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Upcoming Programs presented by Petals from the Past
Saturday, January 24, All About Non-native Medicinals, Cameron Strouss, Clinical Herbalist
Fee – $20 (advanced registration and payment required) Please call the retail shop at 205-646-0069 to make your reservations for this program.
10:30 –12:30 – Cameron Strouss will share with us preparations, uses, and tips for common non-native industry medicinals. With her passion and wit, she will make you fall in love with these plants. This will widen your medicinal and materia medica and will be useful for years to come!
Saturday, January 31, 2015, 10:30am Organic Gardening – Debbie Boutelier
Fee $10.00 (advanced registration and payment required) Learn the basics of vegetable gardening using sustainable and organic techniques in order to grow your own healthful groceries. The participant will learn to work in harmony with nature and the natural systems available. This course will cover site selection, soil preparation, warm and cool season crops to extend your harvest, seed and plant selection, pests, diseases, and harvesting your crop. An important part of organic gardening is soil health which will be covered extensively. Get the tools necessary to have your best gardening season ever! To register for Debbie’s class please call the retail shop at 205-646-0069.
Thursday, February 5, 2015, 10:30am, Herb Cooking Class – Linda Franzo
“Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler” – Let the Good Times Roll at Petals Second Mardi Gras Celebration! Let’s Second Line to the flavors of Shrimp Etouffee, Where Y’at White Beans and Greens, Cajun Queso, Mardi Gras Meatballs and King Cake. Fee $25.00 Advanced registration and payment required. Please call the retail shop at 205-646-0069 to make your reservation.
Stop by the retail shop before Cameron’s class for refreshments.
Jason Powell
January Meeting
Petals from the Past
Tuscaloosa County Association of Master Gardeners held its January 2015 meeting in the auditorium of the Tuscaloosa County Extension Office on January 13, 2015 with Octavia Miles presiding.
Patricia Williams and Kristin Capley were recognized as “Master Gardeners of the Month” for their outstanding services to TCMG’s fall conference in October and TCMG’s first “Lunch and Learn” in December. Patricia and Kristin also regularly provide horticultural services throughout the community as well as assistance at The Plant Lady Nursery.
Jason Powell, owner of Petals From the Past in Jemison presented a workshop on pruning techniques and proper pruning tools. The next meeting of TCMG will be February 10 at 5:30 in the auditorium of the Tuscaloosa County Extension Office.
The 2015 classes for anyone interested in becoming a certified master gardener will be offered in late February at the Tuscaloosa County Extension Service Office. Interested persons should contact Neal Hargle, County Extension Agent at (205) 349-4630 by January 31, 2015 in order to enroll in the classes.
January News
Tuscaloosa Master Gardeners will meet TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Tuscaloosa Extension Service Building.
The speaker will be Jason Powell of Petals From the Past.
Our Social (refreshments) will focus on “A Taste of CHILI, SOUP, SANDWICHES, & COOKIES”, so please bring your “favorite” of any one of those!
A new Master Gardener Class will begin in late February. There needs to be 15 participants for the class to make. This year the class is going to be a DAY class and will run on Tuesday mornings from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. The cost of the class is $150.00
November News
Master Gardeners will meet at the Extension service Auditorium on November 11 at 5:30.
We are extending our seed swap from October to this meeting. Bring your seed offerings to our November meeting and we will see what our Master Gardeners’ gardens are made of. Any offering you have, someone will cherish.
Click here to for information about workshops sponsored by the Druid City Garden Project.
The Bounty of Fall Conference
If you are interested in attending the Tuscaloosa County Master Gardener’s fall conference, please print out the registration form and mail to the address included or bring it with you to our September meeting on 9/9/14. The deadline is 9/15/14 so that we will have plenty of time to plan our lunch numbers and our handouts. We have a wonderful lunch provided by Linda Franzo,one of our presenters. The special part is that she will be showing us how we can prepare the same meal in the second part of her presentation. I am so excited. The menu is as follows:
*Herbs de Provence chicken salad on croissant
*Tzatziki with veggies
*Mediterranean hummus w/ herbal pita
*Orange cranberry almond quinoa salad
*Herbal cookie
It is healthy and I know it will, undoubtedly, be tasty. So if you are not into herbal things and want to expand your horizons, please sign up and we will take you on a herbal trip. If you are into herbs, welcome to “Herb Serendipity.”
The Bounty of Fall registration
Looking foward to seeing everyone there.
Master Gardener Interns
To view the Class Schedule and Syllabus for Fall Master Gardener’s please click here:
Neal Hargle, our Extension Agent, has asked members to provide snacks for the first class on August 19.
August meeting
MG Fall Conferences
Click here for conference and registration information about the Tuscaloosa County Master Gardener Fall Conference Sept. 27, 2014 at the County Extension Office. The Bounty of Fall
Click here for conference and registration information about the Alabama Master Gardener Fall Conference on Sept. 16, 2014 at Guntersville State Park. Wild About Our Back Yards
H&N Heirloom Tomato Plants
We had so much fun at our July MG meeting featuring H&N Heirloom Tomato Plants, local tomato growers. Nita and Holden McAllister shared information about growing heirloom tomatoes, provided samples for tasting and gave away gift baskets. Thank you Nita and Holden!
In case you missed picking up information, here it is:
H&N Heirloom Tomato Plants; 1700 37th Street NE Wood Villa; Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 holdenmcallister@bellsouth.net 205.799.6466 OR nita.miles@yahoo.com 205.910.7818
