Awards Program.

Fabulous February❗️

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The February monthly meeting is always our Awards Ceremony. But the first order of business was our very own Lanell Baker(also Secretary) presenting a program on “Starting Plants From Seed”. It was very informative with lots of questions from the audience.
We have really enjoyed having Mr. and Mrs. Wright of Wright’s Nursery in Plantersville joining us in our meetings these last few months. They both have degrees in horticulture, so no Master Gardener course for them❗️We want them to go on meeting with us each month, so we awarded each one of them with our Honorary Member Certificate. So now they are part of us🥰❗️
Dianne Clapp was this month’s Premier Peach recipient, for her steadfastness and willingness to help. She was awarded a Certificate and a Peach Pin.
Our President, Skip Coulter, has added a very interesting part to our meetings. At the end he has a Question and Answer Quiz, (sometimes multiple choice)with half of us being the Annuals and half of us being the Perennials. You NEVER know what the questions will be. I think so far we are neck and neck for winning. And Skip always has a bag of candy or cookies for the winners.
Our program photos and Awards winners are below, with names and awards listed.
Photos by Audrey Giles

Lanell Baker presents ”Starting Plants From Seeds”
Trisha Williams & Hugh Nichols- Perfect Attendance Award
Top Hours Helpline- Beverly Williamson and Pat Farmer
Bronze Star(100-299 Hrs) Kathy Oakes
Silver Star(300-499 Hrs)-Lynne May(&Chip Durham)
Gold Star(500-999 Hrs) Kerry Rush(Leslie Durham,Cheryl Herbster)
Gold Badge(1000-1999 Hrs) Betsy Smith
Top Intern Hrs-Bev Williamson 84 Hrs
Top CEU Hrs- Betsy Smith-227 hrs.
3rd Place Top Vol. Hrs Hugh Nichols-279.5 Hrs.
2nd Place Top Vol. Hrs Lyn Webb-364.5 Hrs.
1st Place Top Vol. Hrs. Harriett Jackson 389 Hrs
Pat Farmer & Hugh Nichols-Head of Shade Garden Project
Master Gardener of the Year-Judy Cobb
February’s Premier Peach Award-Dianne Clapp
David & Martha Wright First Honorary Members!

CCMGA Awards Day

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Chilton County Master Gardeners presented awards at our February 2022 meeting. Bronze stars for 100-299 volunteer hours were awarded to Patricia Agee, Gail Brooks Linda Church, Sharon Hosch, Peggy McGraw, Ruby Moberg, Jim Rabey and Jane Rabey. For 300-499 volunteer hours Clem Clapp and Judy Cobb were awarded silver stars. Top intern hours was awarded to Victoria Brady (79) and top CEUs to Lynn Webb.

Certificates were presented to our top hours volunteers: 1st Lyn Webb (476.5), 2nd Harriett Jackson (346) and 3rd Sondra Henley (317.5). Helpline pins were awarded to several members who worked the helpline.

Our Master Gardener of the Year award went to Harriett Jackson. She is our AMGA Advisory Council Representative, serves on the ACES Master Gardener Steering Committee, our Demo Garden Pollinator Bed chair and always steps up to volunteer her time for Master Gardener activities.

Five of our new interns attended the meeting and we were so excited to have them there for their first CCMGA meeting.

In addition to our awards presentations we had a great program, “Edibles in the Landscape”, presented by Autauga County Master Gardener Debbie Boutelier. Debbie showed us how vegetables, herbs and fruits can be incorporated in our landscape in an attractive way. Sometimes these can be hidden behind a border of evergreen shrubs or a fence but sometimes are in plain sight. It is necessary to pay attention to the hard scapes and as with any landscape, care should be taken to use design elements of size, form and color when choosing plants.

Photos by Audrey Giles and Diane Clapp