WINNEBAGO COUNTY MASTER GARDENER FEBRUARY 2010 - NEWSLETTER

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JANUARY PRESIDENT'S LETTER Hello,

Hope everyone is enjoying the winter weather. We haven’t had much for snow cover but I am sure we will get more soon. February is the month for love, Valentine’s Day and chocolate. It does make us feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Lawanda Jungwirth’s recent newspaper article was all about receiving seed catalogs in the mail. This always brings us hope for an early spring and getting outside to enjoy the weather. Soon we will be playing in the dirt.

Don’t forget our upcoming events our bus trip to Madison Garden Expo and our day long Winter Escape-Summer Dreams. Both of these events are a good source for the needed 10 educational hours that are required each year. Hope to see all of you there.

Happy gardening, Kathy & Mary

WHERE IS IT? Save the Dates – pg2 Birthdays – pg.2 Plant of the Month – pg 3 MG of the Month – pg3 What am I? -5 ANSR – 8 Lawanda articles – pgs. 5 & 6 Business Minutes – pg 6 Flyers & Registrations – pages 10 thru 12 Projects needing help – pgs. 3, 4 & 6 Contest – pg 4 Lincoln School Awarded – pg 10

NICK’S NOTE

Over the first few weeks in January the Winnebago County Master Gardener Association Board of Directors undertook a visioning and strategic planning exercise called a SWOT analysis. There are many times in the life of an organization that it is worthwhile to collectively step back and imagine the possibilities. A visioning process is a great way to breathe new energy and ideas into an established organization. During a SWOT exercise we focus on four subjects: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. As we concluded the visioning session, one of the board members made the comment, “Ok, What are we going to do with these ideas?” Two weeks later, the board reconvened to develop an action plan. This action plan has many great volunteer opportunities, especially during the winter months when gardening projects are inactive.

Action Plan Survey Current and Past Master Gardener Membership: Anyone interested in helping develop the survey questions should contact Nick. We want to prepare two different surveys. One survey will be for current members to learn why you continue to be involved in the organization and to gain ideas from you about your vision for the Winnebago County Master Gardeners Association. The second survey will be for past training participants to learn why they discontinued Master Gardner participation. Promote New Membership: Master Gardener basic training enrollment has been declining a little bit each year or the past five years. We hope improving our promotional material, such as giving the membership brochure more eye-appeal, publicizing our organization and project successes, and distributing the new promotional material more widely to our numerous community education contacts is a good starting place. The contact information for seminar and bus trip participants will be organized in one central database rather than creating numerous lists. Improve Member Retention: There is a need for creating a more welcoming environment for the newly trained volunteers. We need to do a better job at introducing the new members to the current members. The class schedule has been adjusted starting this fall so the training will be on Tuesday

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nights and begin after the membership meeting. The Wisconsin Master Gardener Retention Guide will be used to identify more strategies to create a welcoming environment and show appreciation for volunteer efforts. We may also need to seek out a wider range of volunteer opportunities to accommodate work schedules. Foster a New Group of Board of Directors Members: The Master Gardener Association Board has many of the same members from year to year. While the expertise is valuable, it is important to foster in new ideas. Sometimes serving on a board of directors can be intimidating if you are not familiar with the details. Members who are not on the board are encouraged to attend a board meeting at any time to become more familiar with the process. This is especially useful when you want to discuss a new project or use of funding. Update the organizations Standard Operating Procedures: Over the next few board meetings, the SOPs will be reviewed and revised to reflect to current needs of the organization. Utilize fund raising opportunities: Department of Corrections wishes to expand their worm casting sales with Master Gardener Associations. The Department of Corrections cannot sell to for-profit businesses but is eager to partner with non-profits to reduce their worm castings inventory. We will put more effort into marketing the sale of worm castings in 2010 to learn if this is a fund raiser we want to pursue further. Bus trips have also been a popular fund raising source. Other communities have good success with direct marketing farm tours. We will explore if this has potential. Create even more community education opportunities: We will identify and use the diverse teaching and subject matter skills of our members. Winnebago County is a state leader in community education with the third highest total community education hours in the state. We have provided diverse learning opportunities from seminars, to hands-on training, to Plant Health Advisors, to Farmers Markets and bus trips. Subject areas that look especially promising for community education include environmental, conservation, and invasive plant issues, youth education, and growing food for families. We would like to create a list of members who have presented on specific topics. If you have a presentation you like to present, please contact Audrey to be included in this list. Create an annual calendar: The monthly calendar in the newsletter is very helpful; yet, with the hectic full lives of our volunteers, an annual calendar will be a good way to keep track of the long term activities.

