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From our friends at PennState: Pennsylvania is very excited to be hosting the 2019 International Master Gardener Conference! It will be held in the Greater Philadelphia Region/Valley Forge, on June 17 – 21, 2019. We are eager to share day trips to many of our public gardens on Sunday and Monday preceding the conference and…
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If you are one of the many folks training this winter to become a Georgia MGEV, welcome! I am so glad that you are joining Extension in the terrific business of addressing consumer horticulture education in communities all across Georgia. We have so much fun sharing what we know with others so that they, too,…
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It is MGEV training season here in Georgia, and we are anticipating the welcome of several hundred new MGEV trainees within the space of a few months! It is always a time of high excitement and lots of activity. Getting everyone registered for training, making sure speakers are in place, testing computers and projectors, and…
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It’s official! The Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program state webpage has been updated! Here are some changes to note: It looks completely different, but is hopefully more user friendly! There are direct links to the Trellis blog and Extension calendar on the home page. There are resource pages for potential volunteers and current…
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Happy New Year, MGEVs! I hope that you had a healthy holiday season and that you are managing to stay warm. If you are staying inside, checking out all of those tempting catalogs coming your way, you might be making a list of goals for your gardens. Personally, I have few gardening goals for the…
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We get lots of questions about how to register for MGEV Advanced Training, so we thought we’d answer that question right here on Trellis! First, if you are new to Advanced Training, you can learn more about it here. It is open to current, active MGEVs (sorry to Trainees! You have to finish those first…
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In case you are interested in traveling with MGEVs from other states, here is some information about the West Virginia Master Gardener Tour to Italy. This is for your information only.
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Congrats to the 5 counties receiving complimentary AT! Free Advanced Training was offered to the first 5 counties to achieve 100% completion of 2017-18 Risk Management Training (RMT). We are excited to recognize Rockdale, Paulding, Bibb, Fayette, and Clayton counties for achieving this recognition. We had fun with the first AT, Water-wise Landscaping, yesterday in…
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I love this time of year for so many reasons, but mainly because it is a time to reflect on all of our hard work this year. For me, it is similar to the satisfaction of looking at the root cellar or larder, where the plentiful harvests are stored and ready for use, knowing that…
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Traditionally celebrated the third Saturday in March, MGEV Appreciation Day is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of MGEVs and to say “thank you” for partnering with Extension in educational outreach to our communities. For several years, UGA Extension has been celebrating during Volunteer Appreciation Week, a national celebration of volunteerism. We’ve had a social…
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