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Feature Article 1
President’s Message
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TCMGA Meeting Minutes
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Gardening Tips & Tidbits
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Announcements 10
2014 Meeting Program
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Education
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Upcoming Events 16
Volunteer Opportunities
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TCMGA Leadership & Resources
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Sharecropper Tarrant County Master Gardener Association
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If you have an idea or would like to contribute to the newsletter, please contact Jackie Heidinger [email protected]
May 2014
The garden nurseries are chock full of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees this spring. It’s almost overbearing to see all they have to offer. Will this flower look good in my garden, will it be healthy and survive in our area?
All-American Selection (AAS) can assist in narrowing your list of plants to consider this summer.
AAS is an independent, non-profit organization that tests new varieties then introduces only the best garden performers as AAS Winners. Their mission is "To promote new garden varieties with superior garden performance judged in impartial trials in North America."
All National and Regional Winners have been tested for garden performance by the AAS judges. After the judges submit their scores, those varieties that perform best over all of North America become AAS National Winners. Entries that performed particularly well in certain regions are named AAS Regional Winners. Once these new varieties are announced as Winners, they are avail-able for immediate sale and distribution. Home gardeners will find seeds available from their favor-ite catalog or online seed source or as young plants at their favorite garden retailer. Some of the older AAS Winners may no longer be available. Below is a list of the 2014 flower winners:
Angelonia Serenita™ Pink F1 2014 AAS Flower Award Winner Award Type: National
Serenita is a compact, tough little angelonia ideal for very hot/ humid temperatures like in southern areas, but it does great in northern gardens too. This Serenita variety features a unique deep pink flower, not usually seen in angelonias. The AAS Judges praised this entry for being drought and heat-tolerant while continuing to produce a large number of flower stems all season long.
Gaura Sparkle White 2014 AAS Bedding Plant Award Winner Award Type: National
Floriferous and graceful plant with an exceptionally long period of bloom. Early flowering with more controlled habit and excellent branching. Will give a home gardener a great show in contain-ers and garden beds.
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“Tried and True” From AAS website
2014 AAS Winners—continued P a g e 2
Impatiens New Guinea Florific™ Sweet Orange F1 2014 AAS Bedding Plant Award Winner
Award Type: National
Creates high color impact in shade or semi-shaded garden locations. Unique salmon-bicolor for seed grown impatiens. Tolerant to Downy Mildew on impatiens in areas where the disease is a problem.
Ornamental Pepper NuMex Easter 2014 AAS Bedding Plant Award Winner
Award Type: National
Compact plant displays small clusters of 4-6 fruits on top of the plant in a range from lavender to light yellow and when fully mature a light orange. The colors of the fruit resemble the pastel colors of Easter eggs.
Osteospermum Akila® Daisy White F1 2014 AAS Bed-ding Plant Award Winner
Award Type: National
Clean and fresh daisy flower sporting a pale center. Early flowering with a nicely controlled habit and excellent branching. Free flowering performance will give the home gardener a great show in containers and gardens beds.
Penstemon Arabesque™ Red F1 2014 AAS Flower Award Winner
Award Type: Regional (Heartland, Mountain/Southwest, West/Northwest)
Another AAS Winner for the pollinator garden that the hummingbirds will love! Plus, the first ever penstemon to become an AAS Winner in more than eighty years of trialing. This beauty is a season-long repeat bloomer with large tubular blooms
almost one inch across. Arabesque Red is best started indoors then transplanted to get a longer bloom time. Great for combination containers and can be used as an annual or as a perennial for gardens in zones 6-9.
Petunia African Sunset F1 2014 AAS Bedding Plant Award Winner
Award Type: National
Plants bloom prolifically all season long with a show of attractive designer color or-ange hued flowers. Mounded spreading plants are 12 inches tall spread up to 32 inch-es.
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“Remember that you have
ready-made friends in
Master Gardeners all
over the country – and
beyond. ”
Patsy Miller, TCMGA President
President’s Message Hello Master Gardeners,
This is a busy time for us -- plant sales, garden store events, speakers’ pro-grams and the explosion of plant life at our projects -- not to mention the work we should be doing in our own gar-dens!
Recently, we have had out-of-town vis-itors. Julie Moncur, a Master Gardener in both Harris and Galveston Counties, toured the demonstration garden and the perennial and backyard vegetable gardens at the Fort Worth Botanic Gar-den. She raises butterflies in her garden and was excited to visit the butterfly exhibit at FWBG. Julie travels fre-quently with her husband and contacts MGs wherever she goes to see what they are doing in their associations.
