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Hendricks County Master Gardeners, Inc.
Hendricks County Extension Office 1900 E. Main Street P.O. Box 7
Danville, IN 46122-0007
317.745.9260 www.HendricksGardeners.com
Jim Trocha, President jtrocha@live.com
Jackie Rosales, Vice President rosealice@aol.com
Linda Rogers, Treasurer Treasurer@HendricksGardeners.com
Dan & Cathy Dunn, Secretary dunn.cw@gmail.com
Deborah Ashby, Editor dkashby@sbcglobal.net
Ed Freeman, Webmaster webmaster@HendricksGardeners.com
Jon Cain, AG and Natural
Resources Educator jcain@purdue.edu
Becky Troutman
HENDRICKS GARDENER THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE HENDRICKS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
WWW.HENDRICKSGARDENERS.COM
Mission statement:
The mission of the Master Gardener Program is to provide
current, research-based, home horticulture information and
education to the citizens of Indiana through
Purdue University Extension programs and projects.
JANUARY 2013
SIT BACK, RELAX AND ENJOY JANUARY 15TH
OUR OWN COLLETTA KOSIBA
PRESENTS A MONTH BY MONTH
PHOTO REVIEW OF OUR
2012 MASTER GARDENER EVENTS
AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES.
PLUS PAT GEER & DEB SHEPHERD SHARE
THEIR 2012 GARDENING ADVENTURES.
THIS IS ALWAYS A FUN EVENING OF
FELLOWSHIP. DON’T MISS IT!
JOIN US AT 6:30 TO MINGLE AND MUNCH
MEETING BEGINS AT 7 PM AT THE
HENDRICKS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
"Winter is the ‘time of promise ’
because there is so little to do
or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury
of thinking so." - Stanley Crawford
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JIM TROCHA
President;
Hendricks County
Master Gardeners
Association
Please contact the president at
least 5 days prior to the meetings about business or committee
reports so that information can
be put on the agenda for the
meeting
Thank You
A Letter From Our President… Year End 2012
I look out my window at what has now been declared “the blizzard of 2012” and think, why should this year end any different? It certainly has been a year of ex-tremes. If our mission as Master Gardeners is education, Mother Nature sure taught us a lot. Man plans and God laughs could have been our mission statement. As we come to the close of the year nestled indoors I look at nature’s resiliency and am always in awe. From drought to blizzard, the birds are at the feeder and look no worse for wear.
As an organization we had a good year financially. Through your hard work and support, in 2013 we will be able to expand our reach into educating Hendricks County on best gardening practices.
I want to thank everyone in the Hendricks County Master Gardeners who gave so freely of their time and energy to make this year a success. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t be growing the way we are. I want to thank our board for their energy, pa-tience and humor in working with me (especially patience). You’re great! We had a great class of interns who jumped in and quickly got involved with our many pro-grams. I look forward to working with our incoming 2013 class. We were able to restart the scholarship program.
As I’ve said in the past, it’s great working and getting together with people of like minds. Let’s get together and get the New Year off to a great start by attending our January meeting. We will be celebrating 2012. We’re looking for ideas to expand our reach to the public. Bring those ideas to this meeting.
Thanks for all you do. I may not say it enough, but you all are appreciated! Enjoy the New Year and I’m looking forward to working with you in 2013. – God Bless
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Dear Master Gardeners – Thanks so much for the generous Christmas gift. It is really appreciated. You know, my real gift is the pleasure I get from
being able to work with such a great group as you. Happy Holidays!!Sincerely, Jon
I’m Back! Thank you for your vote of confidence. As before, I will
try to make the newsletter a source of information for our Master Gardeners
and a tool to share the events and activities that we have planned for the
year, as well as report on completed ones. If you would like to submit
information and articles for the newsletter, please contact me with written
copy and/or digital files with your images. You don’t have to be a “great”
writer to submit articles...just have great thoughts and ideas that you want
to share with others. We can learn a lot from each other. Submissions need to be in my hands
no later than the 21st of each month. Thanks. ~Debbie Ashby
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A Christmas Present
Master Gardeners Celebrate the Season
It was a bit of a nippy night, as our group of
Master Gardeners entered the auditorium anticipat-
ing a celebration filled with smiles, laughter and ex-
citement. Several members moved up the ladder of
achievement receiving their Master Gardener
Certification after many months of serving others in
the community. Advancement to a higher level isn’t
a monetary gain like the ‘world’ seeks, but an internal
reward, a feeling of joy in doing something special to
help another who may be in need. As many of you
have, I’ve come to know the benefit of the words, “it
is more blessed to give, than receive. And so it
should be as we celebrate the season.
Greeted by Father Christmas,
members and their guests received a can-
dy treat, then wandered about meeting
and greeting each other and chose their
seats at one of the “12” round tables.
The Christmas tree was beautifully and
‘naturally’ decorated by Becky Troutman.
Poinsettias gracefully took the stage as we
oo’d and ahh’d at the ‘Angels’ that graced our tables,
handmade by Janet Brown, and the toy filled Santa bags
made by Jill Clouser, that were the center of attention.
In addition to these, we also found a songbook and this
incredibly long list of questions about “Christmas” that
boggled many minds! Though the answers to a few
were fairly easy, many were impossible to answer un-
less you had your phone connected online to search the
answers. IF we were required to participate in this
“trivia” quest again next year....I would say.... to keep it
“fair” you understand, all cell phones must remain OFF
for the evening! Just sayin’. Anyway, following the
quest for success, we sang carols and ended with our
presidents favorite group sing–a-long, the “12” days of
Christmas where each table was to “act out” the song.