If you have specific ideas we did not capture in the visioning and action plan project, please don’t hesitate to contact Mary, Kathy, or Nick. We intend to distribute a membership survey during the next month.

BIRTHDAYS OF February

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY Sue Bohn, Al Harms.

Bob Potter, Synda Jones, John Zeinert and

Dorothy Gayhardt-Kunz

SAVE ! THE DATES SAVE !

Saturday January 30, 2010 Wild Ones Conference - Oshkosh

Saturday February 13, 2010 WCMG Bus Trip to Garden Expo in Madison

Saturday February 27, 2010 WCMG All Day Seminar featuring Melinda Myer

Week ends in March, 2010 Room of Blooms @ Paine - Oshkosh

Saturday March 6, 2010 Navy Pier Flower Show in Chicago

Saturday March 6, 2010 Outagamie County Seminar “The Nature of Things”

Saturday March 13, 2010 Fond du Lac Seminar – “A Day in the Garden”

JUNE 15 - 19 2010 MASTER FOOD PRESERVER TRAINING

Watch the newsletter each month for more info on these events and more.

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MG of the Month-February

Kim Scharpf

Oxalis Stricta carpeted my vegetable garden this summer. It was soft on the feet and sour to the taste. My son planted dragon’s tongue beans and promptly ate them. My daughter cleaned the brown leaves off all the plants and accidently picked the zinnias.

Plants are a part of my life and family. When you meet me I will tell you the tale of a persimmon tree in Greenville. I was born in August, so I prefer to be barefoot and think humidity is comfortable. Some of my favorite duties in the green industry were sorting soybean seeds, untangling clematis tendrils, doing controlled burns, planting dogwood in a marsh and designing container gardens. My least favorite jobs include being a commercial applicator, hedge trimming, cutting down oak trees with wilt, sorting iris with borer and trimming lamium. The past couple of years I have taken some time off from outdoor work to be more involved with my family. I love the opportunity to share my garden with my children. They love seeds and vegetables and I have enjoyed their help and ideas. During the winter I read, mostly about spirituality and religion. I’m very interested in the spiritual aspect of gardening and the relationship between plants and humans. I look forward to meeting you all. Kim Scharpf

Park View Prairie Project

Somehow the prairie project volunteer sign up sheet available at the last basic class meeting has gone missing. We need help in finding out who signed up to work in the prairie so we can contact you with information on the prairie and scheduled activities. Anyone interested in helping in the prairie project please contact Ken Hawk at 920-426-1691 or kehawk@earthlink.net and I will contact you with info on the Park View Prairie project. Thanks for your help.

February Plant of the Month-Wheat

Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a grass, originally from the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons).

Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, alcohol, vodka,] or biofuel.]

Wheat is planted to a limited extent as a forage crop for livestock, and the straw can be used as fodder for livestock or as a construction material for roofing thatch.

Wheat is a globally important source of dietary carbohydrate and protein, but cannot be eaten by people who have an adverse immune reaction, called Celiac disease, to gluten, one of wheat's component proteins. Statistics for people in the United States indicate that between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of the population has celiac disease.

Wheat ear

While winter wheat lies dormant during a winter freeze, wheat normally requires between 110 and 130 days between planting and harvest, depending upon

climate, seed type, and soil conditions. Crop management decisions require the knowledge of stage of development of the crop. In particular, spring fertilizer applications, herbicides, fungicides, growth regulators are typically applied at specific stages of plant development.