Kathy Williams from Saskatchewan, Canada was visiting relatives at the time of our plant sale and contacted me about helping out.
Remember that you have ready-made friends in Master Gardeners all over the country – and beyond. As you travel, check to see if there are chapters in the area you are visiting, make new friends and get advice on visiting interesting local attractions. The state website at txmg.org has a list of Texas chapter presidents. Outside of Texas, Google the state you plan to visit to see if there are Master Gardener chapters.
I appreciate your flexibility as we try new things. The changes in providing food was a result of last year’s survey where a majority of those responding indicated they wanted a shorter meeting and liked the option of no food. Plus we were having a hard time getting
enough donations to serve nearly 200 people each month.
In line with a shorter meeting, we elim-inated the afternoon speaker. One thing we do not want to change is making time for fellowship. Hospitality and ways and means committees are there early to set up, ready to serve our mem-bers and give you time to have a cup of coffee and talk. Feel free to stay after the meeting to chat with those you haven’t seen in awhile.
We aren’t doing away with lunches completely. Several times a year at vendor meetings and welcoming new interns, we will serve barbecue or hot dogs. Join us at the May vendor meet-ing for barbecue. The cost is $5 and it will benefit the projects.
The Executive Board welcomes your feedback. Our decisions are open to review. Give us a few months and see how you like it. Change is always hard, but we don’t want to change the enjoy-ment of meeting with people who enjoy learning about and working in the gar-den.
See you at the meeting,
Patsy Miller
TCMGA President
S h a r e c r o p p e r
TCMGA General Meeting— April 2014
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Before the meeting. Kathryn Rotter from the office of County Commissioner Judge Glen Whitley invited Master Gar-deners to the Senior Synergy Expo, May 8, at the Justin Center at the Will Rogers Complex. Information on county services and health screen tests will be offered. Parking and entry are free.
Patsy Miller, President, called the meeting to order at 10:05 AM. There were 217 members present making a quorum (15%) for the business meeting.
Bryan Strickland, a Virginia MG, has just moved to Tarrant County. He specializes in roses.
The minutes of the March meeting were published in the April newsletter. There were no corrections and the minutes were approved as printed.
Executive Board
Programs, Marianne Levine announced:
- May speaker – Mary Wilhite, “Growing a Cutting Garden”
- December Holiday Luncheon – Woman’s Club of FW, December 4
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Starr Krottinger, Treasurer
For the month of March ending March 31, 2014:
Cash, Beginning on March 1, 2014 $31,546.90
Deposits during the month $10,357.33
Checks written during the mont $ 3,676.07
Cash Ending on March 31, 2014 $38,228.16
There were no questions so the treasurer’s report will be filed.
Ways and Means: Marilyn Satterfield an-nounced that roses can be picked up at the Demo Garden and caladium pickup is at the table in the back.
TCMGA General Meeting—April 2014 (cont’d) P a g e 5
Committee Reports
Next MG state meeting is Sept. 25-27 in Midland.
Saddened by the news of the death of a former Master Gar-dener Mary Edholm. She died last week at a nursing facility.
Earl Alexander has had a knee operation and is facing a long recovery period. Welcomes calls.
Glenda Juran is recovering from pneumonia.
Penny Sambell is home after having a mild stroke. She is 99% recovered.
● Kay Lewis – is out of ICU.
Announcements
Unfinished Business – none
New Business
There is a concern about too many eblasts. A committee including eblast and web site chair, project chair Rocky Deutscher, Marilyn Satterfield and Theresa Thomas will meet after the meeting to develop an eblast policy.
A graduate of the Teen Challenge Pro-gram, which is one of our projects, has been awarded a Habitat for Humanity Home. Teen Challenge will do the home landscaping. If successful, the Tarrant County Master Gardener Exec-utive Board has voted to join with Habitat for Humanity to help with landscaping another new homeowner’s yard – potentially one a year. Rocky Deutscher will head up this first pro-ject – probably slated for later this year. Interested members should con-tact her.
Adjourned at 10:25 AM.
Door Prizes – Speaker brought 10 door prizes.
