Forsyth
County North Carolina
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VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
FOR MASTER GARDENER PLANT SALE The 2007 Master Gardener Plant Sale, the annual fundraising event that supports the Forsyth County Master Gardener program, will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22, at the Ag Building. The sale is short but very busy, and we need many volunteers to help with various aspects of organizing and keeping things running smoothly. Here is the volunteer schedule:  Thursday, Sept. 20—Receiving and sorting . Volunteers needed to unload incoming plant donations and sort them according to category. Some lifting. Two shifts, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1–4 p.m. Friday morning, Sept. 21—Final set-up and pricing . Volunteers needed to check that plants have been properly organized by category and to price everything. One shift, 8 a.m. – noon . Friday afternoon—Sales. If you enjoy talking about plants (And what MGV doesn’t?) you can sell them! Volunteers will help customers select plants to suit their needs. Practical experience with herbaceous perennials and/or ornamental woody plants—the categories that always make up the bulk of our inventory—is very helpful. Some customers may need help loading their purchases in their vehicles. Two shifts, noon–3 p.m. and 3-6 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 22—Sales. Same
as above. One shift, 8 – noon . Linda
Dunn, 703-2850, to sign up. Thanks! |
Travel Committee News
Don Wolfe Chairperson
Masters Gardeners! Listen up
Special Opportunity for a Field TripThe MGV Travel Committee and Agent Stephen Greer invite you to participate in the NC Cooperative Extension Service’s recently announced Vegetable and Cut Flower Production On Black Plastic and Drip Irrigation Workshop & Tour on July 23, 2007.
There is no fee to participate in the workshop. Please let Linda Dunn ((336) 703-2850) know if you plan to participate.This is a morning only workshop beginning at 7:30 a.m. (Registration) and a lecture at 8:00 a.m. The field trips will include a cut flower grower in Kernersville and the Forsyth County NC Cooperative Extension Service’s cooperative project with the NC Children’s Home on Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Specifically, the Children’s Home project is growing vegetables on black plastic with drip irrigation. Finally, we ask the Master Gardener participants to stage a pot luck lunch at the Ag Extension Center at 12 noon. The Workshop participants will be our guests.Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn about black plastic and drip irrigation gardening!
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Arboretum Gardens
Come out for a watermelon tasting July 18th! Vernon Switzer will be showing us the best of his crop. Toby will be offering continuing education classes every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please go to www.tanglewoodgardens.com for information about these workshops .The august meeting will be about Fall Lawn Care. Come join us for an hour presentation presented by Stephen Greer on August 21, 2007 at the Clemmons Library at 7:00 p.m. or on August 22, 2007 at the Tanglewood Arboretum at 11:00a.m. This is the time of year when those big decisions must be made on how to best care for your lawn for the next year. Does your lawn need a little up lift to get it growing green and healthy? Come learn the steps of how to best manage your grass and help it to become a strong part of your landscape. Learn the basic steps of the Carolina Yards and Neighborhood program. Don’t miss out; this presentation can help you develop an environmental sound lawn. We
have gardens ( hydrangea, herb,shade, children's etc.
that need help. Let's work together with a curator
and learn about these gardens. Workdays continue every
Wednesday. We will be building a roof on the children's
ampitheater, restoring
the fragrance garden and building a gazebo with
a new garden around it. Come on out and see what is happening! |
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