you to all our Master Gardeners for their service to our community. Length of Service Awards Class 13 members Sandra Foss and Terri Virost received their 15 Year Pins Class 19 members receiving 10 Year Pins were Virginia Biggs, Debra Elia, Randee Malmsten Receiving 5 Year Pins from Class 24 were Regina Benfield, Denise Bonds, Cindy Martin, Kat Taylor, Marvin Taylor, Patricia Watkins, Pam Turner Class 26 Members receiving 3 Year Pins were Kathy Bennett, Mike Chandler, Bob Cox, Laura Dylla, Beth Henry, Kay McElveen, Marla Miller, Karen Patterson, Joanne Shanafelt, Carol Suchan, Donna Wise 14

15 GCMG 2017Annual Awards Recognition Continued 100 Volunteer Hour Awards Reporting volunteer hours and receiving a 2017 Star pin was Kim Darrough Reporting volunteer hours and receiving a 2017 Star pin was Dale Odvody, Carol Suchan Reporting volunteer hours and receiving a 2017 Star pin was Iris Seale Reporting volunteer hours and receiving a 2017 Star pin were Mary Bowe, Peggy Jones, Cynthia Lyssy, Kay McElveen, William Nodine, Ann Odvody 15

16 GCMG 2017Annual Awards Recognition Continued Reporting volunteer hours and receiving a 2017 Star pin were Mark Mullen, April Rippel, Cindy Waechter Reporting volunteer hours and receiving a 2017 Star pin were Michael Bednarski, Kathy Bennett, Welta Burris, Rodney Burton, Kay Cover, Bob Cox, Joyce Friesenhahn, Peter Hernandez, Barbara Heuerman, Betty Hughes, Janice Knobles, Jerry McNulty, Connie Meade, Mary Miller, Kat Taylor, Robert Teweles, Karen Ulrich, Judy Walker, Beth Zies If you were unable to pick up your pin at the January meeting, please contact Kay McElveen or Cindy Waechter at a future meeting. 16

17 GCMG 2017Annual Awards Recognition Continued Class 30 Graduation All Recognition Photos by Marvin T Taylor 17

18 Thyme to... garden, water, weed. Guadalupe County Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale Saturday, March 17 Parking Lot of the Silver Center 510 E Court, Seguin 8 am 2 pm or until sold out Vegetables, Ornamentals, and Native & Adapted Plants (Rain date March 24) 18

19 4 th ANNUAL GARDEN AND CRAFT FAIR Saturday, April 7, am 2 pm Guadalupe County Community Garden 1101 Elbel Road at FM 3009 in Schertz Presented by Guadalupe County Master Gardeners Garden Tours and Free Educational Classes 9:00 a.m. Building an Elevated Garden Dale Odvody & Bill Nodine 10:00 a.m. Container Gardening Bill Nodine 11:00 a.m. Cooking What You Grow Chef Denise Bonds Free Hot Dogs, Vegetable Sales, Arts & Crafts For more information call: Mary , Terri Crafter Spaces: $

20 Continuing Education Events February 2018 Saturday, February 3- Pond Building 101 at the Water Garden Gems at Marion, 9:30 am. to 11:00 am. free. Saturday, February 3- Milkweed and Monarchs at the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, 8:30am - 10:30am. Fee $10 Wednesday, February 7 Plant a Texas Style Cut Flower Garden-Growing Patio Citrus, San Antonio Garden Center, 9:30am to 11:30am. Free. Thursday, February 8 Bonsai Nursery Stock, - San Antonio Bonsai Society Meeting, Lion's Field Adult & Senior Citizen Center, San Antonio, 7:00pm to 9:00pm.- free Saturday, February 10 Gardening with Natives that attract Butterflies and Birds at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens, 10:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.- Fee $20 Tuesday, February 13 Riparian Plants: Rumors and Realities. Guadalupe County Native Plant Society at St John s Lutheran Church, Marion, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.-free Tuesday, February 13 - The Nitty-Gritty of Gardening: Soils, Fertilizer & Composting, Northside Learning Center, San Antonio, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Fee $19 Thursday, February 15: Gardening in Texas, North East Community Learning Center, San Antonio, 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Fee $32 Saturday, February 17 - Pruning A Most Important Yearly Practice -- Shades of Green Nursery, San Antonio, 9:45am - 10:45am Free Sunday February 18 - Beginner Wildscaping for Your Garden, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, 9am - 11am. Fee $5. Sunday February 18 - A Gardening Topic: The Green Bridges Gardening Endeavor, SA Daylily Society Meeting, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, 2pm - 4pm Free Monday, February 19 - Edible Natives Workshop, San Antonio Botanical Garden, 9am - 3:30pm Fee $50 Register online at Monday, February 19 - Mulching Your Garden Beds -- GVST Essentials of Gardening Classes, San Antonio Garden Center, 12pm - 3pm. Free. info@gardeningvolunteers.org Tuesday, February 20 - Grow Anything Anywhere in a Container, Northside Learning Center, San Antonio, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Fee $19 20

