Education Outreach

2016 AMGA Conference

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The Chilton County Master Gardeners Association was well represented this year at the 2016 AMGA Conference held in Dothan, AL on May 12-14. To name just a few of the topics covered: Pros and Cons of Biochar by Dr. Yucheng Feng; Backyard Aquaponics by Ext. Horticulturist Jeremy Pickens, and Southern Wreaths Throughout the Season by author and artist Mark Ballard. Our web team was also very glad to finally meet Tyler Weldon from Auburn IT department after many emails back and forth about transferring our website to the Auburn server. He did a roundtable discussion on “WordPress-Managing Your Association’s Website” We also had 6 very nice gifts for the Silent Auction, which the AMGA said was the best this year ever in their conference’s history.

Having fun at AMGA conference

 

Jr. Master Gardener Day

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Junior MG group of children leaning about gardening

On March 29th, several Chilton County Master Gardener members participated in a Jr. MG’s in Training Day held at Chilton Research & Extension Center. Josine Walter, ACES 4-H Regional Extension Agent held the workshop/training day in preparation for our organization starting a Jr. Master Gardener program in Chilton County. We really hope we can get this program up and running in the near future.

 

 

 

 

January Meeting Program

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January’s monthly meeting was held Tuesday, Jan. 12th with a very good attendance. We had three of our members present the program. Alice Broome did a presentation on Landscape Design, Lanell Baker on Starting Plants from Seeds, and Jackie Hickman on Dehydrating Food. All three programs were very informative and well done. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

 

25th AMGA Conference

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AMGA CONF.Several of the members and one intern attended the 25th  Alabama Master Gardener Association’s annual conference this year. It was held in Cullman on March 23rd through 25th and the theme was “Gardening…WOW!!”  There were many workshops to attend with very informative speakers and this year, the price of the banquet held on Tuesday night was included in the registration fee.  Everyone said they had a great time.  All members should plan to attend next year!

AMGA Fall Seminar 2015

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MG volunteers ath fall seminarChilton County Master Gardeners were given the honor this year of hosting the Alabama Master Gardener Association’s Fall Conference.  It was held September 9th at Clanton Conference & Performing Arts Center at Jefferson State Community College. It was well attended, with 255 registrations. We were told that was about 75-100 more than normally attends. Everything went smoothly, and we got so many compliments about how well it was organized and how pretty all the decorations were! We had wonderful speakers, good food, and lots of folks, what more can you ask for? Click HERE for a slideshow of all photos.