Submitted by Theresa Kay Thomas,
Secretary
Plant Sale -– April 12 – Sue Kelley ask that Heritage Plants be delivered by Tuesday, April 8. They need to be labeled with type of plant and if blooms, what color. Peggy Harwood has the list of times that volunteers are working for the plant sale on the back table.
Activities - Claire Alford and her team are signing up members for a tour of the newly opened Southwest Nature Preserve in Arlington, April 24, 10 am. Details and sign-up are at the Activities table in the back.
Membership - Steve Purdy asks you to pick up the 2014 member-ship directories.
Hospitality – May is our vendor meeting and we will have BBQ for $5 – which benefits the projects. Sign-up for sides will be passed around.
Dimensions:
The raised bed should be a maximum of 4 feet wide to allow tending from either side and be able to reach the center. The length of the bed is up to the individual’s prefer-ence and target area limita ons.
IF BUILDING A 6” HIGH BED - Purchase:
1. One box of 3.5 inch deck screws for fastening.
2. One 2x6x8 (that will be later cut in half to make each end of bed).
3. Two 2x6xX - your desired length (that will be used for sides of bed).
4. One 4x4x8 post.
IF BUILDING A 12” HIGH BED - Purchase:
1. One box of 3.5 deck screws for fastening.
2. Two 2x6x8’s that will be cut in half to make each end of bed).
3. Four 2x6xX- (your desired length that will be used for sides of beds).
4. One 4x4x8 post.
Materials:
Cedar or pressure treated lumber is recommended because each will have bug resistance and longer life in the outdoor elements.
Tools Required:
- Saw (you may have your lumber cut to length where purchased). - Measuring tape. - Drill driver, corded or cordless drill or screwdriver. - Shovel or spade. Op on: Decide if you plan to paint or stain. You may opt to do so a er cu ng and before assembly or any me a er assembly, whichever is most convenient for you.
“How To Build A Raised Bed” By Rob Porter—Tarrant County Master Gardener 2014 Intern
Gardening Tips & Tidbits
4. Align end and sides of both boards and drive 2 screws through the 2x6 into the 4x4 on each end.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4, to create the first step of the other side of your raised bed.
Cu ng and Measuring
How To Build A Raised Bed—cont’d
IF BUILDING A 6” HIGH BED:
1. Cut one 2x6x8 in half to make the two ends.
2. Measure the 4x4 and cut to 8” lengths. If your bed is 6 ‘ long or less, cut 4 pieces; one for each corner. If longer than 6’, cut 6 pieces, to enable adding a piece in the center of each side of the length.
IF BUILDING A 12” HIGH BED:
1. Cut two 2x6x8’s in half to make the two ends.
2. Measure the 4x4 and cut to 14” lengths. If your bed is 6 ‘ long or less, cut 4 pieces; one for each corner. If longer than 6’, cut 6 pieces, to enable adding a piece in the center of each side of the length.
Assembly
It is easier to assemble your raised bed on a flat surface, such as a driveway. Note, you will build the raised bed upside down, planning to turn it right side up when completed.
1. Lay your materials out approximately where you will be using them. i.e. shorter end pieces on the ends between the longer pieces.
2. The first step is to connect a longer 2x6 piece to two 4x4 pieces at either end.
3. Lay a 4x4 piece under each end of one longer board that will be used for sides.
How To Build A Raised Bed—cont’d
6. At this point you should have two longer boards connected to 4x4 post pieces. If making a bed one board high, skip to step 9.
7. Next, If making your bed two boards high, lay your unused matching length board on top of 4x4 boards and above the 2x6 boards that you just connected and screw to the 4x4.
8. Repeat for the other side. You have now built your side walls, and should have 3 or so inches of the 4x4 showing at what is currently the top.
9. The next step may require someone to assist to hold the side in place while a aching the end pieces. Simply match the ends with no overlap and screw the end 2x6 into the 4x4 on each end. Then do the same with the second end piece.
10. Repeat on the other end. You should now have a fully assembled raised bed.
11. Take the raised bed frame to the loca on you plan to use. Turn it right side up. Place about a foot from the exact loca on you plan to use. Using a shovel, dig a 3-4 inch hole adjacent to each 4x4, so the 3-4 inches extending from the 4x4s will rest in the hole when you move the bed frame into place.
12. Move the bed in place.
13. If the area inside the bed is grassy, use newspaper to cover the ground within the confines of the bed frame before adding material. Calculate the volume of material required and fill to your requirements.
