Welcome to the 36th Master Gardener Volunteer Continuing

Training Conference

1979! • Jimmy Carter was president • A gallon of gas cost .86 cents• The Dow Jones average was 838 • ESPN launched on cable television• Skylab crashed back to Earth • Pink Floyds’ The Wall was released• Star Trek the motion picture premiered

• The Florida Master Gardener Volunteer program began!

CELEBRATING THE 40TH WITH THE ANNUAL CONTINUED TRAINING CONFERENCE

• 425 Registered for the conference! • 24 from Martin, 24 from Orange, 22

from Charlotte County, & 21 from Polk County

• From Monroe County and to Escambia County

• & Our newest programs Gulf and Franklin sent 4 combined

A HUGE THANK YOU

To our conference planning committee • Eva Pabon Osceola County• Kaydie McCormick Seminole County • Lisa Sanderson Sumter County • Anne Yasalonis Polk County• Sally Scalera Brevard County • Emily Eubanks State Office• David Austin Highlands County

A HUGE THANK YOUTo our amazing sponsors • Florida-Friendly Landscaping ™ • Bonnie Plants• BlackKow• Life Soils• Mister Landscaper MaxiJet• Peace River Audubon Society

A HUGE THANK YOU TO UF/IFAS EXTENSION

• Dr. Michael Dukes Center For Land Use Efficiency • Dr. Saquib Mukhtar UF/IFAS Administration• Dr. Nick Place UF/IFAS Dean for Extension

YOU ARE HERE FOR A REASON

• Learn from amazing presenters • Networking• Be inspired • Get jazzed up • Win a contest • Win an award• Learn what we can do to make Florida a better place • Be around people who are crazy about plants

2019 Master Gardener Volunteer Service Awards

MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS

• 10 year award- The Hibiscus• 15 year award- The Live Oak • 20 year award – The Lily• 25 year award – The Honey Bee• 30 year award – The Passion Flower

Alachua County

10 years• Monica Aiton• Val Crawford• Leah Diehl• Nina Klingman• Sandy LeVeen• Susan Nugent

15 years• Brenda Breil• Nancy Klokke• Alicia Nelson

20 years • Lorene Junkin

BAKER COUNTY

15 years• Pat Collier

BAY COUNTY

10 years • Tom Floore• Les Lind• Detlef VanderMeer

20 years • I.I. Winner

Brevard County

10 years• Cheryl McKellips• Carole Snyder• Bob Whipple

15 years• Kent Armstrong• Angie Wiggins

20 years• Theresa Grimes

Broward County

10 years• Donna Frione• Mark Kaplan• Dora Schaefer• Shauna Boughton• Monique Theodore

15 years• Kenneth Galician• Janine Griffiths• Inger Jones• Taryn Palo• Sidelko Roswitha

Charlotte County

10 years• Ruth Brown• Janet Laird

15 years• Jane Schurr• Vicki Johnson• Ramon Terrazas

CITRUS COUNTY

20 years• JoEllen Allan• Dennis Wassell

CLAY COUNTY

10 years• Martha Caldwell• Gay Corbin

15 years• Michael Choate

COLUMBIA COUNTY

10 years 25 Years • Doris Johnson Geoff Hart • Gerry Murphy• Marjorie Anderson• Judy Futch• Sue Mincey

15 years • Martha Ann Ronsonet• Le Simons• Hilbert Roder

Duval County

10 years• Robin Allison• Janet Crozier• Acela Cruz• Bernadette Hashtak• Jan Holder• Carolyn May• Lee McDonald• Ali Register• Ann Marie Shrader

15 years • George DeMarino• Marilyn Noon• Becky Williams

20 yearsKathleen McHughCarol Wyninger

25 yearsJane GilesAlan RauPeggy Reed

Escambia County

10 years • Millie Knapp• Ann Luther• Pat Porter

Flagler County

10 years• Beverly Fox• David Tibbetts• Kathy Warner

15 years• Jill Gulsin Erel• Barbara Scharf

Hernando County

10 yearsKen Morgan

15 yearsRita GrantLinda Miller

Highlands County

10 years• Susan Fleet• Angelo Verderame• Marilyn Wilkin• Betty Gwinn

Hillsborough County 10 years

• Andy Anderson• Anne Cazares• Barbara Olsen• Carol Bockenek• Liz Eginton• Heather Diaz• Lindy Sanchez• Mary Carow

15 yearsCheryl BoddenDiane TousignantJeanne WillisLeah PollockLynn BlackNadine McPhersonSusan Groce