Several systems exist to identify crop stages, with the Feekes and Zadoks scales being the most widely used. Each scale is a standard system which describes successive stages reached by the crop during the agricultural season.

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ROOMS OF BLOOMS

The First Annual Greater Fox Valley Floral Show Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in March 2010

The Paine Art Center and Gardens is pleased to announce the new annual event “Rooms of Blooms” planned for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in March. Celebrating the art of floral design within the ornate rooms of the historic Paine mansion, “Rooms of Blooms” is the first annual greater Fox Valley floral show featuring over one hundred artistic fresh flower arrangements by twenty designers from the region.

The beautiful floral creations are inspired by favorite artworks in the Paine’s collection and the exquisite décor of the mansion. See the historic interiors bursting with bouquets that are artworks themselves and enjoy the amazing splendor and spectrum of fresh flowers.

“Rooms of Blooms” also features six elaborately designed table settings by area designers similar to those seen in popular magazines like Martha Stewart Living, Oprah Magazine, and Town & Country. Wander each table setting, marvel at the ingenuity and creativity, and vote for your favorite.

For more information, please visit the Paine’s website at www.thepaine.org or call (920) 235-6903. The Paine is located at 1410 Algoma Blvd. in Oshkosh.

RENAME THAT WORM CASTING

PRODUCT CONTEST!

Whoever comes up with the catchiest name for ‘good ‘old’ worm castings will win 20 lbs. of it. We wish to improve the marketing of our worm castings and we think a better name couldn’t hurt. As stated the best name wins 20 FREE POUNDS of worm poop. Entries must be submitted to Ken Hawk, 920-426-1691 kehawk@earthlink.net by February 8th. The winner will be revealed at the February 9th meeting.

CALLING ANIMAL LOVERS

We have the opportunity to help the Oshkosh Area Humane Society with their Memorial

Garden. This is a highly visible, sunny, green space located in front

of the building's parking lot. It already has an arbor, some plantings, grass, benches, statuary, a walkway, a small shed and weeds. It is in need of our help with clean up, design and

plantings. Their desire is to make this a serene, meditative place to memorialize beloved pets. The Humane Society is located on the north side of Oshkosh just off Bowen Street at 1925 Shelter Court. We can't proceed until we have a Certified Master Gardener to take the lead with this project. Please consider helping the Humane Society by beautifying this garden. If interested or for more details, please contact Mary Wiedenmeier. This is a great way to obtain volunteer hours.

Webster & Washington Schools

The Webster and Washington School Garden Committee is looking for volunteers to help teach after school enrichment classes on gardening and plant biology. This would be on either Mondays (Webster) or Thursdays (Washington) for 5 weeks starting on March 29th. You do not need a teaching background, just enthusiasm!!!!

It works best to have 2 or 3 people working together in each classroom and you will be working with about 12 - 15 children for that hour. We will need about 24 people between the 2 schools to have good coverage. Also if you would like to work at both schools that would be fantastic!!!!

Please contact Marge Menacher marmen4105@sbcglobal.net ASAP as we would like to start preparing materials and curriculum soon. Thanks for helping to enrich these kids’ lives and making my day easier too!

MEMBERS ADDRESS CHANGE

Agnus Carpenter (an emeritus member) has an address change. Please note it in you members booklet. 515 S. Webster Ave. Omro WI 54963

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YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM

