October 16, 2017

Volume 18, Issue 10 Greene Garden News

Greene County Master Gardeners Newsletter

Special Interest:

•

Plant It Forward Player: David Jones

• Oct. Birthdays: Oct. 1: Tabitha McFadden

Oct. 20: Dr. James Laird

• Refreshments: Wanda Howerton & Marilyn White

Individual Highlights:

Pres. Notes/TR 2

Minutes 3

Projects/Com. 4

Summit 5

Mbr. Pics 6

Greene County CES

201 W. Court Street

Room 205

Federal Building

Paragould, AR 72450

Phone (870) 236-6921

Fax (870) 239-6328

2017 Officers: President:

Connie Whitman

Vice President:

Bonnie Hamilton

Secretary:

Libby Christie

Treasurer:

Holly Fletcher

There were a couple of really

hot days in September for

PNG Leadership Training at

the Ferndale 4-H Center.

Greene County Master

Gardener Members Holly

Fletcher, Connie Whitman,

Bonnie Hamilton, Pauletta

Tobey and Agent Dave

Freeze attended along with

over 200 other members,

agents, and speakers

representing 40 counties in

Arkansas.

The day began with

registration and lunch,

followed with a short opening

by PNG Chair Joan Howard;

a welcome by Dr. Rick

Cartwright, Director of

Extension; an overview of the

PNG Program by County 76

President Linda Soffer; and

Janet Carson sharing her

thoughts on “Kindness

Matters”, encouraging

everyone to do 3 random acts

of kindness every day.

This year attendees were

asked to donate an item for

PNG Leadership Training September 26-27

the Silent Auction. Greene

County donated a book,

pewter wind chime, garden

hose and hoe. The tables

were loaded with some really

outstanding garden items.

Breakout sessions were set up

in the afternoon and included:

Parliamentary Procedures

for Successful Meetings; The

Challenges and the Reward-

All Master Gardeners Win!

Setting Up a Mentoring

Program; Why Master

Gardeners Show Up to Work

on Project Day; County

Agents Perspectives on

Master Gardener Programs

From Beginning to Zoom;

Project of the Year Winner

(Mississippi County); Throw

Away the Car Keys & Zoom.

Connie and Holly joined

County 76 Member Mary

Wells for a panel discussion,

Hosting an Advanced

Training-A Panel Discussion

with MGs From Greene

County (many asked when

were we going to do another

one!); then, Money, Money,

Money; Why People Become

Master Gardeners-What

Keeps Them Invested;

Treasurers Discussion; A

Master Gardener Plant Sale

Can Be a Community Event;

and Excellence in Education

Award Winner-Little Fingers

In the Garden.

The evening was spent

enjoying dinner; meeting

new members from other

counties, hearing

announcements, listening to

speaker. Susan Young

present A Home in the

Ozarks, and a fun social

hour. And that was just the

first day!

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(L-R) Holly Fletcher, Connie Whitman, Agent Dave

Freeze, Bonnie Hamilton & Pauletta Tobey,

PNG September 26th

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We’re getting closer to

wrapping up another great

year for our Greene County

Program but we still have

some important work to do.

Officer elections and award

nominations will take place at

the October 24th meeting,

followed by the Fall Craft

Fair, Nov. 4th; Special Event

with Chris H. Olsen, Nov.

18th; and Holiday Dinner, Nov.

28th. Please make plans to be

a part of all these important

dates. Your presence and your

vote are vitally important to

our transitioning into a new

Presidents Notes

year and a new phase for our

organization.

Decisions are currently being

made by Project

Coordinators, Committee

Leads, and our Program

Chair for 2018 as well. Some

members will be stepping

down from those roles and

others will be needed to fill

them to keep current projects

and committees going. If you

can fill any vacancies, please

volunteer.

Thanks for all you do!

Connie

(L-R) Pauletta Tobey and Bonnie

Hamilton, PNG September 27th

with dates for the

2018 PNG Leadership Training

Register now for the

Special Event with

Chris H. Olsen

November 18th!