Enjoy your garden.
Gardening Tips & Tidbits—cont’d
F ew herbicides are needed regularly for managing weeds in the home lawn and garden, yet glyphosate herbicides are a valuable, environmentally safe tool for weed management. Glyphosate (originally packaged only as Roundup) effectively kills the entire weed and can severely damage woody plants (trees, shrubs and vines). It can be used effectively to edge planting beds to eliminate invasions by Ber-
muda grass and other weeds. Other uses include edging mulched rings around trees, controlling weeds in drive-way and sidewalk cracks, and eliminating weeds or turf grass at the bases of fences. Effective use of glyphosate can reduce the need for flexible-line trimmers and edger’s. One or two applications per year can significantly re-duce landscape maintenance.
Herbicides containing glyphosate (or closely related formulations) are now available under several brand names. Read the “active ingredients” list on the product, and look for glyphosate and the percentage in volume that is in your product. Read the label directions carefully for effective and safe use of this herbicide. Also understand that when using herbicides containing glyphosate and closely related formulas, you may not see visible signs of dam-age to the targeted weeds for a few days to a week.
Ready – to – use (RTU) products are available as well as concentrate, the RTU products eliminate the need for mixing concentrated glyphosate with water. These products do cost more but are often worth it to some home-owners for their safety and convenience.
Glyphosate products are nonselective; they kill, or severely damage, most anything you spray them on but yet they do not persist in the soil (like a soil sterilant). Tremendous amounts of research have been conducted on glyphosate products regarding their effectiveness and environmental impact. The definitive research shows that they work, but more important, that microorganisms break down glyphosate rapidly, leaving no long lasting resi-due in the soil.
Glyphosate is absorbed through the leaves of the plants, and then translocated to the roots, thereby killing the en-tire plant. Exceptionally tough-to-control weeds, such as morning glory, nutgrass (nutsedge), poison ivy, and smi-lax may take multiple applications. Glyphosate can be sprayed on rough bark of mature trees without being ab-sorbed (and damaging the tree).
One caution has arisen from recent research: Do not spray Glyphosate on the trunk of crape myrtles. The bark of crape myrtle exfoliates (sheds, which is a wonderful characteristic), and thus the trunk will absorb glyphosate and potentially damage the tree.
A final word of caution when using this product or other herbicides : When spraying glyphosate, always walk backwards. Do not walk through sprayed areas, or your shoes will become applicators. Nothing like a polka-dotted lawn to convince you to walk carefully!
Glyphosate Herbicides
“Valuable but often misunderstood Weed management Tool”
Steve Chaney, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service-Tarrant County
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
P a g e 1 0 TCMGA
Our speaker for the May meeting is Mary Wilhite, co-owner of Blue Moon Gardens, a retail garden center near Tyler.
Mary has been a gardener for over 40 years and still loves to garden, alt-hough she lives in the woods with minimal landscaping. She has a large vegetable garden and keeps an herb garden close to her kitchen, as she and her husband enjoy cooking.
Mary wrote a gardening column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for years and still writes for Neil Sperry's Gardens magazine.
Her presentation will be all about growing cut flowers in Texas.
Additionally, May will be vendor and barbecue month, so come prepared to learn, eat, and shop!
Marianne Levine 1st Vice President
May 2014 Program Speaker
If your birthday is this month and you don’t see it, please contact
Doris Hill, (817) 337-8484 or email
1 Jennifer McSpadden ( I ) 2 Jackie Peel 3 Sally Lloyd ( I ) 8 Joe Sanders 9 Joan Schmidt, Lynn Hayes, Marjorie Day 12 Judy Ratzlaff, Pam Braak 13 Pat Higgins 18 Mike Goode 21 Maggie Camperlengo, Robert Craig 25 Imelda Castro, Susan Cullen 26 Gay Larson, Caryn Hutchinson 27 Judith Kelly, Sandy Schierling ( I ) 31 Chris Senerote
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
P a g e 1 1 TCMGA
Pizza Ranch is on Tuesday, May 6th and Wednesday, May 7th this year and once again we are in need of your help.
Pizza Ranch Volunteer Training will be at 5:30p on the Monday before on May 5th in the Co-burn Room of the John Justin Arena.
