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Wishing you a joyous holiday season! The State Program Office is closed until January 2, 2020. We are looking forward to a bright new year! Don’t forget to record your 2019 hours in MGLOG. The final deadline for entries is January 24, 2020. Questions or need…
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Researchers at The University of Rhode Island are studying tick and tick-borne disease prevention knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among those exposed to tickborne disease environments. They have identified MGEVs as ideal participants in the study. Their request letter with details is included below. The survey is estimated to take 15-20 minutes to complete. Participation is…
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Annie Barbas, MGEV in Lowndes County, shared this nugget in her recent district report to GMGA: The local garden clubs are partnering with the MGEVs in encouraging students to enter the local flower shows. The first trial show resulted in S.L. Mason (elementary school) garnering numerous first-place awards. I can’t tell you how excited I…
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The State Botanical Garden of Georgia is providing leadership for a new program, the Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year program. You may remember the Georgia Gold Medal Plant (GGMP) Program. The Pollinator Plants of the Year program is similar, but creates an additional emphasis on the role that home gardens and commercial landscaping can…
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Do you have an MGEV project that is certified as a Monarchs Across Georgia Pollinator Habitat that goes above and beyond the minimum certification requirements and has been certified for at least THREE years? If so, consider applying for an Environmental Education Alliance (EEA) award! Do you have a project that makes significant contributions to…
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This Arctic Blast Escalated Quickly Thus far in November, a few arctic fronts have made their way across the Continental U.S., which have resulted in some unusually cold lows across the Northern Rockies and Upper Midwest. But this latest front is quite the doozy when it comes to cold blasts. Case in point, at the…
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Hope you are planning to join me next Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 2 pm, for the last Thoughtful Thursday webinar of 2019! We’ll take some time to explore our Advanced Training program for Georgia MGEVs. I will be sharing details about the sessions, the formats, locations, and topics. I’ll even explain those Gold and…
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I am way overdue on this update, and many of you have asked, “Is the quilt finished?” You may recall that we had a quilting workshop in August to assemble squares for a quilt to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Georgia MGEV program (you can read more here). We had 20 or so people…
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We enjoy a great legacy of learning here in Georgia! It begins with the initial training in which each Georgia MGEV participates. It consists of 42 hours of classroom instruction and is supplemented by our Georgia Master Gardener Handbook. We keep learning each month through continuing education opportunities. In 2018, we began offering a free monthly webinar…
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Congratulations to Fayette County Extension Agent Kim Toal for receiving the first-ever Award of Excellence in Consumer Horticulture presented by the Georgia Master Gardener Association (GMGA)! This brand-new award evaluates applicants based on their consumer horticulture programming in the five state initiative areas as well as leadership and coordination of MGEVs, including training and preparation…
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