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Day two began with Janet

Carson presenting the

morning speaker, Nate Bell, a

farmer, businessman, and

previous state representative,

Growing Stronger Grass;

followed by breakout sessions

on Who, What, When, Where.

& How are You Recruiting;

and repeats, A Master

Gardener Plant Sale Can be

a Community Event; Project

of the Year (Garland County);

Throw Away the Car Keys

and Zoom!, Money, Money,

Money; plus Tips for

Publishing a Successful

Newsletter; and Writing That

Winning Nomination, It’s

Easy!

The Leadership Conference

concluded with lunch, Janet

Carson providing Master

Gardener Updates, and Joan

Howard adding Closing

Remarks. If you’ve never

attended leadership training,

please do! It’s like a mini-

state meeting. It’s fun,

informative and enlightening!

Treasurers Report FNB Beginning Balance 9/01/17-9/30/17 1711.18 Debits 9/10 C. Whitman Reimb, (Ink, paper, stamps) 71.10 9/26 CES-MG Calendars 75.00 Credits 9/12 Silent Auction/MG Shirt 12.00 9/21 Rain Barrel Sales (2 @ 40.00 each) 80.00 Ending Balance 1657.08 Outstanding Checks UA CES Janet B. Carson Scholarship Donation 50.00 UA CES Awards Donation 50.00 Total Funds Available 1557.08 *Donations of 130.00 were collected for the Operation Wildflower Project and deposited into the CES account.

Respectfully submitted 10/14/17

Holly Fletcher, Treasurer

Events Calendar

Nov. 14: BBL, 12-1, GC Library

Legacy Room; Sherri Sanders,

White County Agri. Agent: Fruit

Nov. 18: Special Fall Event with

Chris H. Olsen, 10-1, Paragould

Community Center

Nov. 28: Holiday Dinner,

Library Legacy Room, 6 pm.

*No December Meeting

Jan. 20 - Feb. 17: 2018 MG

Training, Craighead Ext Ofc.,

Jonesboro

Great Spangled Fritillary

visiting Pauletta Tobey’s

garden

Monarch, Butterfly Garden

If you pre-ordered MG Calendars, please pick them up prior to the start of the October Business Meeting.

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Greene County Master Gardener

Meeting

September 25, 2017

Greene County Library Legacy

Room

Delicious snacks and desserts

were provided by Ann

Bowers and Brenda Barr.

Connie Whitman called the

meeting to order at 6:30.

Kathy Graber introduced our

speaker, Terry Rogers from

Rogers Tree Service who

presented a PowerPoint about

the proper way to prune trees

and shrubs. Several people

asked questions.

Terry Rogers

Connie congratulated Hannah

Riggs Williams (who was on

her honeymoon) on her

recent marriage. Kathy

Graber shared pictures from

her phone of the wedding and

reception.

The September Minutes and

Treasurer’s Report were

approved as printed in the

newsletter.

A full slate of officers is

required for a vote in

October. As no further

Minutes of September 25, 2017

nominations were submitted

to the Nomination

Committee prior to the

September meeting, a

preliminary secret ballot was

presented to the general

membership with names of

all members, excluding

current officers. Members

were instructed to write in

candidates for each position

(president, vice president,

secretary, and treasurer).

Nominations were then

brought to the floor by

Pauletta Tobey--Tacie

Huffman-VP, Linda

Glickert-secretary, and Jean

Crossno-treasurer. Pauletta’s

name was listed on the ballot

for president. Connie

thanked Joy Gatlin and

Martha Chiles for their work

on the Nominating

Committee. They will count

the nominations, check with

all nominees to confirm their

acceptance of the

nomination, and report back

to the Executive Board.

PNG Leadership is

September 26-27 in

Ferndale. Bonnie Hamilton,

Dave Freeze, and Pauletta

Tobey will be attending,

with Pauletta replacing

Libby Christie. Holly

Fletcher and Connie

Whitman will be

participating in a panel

discussion on Advanced

Training with County 76

member Mary Wells.