Please sign-up to volunteer for Pizza Ranch by clicking on the following website.
http://agrilife.org/urbantarrantag/2014-pizza-ranch/pizza-ranch-volunteers/
PIZZA RANCH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
May 6 — 7
The 2014 Garage Sale will be held at the June 5
Master Gardener Meeting.
Marilyn Satterfield Ways and Means
Garage Sale
We will have a vendors day at our May meeting.
Anyone who wants to rent a table can contact.
Marilyn Satterfield, [email protected],
817-914-6676.
Vendor Day - May 1 -
Thank you Thank you Thank you so much for another successful Master Gardener plant sale! The success of the sale is truly a group effort - thanks to all of you who "spread the word," shared your plants, worked behind the scenes, worked the days of preparation, worked the day of the sale and bought the plants!
We are very grateful! We are eager to get the final numbers and will share the news with you! Sue Kelley and Peggy Harwood, Plant Sale Coordinators
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
P a g e 1 2 TCMGA
Tarrant County Master Gardener Eblast Policy
The intent of this policy is to reduce the number of emails sent each week and to combine several announce-ments in one email where possible.
Eblasts Submissions:
● The eblast chair shall determine the appropriateness of content, the county agent will have the final word. ● The eblast must pertain to state and local Master Gardener Association business and activities which in-
cludes associated groups, garden clubs and businesses. ● Daily eblasts may not be used by Project Chairs to notify volunteers of regular weekly information. Pro-
ject Chairs may utilize email mailing lists to advise volunteers of weekly project information. ● Eblasts may be used by Project Chairs to communicate when additional help is needed for a special pro-
ject/workday or notice of a special event. NEW! - Monday Bundled Eblast:
● Each Monday one eblast of bundled emails will be sent that is a roundup of the upcoming week’s news/information.
● Information to be included in each Monday’s Bundled Eblasts must be received by the previous Friday. This information should include pertinent data such as, who, what,, when, and where. Fliers/attachments may be submitted.
● The eblast chair will determine if an item needs to be sent as a single item or held as part of the Monday Bundle.
● Submitters are urged to send in items by the Friday deadline well ahead of the event date. Single Eblasts: ● Time-sensitive information that cannot be held will be sent during the week. ● More detailed information may be considered for a separate eblast.
New Memorial Walkway
Order Form See next page for a hardcopy of the new Memorial Walkway Order form or go to tarrantmg.org to get the new Memorial Walkway Order Form.
MARY EDHOLM
We were saddened to learn of the death of Mary Edholm on March 25. She became a Master Gardener in 1991. After a serious fall several years ago, she lived at an assisted living facility and was visited regu-larly by several Master Gardeners.
She was a journalist and wrote for national magazines and was a book reviewer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Mary loved to travel and enjoyed Master Gardener field trips. Pam Braak took this photo-graph of her on a 2010 field trip to Weatherford to view a 900 year-old champion pecan tree.
Tarrant County Master Gardener Association
2014 Monthly Meeting Program
May
1 MaryWhilhite
"Growinga CuttingGarden"
June
5 GarageSale
Threebreak-outsessionstobearranged.
July
3 GarethHarrier
“TroubleShootingTrees”
August
7 Dr.DavidMorgan
“Viticulture”
September
4 DavidLeedy
“TheArumPlantFamily”
October
2 JohnSnowden
“NativeOrnamentalGrassesforUrbanLandscaping”
November
6 Dr.DavidHopman
“FromProvenWinnertoPleistoceneRewilding”
December
4 HolidayLuncheon
E D U C A T I O N
P a g e 1 5
For the second year, Tarrant County Texas A&M Agrilife Extension will conduct Modular Earth-Kind Horticulture/Master Gardener classes on 11 Saturdays from April through December. These modular courses take the curriculum from the regular Master Gardener classes and separate it into different sections to fit into a Saturday-only schedule.
Modular classes were designed to attract two target groups. The first is those people who only have an interest in one or two subject areas. The second group consists of those who have an interest in be-coming a Master Gardener but are unable to attend the weekday classes because of work schedules or other obligations. Peggy Crist, Intern, said, “As a new retiree, I was glad to have the flexibility to begin the program right away. I retired in February of 2013. So, because of the availability of the modular classes, I didn’t have to wait to start until 2014.”
The 2013 classes had 11 students. Interestingly, nine of these students decided to attend every module and pursue Master Gardener certification. Two of the nine came to Fort Worth for the classes but then elected to do their volunteer work with the Ellis County Master Gardener Association.