Keith and Janet Brown, Party Hosts
Father Christmas
aka Mike Young
Santa Bags were the
centerpiece of each table
Angels graced each
place setting
A Delightful meal was provided by
Mayberry Cafe
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Advancement and Achievement
On behalf of the Hendricks County Master Gardeners, I would like to thank Keith and Janet Brown for the wonderful job they did planning and coordinating our Christmas party on December 11th. Wow! Santa was there (aka the Browns’ acquaintance, Mike Young), sweet little angels adorned each place setting, and poinsettias and brightly-lighted deer decorated our holiday celebration. Becky Troutman and her committee had earlier decorated the beautiful Christmas tree in the auditorium with natural botanical ornaments. Jill Clouser made gor-geous embroidered bags which served as table centerpieces, as well as party prizes, and Janet filled the bags with toys for the children that we know. There was a Christmas trivia game for all and Christmas songbooks to guide our combined chorus. Brad Born of Mayberry Cafe catered a great dinner --both main course and desserts were sa-vored. In conclusion, I would definitely say that a good time was had by all! Jackie Rosales
Master Gardener Level
Joseph Ashby
Debbie Baker
Dennis Cranmer
Karen Chapman-Smith,
(no photo)
Judy Kenninger
Betty Leverett
Richard McKinney
Michael Olenjack
Advanced Master Gardener
Jill Clouser
Roxanne McGlone
Susan Wood
Congratulations to our Interns and Master Gardeners for their latest advancement.
Certificates and badges were awarded at the Master Gardener Christmas Dinner.
Joseph Ashby Debbie Baker Dennis Cranmer Judy Kenninger
Betty Leverett Richard McKinney Michael Olenjack
Advanced Master Gardener Bronze
Level
Kerry Cates
Becky Troutman
Jill Clouser Roxanne McGlone Susan Wood Kerry Cates Nancy Rice Becky Troutman
After we acted out the song, ‘laughing all the way’, numbers were drawn to give to the members or their
guests, the poinsettias that decorated the hall, and the Santa bags which adorned the tables. It was a fun
night for all and many compliments to the Mayberry Cafe, and Brad Born, for a fabulous dinner! The
room was quickly cleared and there upon was said, Merry Christmas to all and to All, a Good Night!
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Gold 2000 Master Gardener
Purdue has added some new additions to advancement to accommodate those Master Gardeners who
have gone above and beyond the standard. New Gold Badges Advancements include:
Gold 1000 (requires 1000 volunteer hours plus 100 Educational Hours,
(Badge will read Gold 1000 across the bottom.)
Gold 2000 (requires 2000 volunteer hours plus 200 Educational Hours,
Badge will read Gold 2000 across the bottom.)
Gold 3000 (requires 3000 volunteer hours plus 300 Educational Hours,
(Badge will read Gold 3000 across the bottom.)
Gold 4000 (requires 4000 volunteer hours plus 400 Educational Hours,
(Badge will read Gold 4000 across the bottom.)
Gold 5000 (requires 5000 volunteer hours plus 500 Educational Hours,
(Badge will read Gold 5000 across the bottom.)
Master Gardeners will also be recognized at the following levels 1500, 2500, etc. with a certificate only.
Additional Master Gardener Badge news: All Advanced MG badges will include additional wording at the bottom to clarify level:
Advanced Master Gardener 60
Bronze Master Gardener 200
Silver Master Gardener 500
Magnetic backs are available upon request
Badge sizes will be slightly larger than previously (2 1/8 x 3 3/8")
NEWS CONCERNING PURDUE VOLUNTEER HOUR AWARDS
Master Gardener Silver Level
Rhonda Legan
2011 Class Year
500 Volunteer Hours
75 Training hours
Gold 1500 Master Gardener
Beverly Russell
1997 Class Year
1500 Volunteer Hours
75 Training Hours
Colletta Kosiba
1995 Class Year
2000 Volunteer Hours
200 Training Hours
Congratulations to ALL!!!
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What’s Next....? Besides staying inside and keeping warm, we should start
to think about what we will be doing with our gardens come spring...which when
you think about it, isn’t that far away. It’s time to start spending time looking
through our garden catalogs and all, but I wanted to give you all a book to ponder.
Attending the Master Gardener State Conference, we were privileged to learn a
great deal from Janet Macunovich, an outstanding speaker and experienced gar-
dener. She has written a ‘workbook’ entitled “Designing Your Gardens and Landscapes”. This is
an awesome spiral bound, paperback workbook that contains ALL the information that you need to
start a new garden landscape or remedy an old one including: Setting Your Goals, Assessing the
Site, Making Plant Lists, Garden Focal Points, Considering Maintenance and Establishing a Budget
and so much more. There are lined spaces on many pages so you can make your own notes as well
as several graphed pages to create your own designs. This author has made it so much less intimi-
dating creating your own garden spaces. I highly recommend putting this book in your garden
library and using it to plan your special garden spaces!
The book is available from Storey.com and is priced at $18.95 -Debbie Ashby—
BOOK REVIEW
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 20th, 2013 Gardening For ALL Ages
Put this date on your calendar. It’s not too early to be thinking about the many ways to
volunteer your time at this event. It is always a great time... and lots of fun! Also be thinking
about what you might have, either new or gently used, to put in the Gardener’s Closet for
resale.
September 28th Adventures In Gardening