{"id":14859,"date":"2016-05-23T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2016-06-06T12:08:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T17:08:23","slug":"2016-amga-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/2016-amga-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 AMGA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;WordPress-Managing Your Association&#8217;s Website&#8221; We also had 6 very nice gifts for the Silent Auction, which the AMGA said was the best this\u00a0year\u00a0ever in their conference&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-14862\" src=\"http:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender2-2-e1465232196560.jpg\" alt=\"Having fun at AMGA conference\" width=\"925\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14859 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/2016-amga-conference\/fullsizerender2-2\/'><img width=\"395\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender2-2-e1465232196560.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"1 man and 8 ladies at AMGA conference\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14862\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14862'>\n\t\t\t\tHaving fun at AMGA conference\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/2016-amga-conference\/fullsizerender\/'><img width=\"109\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender-109x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"picture of Tyler presenting program at AMGA conference\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender-200x275.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender-254x350.jpg 254w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender-250x344.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/FullSizeRender.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14861'>\n\t\t\t\tTyler Weldon teaching WordPress \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/image-13\/'><img width=\"187\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/image-1-187x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chilton County Master Gardeners enjoying AMGA conference in Dothan\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/image-1-187x150.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/image-1-e1463079482395-343x275.jpeg 343w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/image-1-e1463079482395-436x350.jpeg 436w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/image-1-e1463079482395-250x201.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/05\/image-1-e1463079509640.jpeg 925w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14858'>\n\t\t\t\tLike their sign.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/2016-amga-conference\/fullsizerender-2-3\/'><img width=\"206\" height=\"150\" 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Gardens\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/2016-amga-conference\/fullsizerender8\/'><img width=\"203\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender8-203x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"8 Master Gardeners posed at AMGA conference\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender8-203x150.jpg 203w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender8-373x275.jpg 373w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender8-475x350.jpg 475w, https:\/\/mg.aces.edu\/chilton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2016\/06\/FullSizeRender8-250x184.jpg 250w, 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