21 Continuing Education Events February 2018 Continued Tuesday, February 20 - I'm Being Invaded! What Can I Do? -- NPSOT Lindheimer Chapter (Comal County), GVTC Auditorium, New Braunfels, 6:30pm - 7:30pm Free Thursday, February 22 - Not That Kind of Drip - This Kind of Drip...Irrigation, Northeast Community Learning Center, San Antonio, TX :30pm - 8:30pm Fee $32 Saturday, February 24 - Weed Control and General Landscape Maintenance -- Shades of Green Nursery, San Antonio 9:45am - 10:45am Free. Tuesday, February 27 - What's Wrong with My Freakin' Plant?, Northside Learning Center, San Antonio, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Fee $19 Thursday, March 1 TBA, Lunch & Learn Teas AgriLife Extension Office, Segun, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Free Specialist Training and other Continuing Education Events 2018 Friday, February 2, 9, 16, and 23: Certified Arborist Preparation Course at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, 9:00a a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fee $ February 19 20: All day MG Earth-Kind Specialist Training, McKinney Roughs Nature Park, Cedar Creek. For more information, call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension-Bastrop County Office or Bastrop County Master Gardeners Registration deadline February 9, February 26 27: Landscape Design School Series XXV, Course IV, George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station 8:45am to 4:00pm. Fee $165 Friday, March 9: Spring Gardening Seminar on Native Plants and Their Pollinators, Comal County Master Gardeners, McKenna Event Center, New Braunfels, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Fee $55. Registration deadline February 22, For more information March 22-23: Plant Propagation Specialist Course, Tarrant County Master Gardener Association, Fort Worth. Fee $225. Registration is limited to two MGs per county. The registration form, schedule and hotel information are available on the Texas Master Garden website, Registration Deadline February 26, April 4 6: Texas Master Gardener Annual Conference, Texas A&M, College Station. 21

22 December 2017, January 2018 and the 2017 Annual Volunteer Recognition Program Drawing During the January 2017 Membership meeting, Volunteer Recognition drawings were held for December 2017, January 2018, as well as the Annual 2017 Volunteer Recognition Drawing. December volunteers met eligibility for December Winner of a $20 gift certificate to Maldonado s was Terri Virost. December 2017 Volunteer Recognition Drawing Hours Reported 1-30 Nov 2017 Name Name 1 Bennett, Kathy 14 Mullen, Mark 2 Bowe, Mary 15 Nodine, William 3 Burris, Welta 16 Odvody, Ann 4 Burton, Rodney 17 Odvody, Dale 5 Cover, Kay 18 Patterson, Karen 6 Cox, Robert (Bob) 19 Schultze, Pat 7 Darrough, Kim 20 Seale, Iris 8 Friesenhahn, Joyce 21 Shanafelt, Joanne 9 Heuerman, Barbara 22 Stanley, Judy 10 Kirk, Cathy 23 Suchan, Carol 11 Malmsten, Randee 24 Ulrich, Karen 12 McNulty, Jerry 25 Virost, Terri 13 Miller, Mary 22