SEED CATALOGS BY Lawanda Jungwirth

I have an extensive library of gardening books and many binders and file folders full of articles I’ve clipped with gardening tips and advice. Another place I look to find gardening information is the seed catalogs that fill my mailbox this time of year. Some of them are so detailed and full of information that they read like gardening textbooks! The Gardens Alive catalog has a section entitled “Your Guide to Common Insect Pests and How to Control Them, Naturally.” There are a lot of creepy, but excellent, photos of insects and the damage they cause, a description of the pest and damage, and several suggested solutions. There is a similar section for plant diseases and some guidance on how to prevent these problems in the first place. To order this catalog, see www.gardensalive.com or call 513-354-1482. The Johnny’s Selected Seeds catalog is packed with growing information for each type of seed it offers. For red peppers, a full third of a page is devoted to how to sow the seeds, transplanting, use of row covers, insect pests and diseases that may be encountered and how to deal with them, when to harvest and how to store. Along with growing information and excellent photos, a 12-page section on lettuce and other greens describes the various types of lettuce, differentiating between head lettuce, romaine, bibb, and iceberg. There are several charts in the section comparing different varieties of lettuce offered. One chart compares five lettuces in regard to color, susceptibility to bolting and tip burn, performance in hot weather, size/weight and taste. Elsewhere in the Johnny’s catalog, there is a glossary of terms you might encounter in any seed catalog. Words like certified organic, hybrid, heirloom, green manure, resistance, tolerance and more are defined. See www.Johnnyseeds.com or call 877-564-6697. The John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds catalog is a little different. It offers wonderful drawings of plants rather than photos. Along with growing information and unusual descriptions of taste – shiso, a salad green, has “the bold, complex flavor of cilantro and cumin with a hint of cinnamon” – there are suggested recipes. For example, daikon radishes can be finely grated and 1 to 2 tablespoons used to cover to cover the surface of each fish fillet prior to steaming. They suggest serving with a soy-based sauce and citrus zest. The website is www.kitchengardenseeds.com. Phone 860-567-6086.

Our own Wisconsin Jung Seeds & Plants company also offers some education in their catalog. Just a few of the tips I found include instructions for pruning summer bearing and ever-bearing raspberries, how long to wait for pear trees to start producing, a design for a perennial border, instructions for pruning each of the three types of clematis with a corresponding type number in each of the 13 varieties of clematis offered, and how to plant hostas. A catalog can be ordered at www.jungseed.com or by calling 1-800-247-5864.

What Am I? By Jane Kuhn

I am a popular, old-fashioned, perennial herbaceous plant which bursts into flower in spring. My blooms last until the weather gets too hot or I become dormant in summer. I prefer semi-shaded, moist areas, and do best in alkaline soil with good drainage although I can tolerate heavy clay soil as well. My plants form a bushy, upright mound of light green foliage with a somewhat ferny appearance, growing to 24 to 36 inches tall, spreading to 18 inches with ternately compound leaves (leaflets that come in threes). My flowers are pendulous with a shape that gives me my common name. They are produced in a raceme bearing 3-15 individual flowers, each 1-2 inches long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals.

Propagation can be by seed, division, cutting or seedling. I will very often self-seed throughout the garden although not to the point of being a nuisance. To start seeds indoors, place seeds in a pot of soil, place pot in a plastic bag and put in freezer for 6-8 weeks. Remove the pot to germinate and grow in regular seedling conditions. I am easy to divide but wait until after flowering so you don’t sacrifice my blooms. I am good as an accent plant, in borders, in containers and as a cut flower and am resistant to deer and rabbits. One word of caution: some people find me to be a skin irritant from isoquinoline-like alkaloids.

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Organic Gardening Tip of the Month By Lawanda Jungwirth

There are a wide range of fungicides available for home gardeners, but few are considered acceptable for organic gardens. Your kitchen cabinet may hold the answer. Mix ½ teaspoon of baking soda in 1 quart of water with a few drops of soap. Spray on any plant with a fungal problem, or use preventively on plants that you suspect may develop a fungus. It may take a few applications, spaced a few days apart, for the baking soda to do its work.

Park View Flower Arranging is

GROWING The Flower arranging project at Park View is not only being recognized by residence and staff it is being seen and noted by others. Paul Behnke, from Park View, called and asked if our group could make live flower bouquets with the residents this winter. Paul said someone saw our fresh flower bouquets on display in the foyer in August and has donated money to buy fresh flowers from a florist for us to use in helping the residences make arrangements in the winter months too. We will be arranging them on Feb. 15, March 1, April 12, and May 24 (in the Great Room at 1:30).