For the 2014 program, the first module will consist of two classes, on April 26th and May 17th, and will cover Botany, Horticulture, and Plant Propagation. These classes will be held in Fort Worth at 200 Taylor St., Suite 500 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Nine other Earth-kind classes will also be held on Saturdays from May to Decem-ber and will meet
Class application can be found at
tarrantmg.org
P a g e 1 6 Upcoming Events
Cooking Well With Diabetes
May 6 – Carbohydrate Foods May 13 – Make Recipes with Fat Better for You
May 20 – Double Pleasure Side Dishes
Tuesdays 6-8p Tarrant County Plaza Building
200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 Fort Worth, TX
Cost $30 per person
(covers entire lesson series)
For further information call 817-884-1294 weekdays during business hours or email [email protected].
May 1 —TCMGA Monthly Mee ng May 4 —Colleyville Garden Club Promenade Garden Tour May 11 —Mother’s Day May 14 —Guided Tour of FW Botanic Garden Perennial Garden May 15 —Guided Tour of FW Botanic Garden Trial Garden May 17 —AgriLife Module 1 Garden Class on Plant Propaga on May 22 —Field Trip May 26 —Memorial Day
Notable May
Events Legend:
TCMGA Meeting Educational Tours Field Trips Specialist Training
Garden Tours AgriLife Class
See TCMGA Volunteer Opportunities page for Project scheduling and contact information .
Upcoming Events-cont’d
FIELD TRIP! Tour the Bush Library Grounds
May 22, 2014 11:30 AM
A tour of the library will follow starting at 1:00PM
Sign up at the May meeting —we have space on the tour for only 60 people—
There is a cost of $9 for the library.
Box lunches are $14.
If we take a bus that is an extra $12 per person. Parking per car is $7.
Upcoming Events-cont’d
The conference will be hosted by the Permian Basin Master Gardeners
on September 25-27, 2014, at the MCM Grandé Hotel and FUNDome, Odessa.
P a g e 1 9 TCMGA Volunteer Opportunities Project Code & Name Work Days/Times Project Manager Phone
301 BRIT Activities Call Chairman Kay Yount 817-292-7690 302 BG Perennial Garden Wed. 9 am Cindy Woelke 817-366-4436 302 BG Backyard Vegetable Garden Fri. 9 am—12n Nancy Curl 817-319-1795 302 BG Trial Garden Thurs. 8:30-11:30am Susan Miller [email protected] 817-261-1420 303 Community and Demo Garden Chair Bill Vandever, [email protected] 817-244-1580
Project Leads
Community Garden, Tuesdays Barn Beds Charlotte Berck, caberck@dot11net. 817-426-6417 Compost & Rainwater Harvesting Community Vegetable Beds Pat Higgins, [email protected] 817-946-6278 Demonstration and Enabling Beds Frank Durda, [email protected] 817-292-2270 Education Nancy Curl, [email protected] 817-319-1795 Education – TCU Lance Jepson [email protected] & Pat Higgins 817-557-6122/817-946-6278 Enabling Garden Frank Durda , [email protected] 817-292-2270 Greenhouse/Propagation Pat Lovejoy, [email protected] 817-447-7924 Herb Garden , Tuesdays Rita Hottel, [email protected] 817-929-6847 Hospitality (Cook-outs) Beverly Beazley, [email protected] 817-483-7080 Orchard Char McMorrow, [email protected] 817-228-4548 Perennial Garden Ginger Bason & Joann Hahn, [email protected], [email protected] 817-307-8530/817-923-9250 Plant Sales Sue Kelley and Peggy Harwood [email protected], [email protected] 817-233-7118/817-821-4988 Potting Shed Pat Lovejoy, [email protected] 817-447-7924 Rain Barrel Construction Claudia Teague, [email protected] 817-444-2247 Rose Garden, Tuesdays Nan Garvin, [email protected] 817-477-2867
304 Thistle Hill 1st, 3rd Weds. 8 am Sue Fair 817-266-2514 304 Union Gospel Mission Mon. 9 am Gay Larson 817-441-6560 304 Teen Challenge Wed. 9 am Debbie Bollinger 817-498-1508 304 Common Ground NRH Community Wed. & Sat 8:30am-12n Dianne Spradling 817-431-4666 Garden Sandra Totty 817-281-7877 304 Six Stones/City of Bedford Annette Lee 214-803-2219 Community Garden- 304 The Samaritan House Tues. 8 am-11 am John Pinkerton 682-433-2529