Holly Fletcher reported that

there were plenty of workers

on the Greene County Fair

Flower and Plant Entries on

September 5 and that there

was a variety of entries.

The MOA for the special

event with Chris Olsen on

November 18 has been

approved. The event will be

from 10-1, registration fee

$15 per person, and a limit

of 75 attendees. Greene

County Master Gardeners

will pay a discounted fee of

$10 each.

Linda Glickert gave an

update on the Spring

Gardening Seminar and the

Craft Fair. She plans to talk

to Dave about the speaker’s

payment and reimbursement

requests. The Craft Fair is

November 4th at Paragould

Community Center. She

reported that the booth fee

has been paid and that a

variety of crafts are needed.

Libby Christie reported no

update for the Spring Plant

Sale, but will have

information next month.

Linda Glickert said the

October BBL will feature

Craighead extension agent,

Branon Theisse speaking on

Pesticide Use.

The Executive Board made

recommendations to donate

50.00 to the Janet B. Carson

Scholarship and 50.00 to the

State Awards. Sue Gilmartin

made a motion to make both

donations and Brenda Barr

seconded. The vote was

unanimous in favor.

Donations are due January

15th.

In order to have two signs

located on the new by-pass

for the 2018 Operation Wildflower Project, $500 is

required. The dedicated

Kennemore Funds total

$239.99 and an additional

$260 is needed to place the

signs. The Board

recommended optional

$10.00 donations by

members; and if unable to

reach the $500 from

donations, suggested

dedicating funds from the

Craft Fair. A vote is tabled

until October to see if this is

needed.

The 2018 Master Gardener

calendars are ready. Usually

we provide calendars to the

mayor, county judge, library

staff, Dusty Kennemore, Bob

Branch, and new members.

The cost for 30 calendars is

$30. Connie asked for a

motion to approve. Pauletta

made a motion to continue

this practice; Linda Glickert

seconded. Vote was

unanimous in favor.

Wanda Howerton announced

that the Daylily Society’s fall

sale will be Saturday

September 30th from 7-1 at

the ASU Farmer’s Market.

Connie discussed a

suggestion for a plaque to

honor Dr. Laird. She read an

extensive list of his

contributions to the

community and to Master

Gardeners. The

recommendation was tabled

for design, cost, location, and

possible sponsors.

Upcoming deadline

reminders: Project

Evaluations are due by the

October meeting. Award

Nominations will be

presented at the October

meeting. All hours must be posted by December 15th in

order to certify. Our holiday

potluck dinner will be

November 28 and there will

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Reminder: Project Evaluations are due. Rainbow Garden: Joy Gatlin & Richard Yeazel Chairs: Guess the Rainbow Garden is in a holding pattern for now. The lantana are still just beautiful and the other tiers of the garden are trimmed and look good for fall. Continue 2018.

GC Fairgrounds: Connie Whitman & Nancy Rogers Chairs: Watering and weeding continues. Continue 2018.

Centennial Park: Bonnie Hamilton & Marilyn White Chairs: * Coordinator needed. Main Street Caboose: Tacie Huffman & Jean Crossno Chairs: Jean and I are weeding and watering as needed. The plants are surviving, but are beginning to fade. The cone flowers are trying to flower one last time. The Hyacinth beans are going to seed and are still very purple. Continue 2018.

GC Museum: Linda Glickert

& Wanda Howerton Chairs:

Looking pretty good at present.

Will need a fall clean up "to put

it to bed". Continue 2018.

Historical Herb Garden: Libby Christie & Nancy Rogers Chairs: Nothing new to report. Continue 2018.

GC Courthouse: Nancy Rogers & Patti Roberts Chairs: No report. * Coordinator needed.

Bland Baseball Park: Kathy Graber & Sue Gilmartin Chairs: Finished for the season. Maybe 2018.

Airport: Kathy Graber &

Tabitha McFadden Chairs: Is

looking good. Continue 2018.