We will be arranging long stemmed silk roses with Valentines, and twigs in a wine bottle vase on

February 1st at 1:30 in the Great Room at Park View. Eight people signed up at the January meeting. If anyone else wants to join us, please

call Pat Behm at 410-3290.

We will also continue making artificial spring bouquets on March 15-same time

and place.

We have a schedule now for summer. We will make fresh flower bouquets with the residents at 1:30 on these Mondays: June 21, July 19, August 2, 16, and 30, and in Sept. the 13th and 27th.

Again on August 2, they'd like us to make bouquets to display in the foyer. If you have any questions or want to help us with these projects, please call Pat Behm at 410-3290 or email tbehm1@new.rr.com. Thanks!

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CHICAGO FLOWER & GARDEN

SHOW

WCMGA members are invited to go on a bus trip to the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier by Michael Poklasny (former Master Gardener) and co-owner of Michael's Salon in Oshkosh.

Date: Saturday March 6

Leaving: J.C. Penny lot in Oshkosh at 6:30 am

Returning: at approximately 6:00 pm

Cost: $35.00 including admission to the show w/lunch on your own

Reservations: by February 15th to Michael's Salon 920-233-8860 or email: michaelx2@new.rr.com

The show features over 25 theme gardens designed by top Midwest designers keeping with this year's theme “Cultivating Great Performances”, Educational Seminars, over 100 Vendors and much, much more. Check it out at: www.chicagoflower.com

MASTER GARDENER BUSINESS MEETING January 12, 2010 COUGHLIN CENTER, 6:15 PM

Members Present: Jerry Robak, Linda Loker, Stanley Meyer, Linda Baeten, Jane Kuhn, Roy Anne Moulton, Kim Scharpf, Bob Potter, Cindy Meszaros, Audrey Ruedinger, Synda Jones, Patty Schmitz, Ken Hawk, Linda Christensen, Marge Menacher, Marty Sacksteder, Arlene Kosanke, Alice Graf, Kathy Daniels, Mary Wiedenmeier, Nick Schneider, Debbie Quandt, Rosemary Smith, Ruth Freye, Lil Hansche, Diana Dougherty, Diane Iott, Linda Werner, Ivan Placko, Dorothy Bonnin, Marge Bolding, Janet Clark, Karen Frittitta, Pat Behm, Janet Priebe, Mary Haave, John Procknow, Teresa Walotka, Richard Malchow.

The Meeting was called to order by Co-President Mary Wiedenmeier. Our guest speaker was unable to come tonight.

Treasurer’s Report – Alice Graf The balance as of 12/31/09 is: Cash On Hand $ 100.00 Checking $ 8,360.02

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CD Renewal 2/22/10 $ 5,072.34 Total all Accounts $13,532.36 A handout was available with the details. This was a combined report for November and December, as there was no meeting in December.

Secretary’s Report: There were no corrections to the November Minutes as printed in the December Newsletter.

OLD BUSINESS Ruth Freye was presented with a stepping stone for participating in the 2009 Garden walks. Ruth also had the most volunteer hours earned in 2009. Congratulations Ruth!

Mary announced Dorothy Gayhard-Kunz received an award from the State Master Gardener Association for earning 2500 + hours.

NEW BUSINESS

Board Member elections/appointments A list of Officers and Board Members has been printed on the back of tonight’s agenda. Sue Bohn will stay on, Linda Werner has stepped down. Marge Menacher will take Linda’s place on the Board. Audrey was re-elected for another 3 year term.

State Grant Approval Roy Anne was able to secure two grants from the State Association. We have a $400.00 grant to apply towards Winter Escape/Summer Dreams. We also have $250 to use for Habitat for Humanity.

“Got Dirt” Program Marge Menacher will be going to training in Green Bay. She will be able to arrange a training session here for interested Washington and Webster Elementary School teachers, or any Master Gardener members. The class is free. A sign-up sheet was passed around. Bill Wright from the UWEX Brown County will facilitate. It will be a one-night, three hour class.

Committee Reports:

Education – 1. There will be a bus trip to the Garden Expo in Madison on February 13, 2009. Karen Wedde is the lead. A registration form is available in the Newsletter or on the website. The coach is filling up fast. The cost is $39.00 and sugar cookies are provided!

