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  • The University of Georgia Department of Horticulture, together with the Institute on Human Development and Disabilities, the Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program, the Office of Sustainability, and UGArden, are excited to share the award-winning “Hearts of Glass” documentary to the university community. The film is about Vertical Harvest, an ambitious small business located in Jackson Hole, WY, that combines high-tech local food production and meaningful…

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  • Join us for part three of this year’s Regional Leadership Conference series as we learn how to develop and deliver a strong Extension message that engages the community around plants and gardening. Our first session, Communicate to Connect, was offered in June. You can read more about it here. Our second session, Communicate to Cultivate,…

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  • Tips for Using Zoom

    You’re likely very familiar with Zoom as we continue to use the online platform for everything from local project meetings to virtual learning opportunities like Thoughtful Thursday sessions and Regional Leadership Conferences. Zoom has recently updated to version 5.0. If you have not updated your software, you may experience issues joining meetings. To avoid any…

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  • GA MGEVs, if you haven’t registered already, we hope you will to connect with us Friday (8/21) for our August Regional Leadership Conference from 10 am – noon. For all the details, head over to our previous blog post. This online conference is free, but registration is required to receive connection details (Register here!). You will…

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  • We are looking forward to part two of this year’s Regional Leadership Conference series coming up in August. We are learning how to develop and deliver a strong Extension message that engages the community around plants and gardening. Our first session, Communicate to Connect, was offered in June. You can read more about it here.…

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  • We are looking forward to the upcoming August Thoughtful Thursday session next week, August 13 at 2 PM. Jason Lessl, Program Coordinator of the Agricultural & Environmental Services Lab (AESL), will join us to discuss Soils. The Zoom link to access the live session will be emailed to GA MGEVs, so keep an eye on…

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  • Unsolicited Seeds

    We have recently learned of unsolicited seeds, possibly from China, being sent in the mail to residents of the United States. We want to assure you that this is a legitimate concern and should you or someone you know receive one of these packages, the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has advised that you do…

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  • We are looking forward to part two of this year’s Regional Leadership Conference series coming up in August. We are learning how to develop and deliver a strong Extension message that engages the community around plants and gardening. Our first session, Communicate to Connect, was offered in June. You can read more about it here.…

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  • Join us for part two of this year’s Regional Leadership Conference series as we learn how to develop and deliver a strong Extension message that engages the community around plants and gardening. Our first session, Communicate to Connect, was offered in June. You can read more about it here. June 19, 2020 – Communicate to…

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  • Are you picking copious amount of squash every day? Have you picked any okra yet? Are your hydrangeas blooming? Are you watching those plump tomatoes getting more red every day? (It’s almost BLT Day at my house, celebrated with fresh bread on the harvest day of the first ripe slicing tomato!) If it weren’t for…

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