Project Updates

East Sign: Pauletta Tobey & Dr. Laird Chairs: No report. Continue 2018.

Trellis Garden: Pauletta Tobey & Dr. Laird Chairs: No report. Continue 2018.

GC Flower Entries Booth: Holly Fletcher, Lead: Finished until 2018! Maybe 2018.

South Sign: Brenda Barr & Pauletta Tobey Chairs: Nothing new to report. Continue 2018.

GC Library: Sue Gilmartin &

Linda Glickert Chairs: No report.

2018 Spring Gardening Seminar: Linda Glickert, Lead: Planning continues. Any ideas and suggestions gladly accepted.

2018 Spring Plant Sale:

Libby Christie Lead: Plan to have

a committee meeting this month.

Greene Garden News Newsletter: Connie Whitman Editor: Continue 2018.

Committee

Comments

Sunshine: Joy Gatlin,

Lead, & Cora Flanery: We’ll continue in 2018.

The Sunshine committee

continues to send Birthday

Wishes and Get Well

Wishes to our members.

Scrapbook: Carolyn

Palmer, Lead: Will

continue in 2018.

Plant Markers: Martha

Chiles, Lead: Will

continue in 2018.

Membership: Connie

Whitman, Lead: * Need

Lead for 2018.

Publicity: Sue Gilmartin

Lead: No report.

Hours Management:

Patti Roberts, Lead: There are only two more

months of MG hours

reporting time left to

report hours to be counted

for year 2017. Please

update your postings so

these hours can be

ready for yearend reports

for both our Extension

Office and Little Rock.

Hours not posted by

December 15, 2017 will

be counted as next year's

hours. Thank you each and

every one for helping 2017

to be a good GCMG year.

Will continue in 2018.

Brown Bag Lunch October 10th

The October BBL program brought Craighead County's Branon Thiesse to us to present information on Pesticide Safety. When we talk about "pesticides" we're really talking about all the "cides"-herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and one more-rodenticides. Just about his first statement was "Read the Label". Then know what you're using for what purpose. The extension office has updated booklets to help with lawns and ornamentals, insects, and one for diseases. You can also go online to our favorite site - uaex.

14 were in attendance - 3 were guests.

Linda Glickert (Continue 2018)

Rainbow Garden

Fall Harvest Craft Show- Expect a big push to get ready for it beginning Fri., Oct. 20th until time to set up on Fri. afternoon, Nov. 3. Cora wants a work day for it. We all bring what we have and use our imaginations to put it together! We have a great time. Cora models hats for us. �

Kathy Graber will continue as

Program Chair in 2018.

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The second Arkansas Monarch

and Pollinator Summit was held

October 12th at UA Pulaski

Technical College in North

Little Rock. The first summit

was held in Conway in 2015 and

laid the groundwork for what is

now the Arkansas Monarch

Conservation Partnership

(AMCP). The partnership is a

state-level working collaboration

with representation from state

and federal agencies,

municipalities, non-

governmental organizations,

businesses, and private

individuals working together to

promote conservation of

monarch butterflies, pollinators,

and their habitats.

For the past two years, the

AMCP has been working on the

development of a statewide

conservation plan for monarchs

and pollinators. This plan

includes goals and objectives for

habitat creation/restoration,

research and monitoring, and

education and outreach.

Marilyn White, Cora Flanery,

Patti Roberts, Linda Glickert and

Connie Whitman attended to

learn what changes could be

made in Greene County to help

monarchs and all pollinators

flourish, and they heard from

many wonderful educators!

They also met Dan Scheiman,

Audubon Society and upcoming

Spring Seminar speaker.

The sponsors making the summit

possible by securing a location,

lunch, and refreshments were

Arkansas Association of

Conservation Districts, Pulaski

Conservation District, Arkansas

Forestry, Arkansas Game and

Fish, Pine Ridge Gardens,

Arkansas Wildlife Federation,

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be no business meeting.

The Plant it Forward plant

was a yellow mum brought

by Joy Gatlin and accepted

by David Jones.