2. Winter Escape/Summer Dreams brochures were passed around. Members were encouraged to sign

up or hand them out where ever they may be well received. Melinda Myers will be speaking on two topics, there will be a 1 hour question and answer session, and her books will be available for purchase.

Park View Flower Arranging Valentine arrangements will be coming up, followed by Spring arrangements on March 15. This is becoming a very popular program with the residents. Last Christmas, over 70 residents participated in making Christmas arrangements. These events are held in the Great Hall at Park View. On summer days some residents are able to go outside to pick flowers with John Procknow, and Bill and Tom Weber. Kudos to John for planting all those flowers!

Octagon House Jerry Robak reported not much is happening during the winter months on this project, but they plan to meet again in March. The rose garden portion of the project is scheduled.

Paine Gardens Bob Potter reported that we will have a booth again for the Paine’s Festival of Spring to be held May 22, 2010. In February, March and April, they will be doing the rooms at the Paine in various flower arrangements. This spring and summer, there are plans to remodel the gardens. They plan to enlarge the Carriage House and have purchased additional property.

Wild Flower Walk Karen Wedde will be doing another Wild Flower walk in Waushara County whenever the time is right for spring flowers, either the end of April or the beginning of May, date to be announced. The plan is to drive to four different sites including some of the Ice Age Trail. Edward Engle will lead the walks.

Second Harvest Project Nick reported 16,000 pounds of produce had been donated to Second Harvest last year. That equals about $20,000 in produce. Ken Friedman was the lead. Not only Master Gardeners donated, but many others as well. Produce from the Seed Trials was donated. Nick still has seed left over if anyone is interested.

Other New Business

The State Website will be updated. Look for changes this spring.

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If anyone has pictures to donate for the Home and Garden display, contact Cindy Meszaros. This event is on March 26, 27 & 28. Dawn Kent has become our Historian, and may have some photos.

Nick mentioned the Extension office provides training for the Master Food Preserver program. Master Gardeners may also be interested in this.

A sign-up sheet was passed around for those interested in helping provide treats for the meetings. See Linda Loker.

Planning Meeting – the Board met last week to plan for the future. A follow up meeting is scheduled for January 19th. Nick is facilitating.

Marge Menacher is contemplating changing the annual buying trip to Madison to a trip to Amish Country at the end of April. They have very reasonable prices on annuals and some perennials.

Roy Anne is developing an idea for a trip to Ball Horticulture Gardens in West Chicago. They have eight acres of display gardens and would give us a guided tour plus time on our own. This would be on a Friday, August 6th with an option to make it an overnight trip.

Project Lead Reports are due next month. Please submit your report to Ivan Placko. Leads should be thinking about their needs for 2010. We will have presentations and sign-up sheets at the next few meetings.

There is a possibility of a CSA (community sustainable agriculture) tour this summer in our area. NEXT BOARD MEETING – February 2, 2010 NEXT BUSINESS MEETING – February 9, 2010 Meeting adjourned: 7:20 pm. Respectfully submitted, Linda Baeten

Happy Valentines Day

Answer to What Am I? I am a common bleeding heart. Family: Fumariaceae. Taxon: Dicentra spectabilis. Common: common bleeding heart. The outstanding characteristic of bleeding hearts is no doubt the shape of the flowers. As the plants’ common name suggests, bleeding hearts bear heart-shaped flowers, from which a little drop of blood” dangles at the bottom. It has had other interesting folk names including lady’s locket, lyre flower, tearing hearts, our-lady-in-a-boat, and Chinese plants.

References: USDA Plants Database and associated links

Wilt won’t Hurt

Don’t let wilt scare you! Ideally, plants should experience wilt before you deep-soak water. This stimulates their survival mechanisms to prompt the plant to put down deeper roots each time they stress; deeper roots mean better winter and drought survival! If you water too often and too shallow, the plant will never extend the roots since you are providing everything it needs close to the soil surface.