304 JPS Meditation Garden 2nd & 4th Fri. 9 am Bernice Ramsbottom 817-485-6631 203 Grapevine Botanic Garden Docents Call Chairman Rachel Clark, Co-Chair 817-488-0035 Paula Wilbanks, Co-Chair 817-481-4398
Environmental Projects:
305 Composting Demo 1st Sat., Veterans Pk, Arlington LaVonne Nowlin 817-581-1850 305 FW Library at Hulen St. 2nd Thurs 9 am Bill Hall/ 817-737-9890 Theresa Thomas 817-485-6789 305 SW Sub-Courthouse 2nd Sat., last Wed. 9 am Gailon Hardin 817-475-0923 305 Veterans Park-Wildscape Wed. 9 am-12 noon Molly Hollar 817-319-6924 1st Sat., 9 am-12 noon 305 Bob Jones Nature Center 3rd Wed. 9 am Nancy Searl 817-542-3190
School Gardens:
306 Alice Carlson OLE Mon. & Thurs. 8:30 am Sharon Chastain 817-926-2575 306 Fitzgerald OLE Mon 9 am & Wed 3:15pm Leeann Rosenthal 817-237-7180 306 Heritage School OLE Mon. 8-10 am Pam Braak & 817-488-5665 Harold Annis 817-481-6242 306 Durham Intermediate School Wed 9am Bea Wilson 817-401-2179
Educational programs of Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Com-missioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service, or accommodation in order to participate in any of our meetings are encouraged to contact our office at 817.884.1945 for assis-
Important Websites!
Our local TCMGA website: http://www.tarrantmg.org/ State MG Website and TMG news: http://www.txmg.org Our RC Demo Garden Website: http://www.localharvest.org/member/M27123 Native Plant Society of Texas http://npsot.org Aggie Horticulture: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu Earthkind: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkind Texas Superstars: http://texassuperstar.com Fort Worth Botanic Garden: http://fwbg.org Wildscape: http://thewildscape.org Botanical Research Institute of Tex-as: http://www.brit.org
2014 Executive Committee
President: Patsy Miller [email protected]
1st Vice President (Programs): Marianne Levine [email protected] 2nd Vice President (Ways & Means): Marilyn Satterfield
Treasurer: Starr Krottinger [email protected] Secretary: Theresa Thomas [email protected]
2014 Advisory Committees Acknowledgements: Pat Lovejoy [email protected]
Activities: Claire Alford [email protected]
Audit: Lance Jepson [email protected]
Awards, State: Eleanor Tuck [email protected]
Awards, Local: Lena Goff [email protected]
Bulb Sale: Marilyn Satterfield [email protected]
Bulletin Board: Linda Winn [email protected] Gus Guthrie [email protected]
Education: Nancy Curl [email protected]
eblast: Dorothy Launius the [email protected] Garden Conservatory/Open Days: Ginger Bason [email protected]
Garden Resource: Dave Wilson [email protected]
Gardens, Community: Diane Spradling [email protected]
Historian: Sue Sappington [email protected]
Home & Garden Shows: Billie Hammack [email protected] Hospitality: Lizann Cundall [email protected]
Intern Coordinator: Judy Ratzlaff [email protected]
Members at Large: Henry Cole [email protected] Alan Winter [email protected]
Membership: Steve Purdy [email protected]
Nominating: Linda Hawkins [email protected]
Newsletter: Jackie Heidinger [email protected]
Parliamentarian: Hester Schwarzer [email protected]
Photography: Lena Goff [email protected]
Plant Sale: Sue Kelley [email protected] Peggy Harwood [email protected]
Projects Coordinator: Rocky Deutscher [email protected]
Raffle: Betty Story [email protected] Rose Sale: Theresa Vanderpool [email protected]
Scholarship: Bill Hall 817-657-9890
Speakers Bureau: Theresa Thomas [email protected] State Directors: Patsy Miller [email protected] Bill Vandever [email protected]
State Director Alternates: Eleanor Tuck [email protected] JoAnn Hahn [email protected]
Sunshine: Doris Hill [email protected]
TCMGA Garden at RC Bill Vandever [email protected]
Head Timekeeper: Carol Lally [email protected]
Website: Jackie Heidinger [email protected]