20 yearJimmy LeePat O'SheaSally Lee

25 yearArdell O'Neal

Lake County

10 years• Joan Kyle• Andrea Reagan• Patricia Richardson

15 years Carol Hoffman

Lee County

10 years• Marty Boyers• Kelly Bishop• Jeannine Martin• Wendy Sprague• Kathy Woodlock

30 years Sonya Smith

Leon County

10 years• Mary Ann Callis• Dan Fendley• Margaret Groves• Stephanie Wilfong

15 years • Betty Jo Cutchen• Glenn Mayne• Audrey Post

20 yearsLennie Kennedy

25 yearsStephanie Gallegos

Manatee County

10 years• Betty Cuthbert• John Melton• Rebecca Moreland• Janice Rowntree

15 years • Joy Derksen• Paulette Oroukin

20 yearsBarbara Davis

Marion County 10 years

• Denis Appleby• Mike Barry• Cathy Bowers• Kathryn Connor• Luke Connor• Hugh Darnell• Bobby Hickey• Isabelo “Izzy” Perez• John VanLue

15 yearsLuis CamachoNorma FriendBrenda Noah

20 yearsClaudia Barth

Martin County 10 years

• Cindy Doney• Bobbi England• Kay Furman• Mary Ann Gans• Gabriella Guettler• Michelle Maguire• Donna Rae Pearlman

Miami Dade

10 years• Ellen Book• Sandra Pearce

15 years• Peter Antoine

Monroe County

10 years• Susan Matthews• Kitty Somerville

15 years Kathy Hulbert

Nature Coast

10 years • Eileen Greene• Lamar Greene• Sherry Harmon• Susan Howell• Roger McDaniels• Peter Weiss

Okaloosa County

15 years• Dave Gordon• Dick Hickenbotham• Stacey Taylor

20 years• Andy Donatelli• Honey Jennings• Annette Sheringo

Orange County

10 years• Cynthia Blackburn• Pam Elliott• Paulette Smith• Phyllis Stopford

15 years• Jan Harding• Penny Potter• Rodger Selch• Dena Wild

20 years• Diane Sappington

35 years • Ethel Ruskin

Osceola

10 years • Larry Dykes• Wendy Turner• Karen Veasley• Julie Fox

15 year • Sandie Mulrooney• Sharon Mantia

20 year • Susan Senger• Steve Miglionico

Palm Beach County 10 years

• Earl Jacobs• Susan Lerner• Brian Link• Bobbie Blythe• Steven Aberbach• Uma Bhatti• Fred Frappier• Simeon Hetherington• Kim Hewitt• Laure Histrov

15 years• Martha Bennett• Sara Browning• Sydelle Dombrowsky

20 year• Geraldine Geiger• Charles Holzschuh• Susan Shaffer

30 year• Savina Pagel

Pasco County

10 years• Francoise Dreibus• Annie Johnson• Kay Waldron• Diana Williams

20 years• Milton Larson

Pinellas County

15 years • Pat McClendon

Polk County

10 years • Gloria Brooke• Leslie Montwid

15 years Marilyn TuckerLinda WheelockJoe Wolf

Putnam County

10 years • Edna "Fay" Otto

Santa Rosa County

10 years• Joanne Connor-Stieb• Jim Danos

20 years• Judith Begue• Lois Scott• Sandra Sherman

Sarasota County

10 years• Arnold Barish• Susan Horton• Judy Ligon• Alan Marlor

15 yearsMelba WattsArline Gage

Seminole County

10 years• Nancy Davila• Irene Lauricella• Susan Ori

20 yearsJerry Osborn

30 years Jim Hunter

St. Johns County 10 years

• Lisa Hethington• Sally Braddock• Dianne Battle• Terry Blady• Gary Gillis• Bill McIntosh• Barbara Poniatowski• Cathleen Newton

15 years Connie TrianoLinda SmithBernie Golczynski

20 yearsPriscilla HanleyRenee Stambaugh

25 yearsMargit Hunt

St. Lucie County

10 years• June Beers• Gail Bird• Kathy Dwonch-Schoen• Eva Kyriakos• Anne MyGatt

20 yearsRay Lagesse

Sumter County

10 years • Johanna Jones• Roger Jones• Pat Leach• Sandy Nolan• Kathy Porter• Sharon Tuchman

Suwannee County

10 years • Susan Bell

Volusia County

10 Years • Mary Boekhoff• Rita Taylor• Mary Wright

15 years• Vivian Bowden• Donna Joyner• Carolyn Kieler• Jean Porter• Diane Schwarz

20 years Rich Cherry

30 yearsMarty Grimshaw