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SANCTIONED CORE PROJECTS

Community Education Marge Menacher 223-3467 Community Gardens Ruth Freye 734-5978 Education and Control of Invasive Species Lawanda Jungwirth 836-2878

Audrey Ruedinger 231-5745 Farmers Market Dorothy Gayhart Kunz 233-8468 Janet Priebe 233-1898 Lincoln School

Karen Wedde 231-9696 Mary Haave 231-2542

Octagon House Jerry Robak 722-3311 Paine Gardens Bob Potter 233-3349 Park View Cutting Garden Bill Weber 231-2936 Park View Vegetable Garden Judy & Al Harms 688-5523 Park View Prairie Garden Ken Hawk 426-1691 Park View Flower Arranging Pat Behm 410-3290 Plant Health Advisors @ UWEX Barbara Kuhn 426-2920 Rushford Town hall Audrey Ruedinger 231-5745 Carol Dorsch 589-5936 Shared Harvest Ken Friedman 235-6766 Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity David Leonard 379-5860 Washington & Webster Schools Marge Menacher 223-3467

OFFICERS / BOARD MEMBERS

Mary Wiedenmeier (PRES) 426-0991 Kathy Daniels (PRES) 233-0410 Ivan Placko (VP) 721-9394 Linda Baeten (SEC) 232-1224 Alice Graf (TRES) 203-8252

BOARD MEMBERS

Susan Bohn 685-0427 Marge Menacher 233-3467 Stanley Meyer 725-6486 Ken Hawk 426-1691 Audrey Ruedinger 231-5745 Roy Anne Moulton 886-1283 Bob Potter 233-3349

COMMITTEES

Education and Trips Roy Anne Moulton 886-1283 Education – Meetings Audrey Ruedinger 231-5745 Event Planning Kathy Daniels 233-0410 Mary Wiedenmeier 426-0991 Historian Dawn Kent 410-8866 Membership

Dawn Kent 410-8866 Newsletter Linda Tobey 734-2264 Jean Reed 729-9012

Lawanda Jungwirth 836-2878 Jane Kuhn 231-3993

Refreshment Committee Linda Loker 426-1435

State Rep Bob Kosanke 231-1873 SOP & Bylaw Committee Stan Meyer 725-6486 Sunshine Liz Ginke 722-8140 Hours Bruce Abraham 231-3747

Linda Tobey 734-2264

Home & Garden Shows Joni Pagel 233-6619 Cindy Meszaros 233-3550 Website, Computer and Projector Jean Reed 729-9012

February 2 - Board Meeting – 6:00PM February 9 – Business Meeting – 6:15PM

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

Our purpose is to provide horticultural education, community service & environmental stewardship for our Community in affiliation with the University of Wisconsin Extension Program.

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Lincoln School Finally Recognized

Congratulations Karen & Janet

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Bus Trip to

Wisconsin Public Television

2010 Garden Expo

Alliant Energy Center, Madison Saturday, February 13, 2010

Workshops! Seminars! Vendors! Cost: $39 (includes expo ticket)

Pick-up: 6:30 a.m., Outagamie County Extension, 3365 W. Brewster, Appleton

7:00 a.m., Winnebago County Extension, 625 E. County Road Y, Oshkosh

7:30 a.m., Kohl’s, Hwy. 41/23, Fond du Lac

Return:

6:30- 7:00 p.m. (Approximate)

Sponsored by: Winnebago County Master Gardener Volunteer Association

Registration Form (copy as needed)

Name: __________________________________ Phone: ________________________ Address: _____________________________ City: _______________ Zip: ________ Email: _______________________________ Select a Bus Stop: ___ Appleton ___Oshkosh ____Fond du Lac Amount Enclosed: ______________

Make check payable to WCMGA and mail to: WCMGA

(Payment ($39) is required with reservation.) 1055 Witzel Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54902

For more information contact: Audrey Ruedinger, (920) 231-5745 or aruedinger2@new.rr.com

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Adapt the pace of nature her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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TPE - in Monroe

This calendar is a perfect place to record your hours