The meeting was adjourned

about 7:45.

Members in attendance

were: Brenda Barr, Ann

Bowers, Martha Chiles,

Libby Christie, Holly and

Ken Fletcher, Joy Gatlin,

Sue Gilmartin, Linda

Glickert, Kathy Graber, Cora

Flanery, Bonnie Hamilton,

Wanda Howerton, Tacie

Huffman, David and Donna

Jones, Carolyn Palmer,

Pauletta Tobey, Debbie

Walters, Connie Whitman,

Richard Yeazel, and agent

Dave Freeze.

Respectfully submitted by,

VP Bonnie Hamilton for

Libby Christie, Secretary

Butterflies at the BG

Monarch

Gulf Fritillary

(L-R) Marilyn White, Cora Flanery, Linda Glickert, Patti

Roberts, Connie Whitman, Monarch & Pollinator Summit

The Department of Arkansas

heritage, Arkansas Natural

Heritage Commission, The

Nature Conservancy, and U.S.

Wildlife Service.

Morning speakers and topics

were: Joe Krystofik, Partners for

Fish and Wildlife State

Coordinator, U.S. Fish &

Wildlife Service Arkansas

Ecological Services Office-

Recap of First Summit; Ray

Moranz, Grazing Lands

Pollinator Ecologist, Xerces

Society for Invertebrate

Conservation & USDA NRCS-

Monarch Butterflies; Melissa

Lombardi, Endangered Species

Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife

Service-Status and Listing for

the Monarch Butterfly under the

Endangered Species Act;

Neelendra Joshi, Assistant

Professor University of

Arkansas, Department of

Entomology-Pollinators:

Biology and Life History of

Native Bees, Other Pollinators,

and their Importance; Kayti

Ewing, Botanist Arkansas

Department of Transportation-

Success Stories. Our Butterfly

Garden was shown to everyone

and Greene County attendees

were recognized.

Richard Johnstone, President IVM (Integrated Vegetation

Management) Partner spoke on

Creating and Managing for

Monarch and Pollinator Habitat

on Utility Rights of Way. In the

afternoon we heard from Doug

Zollner, Ecologist, The Nature

Conservancy-Plan Introduction

& Overview; Bubba Groves,

Assistant Private Lands

Supervisor, Arkansas Game &

Fish Commission-Habitat

Delivery Overview; Allison

Fowler, Wildlife Diversity

Coordinator, AR Game & Fish

Commission-Research &

Monitoring; Holly Anderson-

Urban Conservationist, Pulaski

Conservation Districts, and Kitty

Sanders, Butterfly House Mentor

Botanical Gardens of the

Ozarks-Outreach & Education;

and Samantha Scheiman, Grants

Coordinator, Arkansas Natural

Heritage Commission-Capacity

& Government/Collaborations

& Partnerships.

Education and implementation is

the key, and by conveying vital

information to our utility

companies, farmers, highway

department, and others, these

positive changes can be made to

benefit us all.

Arkansas Monarch and Pollinator Summit 2017

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(L-R) Former extension agent Debbie Sills, MGs Ann

Bowers, Marilyn White, Connie Whitman & Cora

Flanery, Sept. 30th, Rose Dearin Farewell Party

(L-R) Holly Fletcher & Connie Whitman, PNG ATC Panel

September 26th

(L-R) Cora Flanery, Pauletta Tobey, Linda Glickert,

“Fall into Gardening” Seminar Oct. 5th, Forrest City

Master Gardeners said good bye to Rose

Dearin, Extension Service Administrative

Assistant September 30th. Rose is

transferring to the Baxter County Extension

Service in Mountain Home. We presented

Rose with a Tree of Life Wind Chime as a

token of our appreciation.

Sue Gilmartin, Library, Oct. 13

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Greene Garden News Contributors

Holly Fletcher

Libby Christie

Joy Gatlin

Pauletta Tobey

Sue Gilmartin

Dave Freeze

Greene Garden News Editor

Connie Whitman

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month to:

cwhitman@grnco.net

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