minutes_april2000

Minutes of the Master Gardeners of Union County

Union County Master Gardeners met at the Union County Agricultural Service Center on October 27, 2004. Karen Long, President, welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order.

Minutes

Minutes of the previous month’s meeting had no corrections or additions and were approved as e-mailed.

Treasurer: In absence of Treasurer, Becky Rowe, Karen Long gave the Treasurer’s Report. A break down was given on the garden party with the exact profit made on the event. The treasurer’s report was approved and put on file for audit.

Timekeepers Report: No report

Old Business:

McCloud Park: Lisa Anderson reported that she was having difficulties in getting information out on the listserve to the MG’s about work days at McCloud Park. This will be worked on.
She reported that the city wants all the clippings to be put in bags provided by the City at each clean-up. George will check on getting bags. The next work day at McCloud will be the second Saturday in November. The date is November 13 from 9 a.m. and work until 12 Noon.

Garden Tour: Miriam Carson reported that all is going well with the tour with all the chairs for the gardens filled. Molly Black has agreed to sit at the Agricultural Center the day of the tour.
Education will be a big part of the tour with Dick Westfall speaking on Dahlias, Patsy Bushdorf possibly will give a talk on Day Lilies and Jill Ricker will give a demo with her puppets. Demonstrations on container planting are also planned.

No theme has been chosen as yet, but Miriam thought we should try to incorporate the educational part of the tour along with highlighting country gardens.

Garden Tour meetings will be held 1 hour prior to the Master Garden meetings.

Meet and Greet Night for garden chairs and garden owners was cancelled for October and will be held sometime in January.

People are still needed to sign up for various committees involved in the tour.

Garden Party: A Total of $2,194.66 was made on the garden party.

Adopt-a-Pot: No report. Ornamental cabbages looking good.

Liberty Park: No report

Huston House: No report

Historical Society: Gardens have been put to bed.

Legacy Garden: Beds have been prepared with composting materials. Plants from the old Legacy Garden have been planted at John Millers and John Walkup says there are plenty of plants for all to use in landscaping the area at the Ag. Center. John Walkup will meet with Barbara Ramm and Dilu Juvarkar to plan the planting for the west area. John will work on putting in some bulbs for spring color. He thought it would be great if someone would volunteer to get more legacy plants from our current Master Gardeners to add to the Legacy Garden.

Leaping Frog: Miriam Carson passed the Leaping Frog on to Karen Long for all her hard work as President of Master Gardeners.

State Conference: Master Gardeners that attended the State Conference gave their input as to what a great experience it was and encouraged others to attend next year. Janice Purse typed up some highlights of the conference that will be e-mailed to members.

Coordinator’s Report: George delivered the door prize we donated to the State Conference. It was one of the most outstanding door prizes there. George mentioned that if anyone has a chance they should visit the Secrest Arboretum in Wooster and that it is indeed a wonderful place. Janice Purse noted that the Fred Meijer Garden in Grand Rapids Michigan is also a delight to gardeners.

Volunteer Needed: Master Gardener hand-outs need updated and this will provide volunteer hours.

A Garden Party will be held November 13 in Marietta Ohio. The fee is $17 for anyone that would like to attend. Contact George for more information.

George mentioned there is a CD available on gardening. If enough people order it, we can get it at reasonable price.

Recognition Dinner: Dinner to be held November 10 at the Allen Center Township Hall from 6 to 8:30 pm. Master Gardeners are to bring desserts and main course will be provided. A fee of $10 will be charged for guests. Many awards will be given out for hours accumulated. A map will be printed on the back of the invitation. Everyone remember the plant swap.

New Business:

Nominating Committee: Johanna Keiser reported that the slate was filled for the 2005 year.

Karen Long-- President
Claire Loeffelman-- Vice President
Becky Rowe-- Treasurer
Barb Jackson-- Secretary

Al Burnard made a motion to accept the slate as read and the motion was seconded and the slate was passed by a unanimous ballot.

Al Burnard and Johanna Keiser volunteered for the Budget Committee for next year.

A volunteer is needed to audit the treasurer’s books. If no volunteers come from the group, we may go to an outside source to audit the books.

The puppet show has had requests from the St. John’s School and Trinity Lutheran. Jill Ricker will set the dates for the shows. She will contact the other city schools once again.

Hank Edwards is working on building the stage for the show. In addition to the puppet show, the committee will devise a hands on craft with the students. As time goes on, more puppets will be added with stories about ants, earthworms and other such subjects.

If anyone has knowledge they would like to share with the group for an educational spot at the monthly Master Gardener meetings please let Claire Loeffelman know. Chris Burnard suggested we set up a schedule of educational spots for the coming year.

Susie Pasco reminded the group that we used to give one volunteer hour for a gardening tip given at the Master Gardener meeting. It was suggested we start that again.

As there was no further business to come before the group the meeting adjourned.

The next meeting will be held at the Allen Center Township Hall 16945 Allen Center Rd., Marysville, Ohio. Photo winners will be announced and we will have a plant swap.

Respectfully,
Barbara Ramm, Secretary.

Members in Attendance: