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GLOUCESTER MASTER GARDENER’S JOURNAL
January 2012 Gloucester Master Gardeners
7400 Carriage Court, PO Box 156 Volume 19 Issue 1 (804) 693-1267
Calendar of Events
EDITOR: Jim Newton
Telephone (804) 684-5457 E-mail: [email protected]
Address: 2021 Hammond Court Hayes, VA 23072
Gloucester MG Officers
President: Wanda Eberle [email protected] Vice-Pres: Kate Williamson rkwilliamson2cox.net Sec: Trudi Vanderhoof [email protected] Treasurer: Frank Watson [email protected] Member At Large: Sally Moore [email protected]
Maxine Slone
Past away on December 8, 2011. She was an active Glouces-ter Master Gardener from the Spring of 1998 until 2008, when she was given emeritus status, shortly after her hus-band past away. She is shown here with her boxer Coqui. Maxine chaired our involvement with Celebrate Families at its inception and for several years thereafter. All those who knew her have fond memories of working with her.
Photo
courtesy of Noel Preisler "Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me...beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future." Lady Bird felt that mental health could be im-proved and stress reduced by looking at flowers or land-scapes. Contributed by Felicity
• Jan. 9 – GMG Meeting - 9:00a.m. Abing-
don Church. • Speaker: Bill Blair “Garden Tools—Care
and Sharpening” • January 25 6:30p.m. Library The film
“Bringing Nature Home” by Doug Tallamy. Answers & discussion with Kathi Mestayer from Williamsburg will follow. This is a great and interesting film.
Where was she? Find her inside.
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Gloucester Master Gardener Minutes December 5, 2011
Vice-President, Wanda Eberle called the December monthly meeting to order at the Abingdon Episcopal Parish House at 10:05 a.m. on December 5, 2011. Attendees: Dru Adkins, Margie Ambrose, Bill Blair, Jim Brant, Susan Camp, Nancy Choquette, Peggy Cooney, Lenora Davis, Teresa Denby, Twila Driver, Celeste Dudley, Betty Durrette, Wanda Eberle, Clarice Ellison, Carolyn Evans, Joe Fagan, Gailon Friant, Ann Gentry, Kathy Gierlak, Jane Hedgecock, Belinda Hicks, Magdalene Howell, Nell and Wes Jones, Sarah Kressaty, Bettsy Lane, Barbara Lewis, Zack Loesch, Joy Long, Rebecca Mattox, Laura Meffley, Linda and Edward Monfalcone, Sally Moore, Beverly Moor-house, Joyce Neville, Debbie Newton, Sandy Pait, John Powell, Noel Priseler, Jodie Sholtis, Mary & George Simpson, Charles Stubblefield, Rose Sullivan, Margue-rite Supler, Henry Thompson, Trudy Vanderhoof, Bill Walker, Frank Watson, Ruth White, Barbara Willard, Kay Williamson, and June Young.
The November Secretary’s minutes were approved as printed. Charles Stubblefield gave the Treasurer’s Re-port. He stated that we have $1980.83 in our checking account and $4366.46 in our savings account. The re-port was accepted as read. A copy of our next year’s budget was forwarded to all members by Charles pre-viously. The only comment about it was from Hurri-cane Thompson. He pointed out that if we add new facilities to our current Hort Therapy program they may need additional monies. Wanda Eberle said that if we added another venue we could vote money at that time. Motion was made and seconded to accept the 2012 budget as presented.
New Interns: Bill Blair introduced all the new interns and Kathy Gierlak presented their mentors. They are as follows:
Susan Camp - Clarice Ellison & Suzanne Simm Ann Gentry - Celeste Dudley Belinda Hicks - John Powell Rebecca Mattox - Bill Blair Laura Meffley - Debbie Bartok Gay Marston-Mellon - Carolyn Evans Linda and Edward Monfalcone - Kathy Gierlak Richard Perez - Joe Fagan Whitney Sisler - Frank Watson
January Master Gardener Training Class: Bill Blair reported that, as of today, only 7 possible students have
enrolled and the minimum for the class is 12. After waiting for today’s mail delivery, an e-mail will an-nounce whether or not the class will proceed. (The an-nouncement was that the class of winter 2012 was can-celled.
Announcements: Next month’s speaker will be Bill Blair, who will talk about tool sharpening. He will also lead the course on Risk Management that is required for annual recertification. All should attend. We are also looking for an on-line course for those who cannot attend.
Coffee hostess next month will be Kay Williamson.
Wanda Eberle announced that all attendees of today’s meeting are entitled to 30 minutes “service hours” for attending this meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:30.
This was followed by a gift exchange and much fun was had by all at our Annual Christmas Party!!!! Respectively submitted, Gailon Friant, Secretary Photos below courtesy of Zack Loesch
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Hort Therapy – December 2011
The holidays at a nursing home can be a special time or be very lonely. The Master Gardeners at Gloucester House and Walter Reed do their best to make the sea-son a bit brighter in early December and return again in January after a holiday break of their own. At Gloucester House, the residents made Christmas trees out of felt and then decorated them with tiny objects. This was followed with a snack of Christmas cookies and soda along with great conversation. At Walter Reed (where no food can be given to the residents), the mood was still festive. During the 1st week’s session, the ladies made Christmas ornaments out of old Christmas cards, cut so that six pieces formed a ball of cheer. The 2nd session of December is probably one of the favorites of the residents as the volunteers assemble a variety of stuffed animals and seasonal objects for the ladies. Because some items are prized more highly than others (and not wanting any cat fights) the names of the residents are placed in a hat and randomly drawn for selection from the pile of gifts. After the excitement of the Holiday giveaway, the group sang some Christmas carols and only got bogged down when no one knew what the 12th activity was in the “12 days of Christmas”. Happy Holidays!!
Bettsy Lane
Photos courtesy of Zack Loesch ____________________________________________ Walker Reports GMG Training Class – This has been cancelled due to a lack of people showing up. The plan is to incorporate as many of these people as we can into the Sept. 2012 Training Class. Meetings for this class are starting in January and publicity has gone out to the Beehive and on our web site. Please spread the word.
Grasses for the Masses – we are seeking members to participate in this program. We have 5 commitments but need more. This is a very worthwhile cause and we need your help.
Web Site – We are looking to add a bunch of material and rearrange some things on the web site. If there is anything that you would like to see on this web site please let Beverly or myself know.
Winter Library Series - We will have 3 presentations scheduled: These presentations will start at 6:30PM at the Gloucester Main Library
January 25, 2012 – We will show the film on “Bringing Nature Home” by Doug Tallamy. An-swers & discussion with Kathi Mestayer from Williamsburg will fol-low. This is a great film.
February 27, 2012 – Jan Newton from Williamsburg will talk on “Native Plants for Wildlife and Beauty.”
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Jan is an extremely knowledgeable lady who has been very active with the VNPS
March 28, 2012 – Rhonda Bowen will give her talk on “Composting.” Rhonda has been a past presenter to our group and gives a terrific talk.
Speakers program – Bill Blair will give a great, hands on talk about taking care of tools and sharpening them. If you have any ideas for future presenters please let me know. I will have the schedule for 2012 completed by mid January and posted on our web site. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years’ to one and all. Let us consider Maxine Slone in our thoughts and prayers. Bill ____________________________________________
REMINDER! VMS Timekeeping I will be pulling the 2011 reports from VMS Time-keeping system in early February. Please make sure you get your hours entered by the end of January, espe-cially if you are nearing a milestone award. If you need help entering your 2011 hours into VMS, please contact me at [email protected] or Bill Blair at [email protected], we will be glad to help you any way we can.
DID YOU KNOW? This is directly from Policies for the Virginia Master Gardener Volunteers by Virginia Cooperative Exten-sion. MG Educational Efforts are “activities or pro-grams in which the MG educates the public… Work to construct or develop a site used for educational pro-gramming, such as a water-wise landscape demonstra-tion garden, qualifies as educational efforts if the edu-cational program has been designed and the work is in preparation for implementation.”
Beverly ____________________________________________
Gloucester County Schools Science Fair
The Gloucester Master Gardeners have agreed to help support the Gloucester County Schools Science Fair on the 16 January 2012, 8:30 to noon. What we would like is to have 5 or 6 people (minimum) that would be willing to judge the plant projects at the science fair. We currently have 43 projects in the plant cate-gory and may have a few more elementary projects added to the blend. The judges will have a judging rubric to use to assist in judging. They usually have judges work in pairs to judge projects. They will di-
vide the projects up and each pair would come up with the top two or three in their group. The judges would then get together to pick first, second and third place. Sometimes the group of judges also chooses some honorable mentions. We will also be setting up a themed information table as part of our education/support program. We will need help with manning this table. More detailed information to come at the monthly meeting.- Bill Blair
__________________________________________________________ From Florace Arnold’s Yard She had this re-blooming iris in her front yard and it waited until December to bloom. “Unchained Melody”
____________________________________________ Woodville Woody Garden Three work days and seventeen plants.—PROGRESS
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New Time Sheet