23 January volunteers met eligibility for January Winner of the drawing and a $20 gift card to Maldonado s was Mary Bowe. January 2018 Volunteer Recognition Drawing Hours Reported 1-31 Dec 2017 Name Name 1 Bednarski, Michael 11 Heuerman, Barbara 2 Bennett, Kathy 12 Hughes, Elizabeth (Betty) 3 Bowe, Mary 13 McNulty, Jerry 4 Burton, Rodney 14 Meade, Connie 5 Cover, Kay 15 Moltz, Marilyn 6 Cox, Robert (Bob) 16 Odvody, Ann 7 Darrough, Kim 17 Odvody, Dale 8 Delcambre, Sharon 18 Seale, Iris 9 Friesenhahn, Joyce 19 Suchan, Carol 10 Hernandez, Peter 20 Walker, Judy 2017 Annual Drawing All names entered in each 2017 monthly drawing are entered into the annual grand prize drawing. The 2017 Annual Winner of $150 gift card to Maldonado s was Kim Darrough. Kim reported more volunteer hours than any other Master Gardener in 2017 and qualified in the January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December drawings. Thank you for your service, Kim! To qualify for the Monthly Volunteer Recognition Program drawing, Certified Guadalupe County Master Gardeners must report a minimum of 5 volunteer hours earned during the month in VMS by the last calendar day of the month. Hours earned for attendance at the monthly GCMG Membership Meeting are not included in the minimum 5 hours, except those earned for meeting setup. Board members do not participate in the Volunteer Recognition Program. Don t forget to earn and report your hours by 28 February 2017 to be eligible for the March Membership Drawing. 23

24 When Will I Receive My 2018 Master Gardener Membership Card? 2018 Master Gardener Membership Cards were available for Master Gardeners to pick up at the January membership meeting. If you didn t attend the January meeting you can obtain your membership card in one of two ways. You can pick up your membership card at any monthly Membership Meeting. You can send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Guadalupe County Master Gardeners, 210 E. Live Oak Street, Seguin, TX requesting your Membership Card be mailed to you. Personal Data Check-up Time As Master Gardener s, we are responsible for keeping our personal information updated in the Volunteer Management System (VMS). The beginning of the year is a perfect time to check your mailing address, phone numbers, and address to ensure your information is correct. All you have to do is log into VMS and under Your Information click on Edit Your Profile. Scroll down your profile page, double check the information, change what is necessary and hit the Save button at the end of the page. That s it. Your personal data checkup will be complete for another year. And by the way, in case your information changes during the year, you don t have to wait till next January to change it. You can change it anytime you log into What Happened to My Hours in VMS? When I log into VMS and View My Hours, VMS states No Hours Reported for my name. What Happened to My Hours in VMS? VMS has a record of all hours you have reported in VMS. At the beginning of each year, VMS automatically shows you the hours you have reported for the current calendar year, for example To see hours reported in previous years Go to Your Information, Viewing Your Hours. At the top of the page under Volunteer Hour History for (Your Name), you will see a Start Date Box and an End Date Box. Input the dates for which you want your hours report and select the SUBMIT KEY. For example, if you want to know how many hours you earned in January 2016 the Start Date would be 1/1/2016 and the End Date would be 1/31/2016. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see your hour totals for the dates input. If you want a written report of your hours, select the CREATE EXCEL key and VMS will place an Excel Spreadsheet of your hours in your Downloads Files. 24

25 Guadalupe County Master Gardeners February 8 Board Meeting 8-24 San Antonio Stock & Rodeo Master Gardener Booth POC Dale Odvody 15 February Membership Meeting- Speaker Nancy Masterson on 5 Theme Gardens with March 1 Lunch & Learn/Seguin Speaker Laura Dylla/ Spring Garden Bugs Every Gardener 3 & 4 South Texas Home, Garden & Environmental Show Floresville Civic Center- POC Cynthia Lyssy 8 Board Meeting 9 Comal County Spring Gardening Seminar 6 CEUs - 15 March Membership Meeting Speaker Joe Urbach on: Phytonutrient Gardening 17 GCMG 2018 Plant Sale Seguin Silver Center POC Jim Johnson 24 GCMG 2018 Plant Sale (Rain Date) Seguin Silver Center POC Jim Johnson 27 Lunch & Learn/Seguin Travis Franke/ Tree Management & Care April 7 GCCG Fair 12 Board Meeting 9 Lunch & Learn/Schertz Speaker Marvin Borth House Plants that Clean Contaminants from Indoor Air 19 April Membership Meeting 19 Schertz Volunteer Fair/Schertz Community Center 6:30-8:30 28 Earth Day Seguin POC Cynthia Lyssy May 10 Board Meeting 16 Lunch & Learn/Marion Pat Schultze/ Daylilies 17 May Membership Meeting June 6 Lunch & Learn/Seguin Kay McElveen/ Greenhouse Management 14 Board Meeting TBD GCMG Summer Social 25

26 Guadalupe County Master Gardeners 2018 Calendar of Events Continued July 9 Lunch & Learn/Schertz Speaker Peter Hernandez Composting/Vermi Composting for Indoor or Backyards 12 Board Meeting 19 July Membership Meeting August 9 Board Meeting 16 August Membership Meeting 20 Lunch & Learn/Marion Peggy Jones/ Growing Roses September 10 Lunch & Learn/Schertz Speaker Jerry McNulty Micro Greens for Soups, Salads, Sandwiches, Smoothies, etc. 13 Board Meeting 20 September Membership Meeting October TBD Guadalupe County Fair 11 Board Meeting 15 Lunch & Learn/Seguin Kay McElveen/ Propagation 18 October Membership Meeting TBD Cibolo Ag Days TBD Pecan Fest November 8 Board Meeting 9 Lunch & Learn/Seguin Speaker/Topic TBA 15 November Membership Meeting, Election of Officers TBD City of Seguin Parks & Recreation, Christmas Tree Decorating Contest December 13 Board Meeting TBD Christmas Social 26

27 REMINDER If anyone needs a card from the organization for an illness or loss of a family member, contact: Janice Jadwin, Secretary, , or jmjadwin@yahoo.com Editor - Mary Miller Newsletter Staff Photographer - Marvin T Taylor Distribution - Doug Biggs Proofreaders- Bob Teweles, Beth Zies, Randee Malmsten, John Glasgow Wandering Gardener - Marilyn Moltz IT Guru Greg Miller GCMG Outreach Virginia Biggs is GCMG s Outreach Chairman. If anyone knows of a GCMG who needs a meal, please let her know Members in Service Texas Master Gardener Board of Directors Two Year Term (2018/2019) Mark Mullen, Alternate - Marvin Borth One Year Term (2018) Peggy Jones, Alternate - Bob Teweles Membership Outreach Committee - Virginia Biggs Speakers Bureau - Treva Hicks Guadalupe Co. Community Garden - Dale & Ann Odvody Master Gardener Office/Library - Betty Hughes Refreshment Coordinator - Treva Hicks Big Red Barn - Janice Knobles Gutierrez Xeriscape Park - Kim Darrough Historian - Sandy Foss 2018 County Fair - April Rippel Fall 2018 Class Coordinator in Seguin - Kay McElveen Christmas Tree Decorating - Betty Hughes Newsletter Editor - Mary Miller Web Master - Bob Teweles 27

28 Guadalupe County Master Gardeners, Inc. 210 East Live Oak St. Seguin, TX Guadalupe County Master Gardeners Ext 210 Guadalupe County Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension Texas Master Gardeners GCMG Officers & Board of Directors Kay McElveen - President Cynthia Lyssy Past President Mark Mullen -President Elect Marvin (T) Taylor -Vice President Welta Burris -Secretary George Ulrich -Treasurer Peggy Jones -Publication Chairman Cindy Waechter -Membership Chair Stephanie Perry- Education Chair Travis Franke -AgriLIFE Agent Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination by the Master Gardeners is implied, and no endorsement by the Master Gardeners is implied. The members of Texas A&M AgriLife will provide equal opportunities in programs and activities, education, and employment to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity and will strive to achieve full and equal employment opportunity throughout Texas A&M AgriLife. Mary Miller, Editor marymcmmiller@gmail.com 28