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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 [email protected]
Jackie Rosales, Vice President [email protected]
Linda Rogers, Treasurer [email protected]
Kerry Cates, Secretary
Donna Mears, Editor [email protected]
Ed Freeman, Webmaster [email protected]
Jon Cain, AG and Natural Resources Educator
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.
Come one, Come all! First meeting of the year!! When: January 17, 2012 Where: Classroom at fairgrounds in Danville Time: 6:30 Sit back and enjoy a photo review of 2011 by Colletta Kosiba. See a weird plant, a great idea for raised beds and thousands of Zinnias. Meet the 2012 intern master gardeners .
If you're storing tender bulbs this winter, put a sticky note on your calendar reminding you to check on them every month or so. If you find mois-ture condensing on the inside of the plastic bags or boxes your dahlias are stored in, open them slightly to allow the excess moisture to evapo-rate or you may lose them to rot. Conversely, if your dahl-ias are shriveling, sprinkle a little water on them and move them to a bag or box that's more moisture-retentive”
Winter Tips from the OLD
House Gardens Archives
January 2012
Jim Trocha President;
Hendricks County Master Gardeners
Association
Reminder: Please con-tact the president 5 days prior to meetings about business or committee
reports so that it will be put on the agenda for the
meeting.
A Letter From Our President…
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First of the Year Musings. I’m sitting at my dining room table reviewing the stacks of information giv-en to me by our past president Eloisa and I am wondering what I just got myself into. As I look through years of documents, I see names familiar to me and names of persons from the past with whom I’m not familiar. Will I be able to live up to their expectations of what a president of the Hendricks County Master Gardeners should be? How can I fail! Since beginning the program in 2008, I have noticed how the Master Gardeners as a group are givers - givers of their time, their gifts, their skills, their knowledge, opening their homes and hearts for the benefit of the group. Supporting those in need with fresh vegetables, teach-ing how to grow your own garden. Teaching each other. Beautify a neigh-borhood, sharing a PowerPoint, giving back to the Hendricks County com-munity. Getting together monthly and watching as attendance at our meet-ings grow (could it be the growth of snacks and refreshments?). How Can I fail! Our 2012 board, each offering their own gifts, sur-rounds me. Whatever reason you decided to become involved in the Master Gardeners, I thank-you. My wish going into the 2012 year is to get more people involved using their gifts. My wish is to grow the program, and of-fer more to the community through education and sharing. I thank those involved in the past from former presidents to intern greeters, to webmas-ters and journalists, to show participants, and organizers and the Hendricks County Master Gardeners Choir, (Christmas Party inside joke) and many, many others to numerous too mention. It is you who allowed me to lead this wonderful organization. If you have questions or concerns, I’ll be there to listen. Have an idea? I want to hear it. Your ideas are important to me. I now reach out to those who were previously involved in the Mas-ter Gardeners organization. We want you back. For whatever reason you may have drifted away, we want you back. Help us to continue to grow. Come to a meeting, third Tuesday of the month, 6:30 visit 7:00 meeting. Invite a friend to a meeting. My wife Debbie and I wish you and your family, a blessed, healthy and prosperous New Year. I want 2012 to be a great year. How can we fail? Jim can be reached at [email protected]
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Hendricks County Master Gardeners Christmas Party As soon as you entered the auditorium, the Christmas spirit surrounded you: soft music playing, gaily decorated ta-bles, stage full of poinsettias and the warm welcome from the greeters. There were lite reindeer, holiday center pieces and stockings holding napkins and silverware thanks to Christmas party Committee Janet and Keith Brown, Becky Troutman and Sue Wood.
After dinner each table sought the answer to the better known names of these Christmas Carols…”From dark ’til dawn soundless” and “ in a distant bovine diner”.. 20 in all by Janet Brown. The latest Purdue Master Gardener awards were given by Jon Cain. President Eloisa Garza honored outstanding work during the year by intern and master gardeners. Jim Trocha gave a thank you gift to Eloisa from the master gardeners for serving as an exceptional president for two years. Janet Cunningham and Jon Cain received a token of MG’s gratitude for their guidance.
The evening closed with laughter and songs as Jim Trocha lead the “Twelve days of Christmas” with each table taking a part.
Janet Brown made 65 stockings for us! Jim Trocha and Eloisa Garza
Christmas Tree Decorated in auditorium at Fairgrounds
Chairman Becky Troutman guided Colletta Kosiba and Deborah Sherpherd in putting dried plant material on the 12 foot tree in the auditorium for the fifth year. Garland (made by) Becky from ornamental grass, dried hydrangeas, money plant, yarrow, and cockscomb were some of plants used.
Becky (the ladder girl) put on the lights and then used yellow dogwood twigs for the top. Everyone that used the auditorium this season was wowed!, by the beauty of the tree.
A 6’ tree in the hall outside of the office was also decorated by the ladies. Thanks for a great job!
Our Beautiful Christmas Tree Christmas Table Decorations
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Jon Cain presents
Purdue Master Gardener award levels
Master Gardener: Steve Pearl, Linda Ash, Jeff Cunningham, Deborah Shepherd, Barbara Wilkes, Margie Bontrager
Advanced Master Gardener: Steve Pearl, Deborah Shepherd, Linda Ash, Dale Olsen, Kelly Phillips, Pat Greer
Advanced Master Gardener Bronze: Jackie Rosales
Special mention: Purdue has no award for this: Colletta Kosiba has logged 2,000 volunteer hours.
President Eloisa gives awards:
Special honor to Ann Selvy for Master Gardener entrance gardens at conference complex at fair-grounds. Not only has she been chairman for past several years, her class helped with the original planting. As you may know drainage problems and poor soil have had those beds dug up and re-planted several times. The flower gardens are always beautiful and admired by the 500,000 or so folks who use the facility.
Special honor to Pat Harmon for representing the Master Gardeners at every intern class. She is our contact and master gardener spokesperson, welcoming them each Tuesday night, answering questions and inviting them to attend our meetings.
Special honor to Jackie Rosales and Vickie Coleman for chairing the Hendricks County fair Master Gardener Booth. The booth encouraged kids to view and ID bugs and compost. Plus other attractions. Job well done.
Intern of the Year Steve Pearl Steve participated in any project we had going this year…GFAA, flowerbeds, AIG; you name it STEVE was there. He also headed up several workdays for the Avon Outdoor Learning Center. Steve achieved an Advanced Master Gardener Status in six months!!! Congratulations Advanced Master Gardener Steve Pearl We are proud to have you!
Master Gardener of the year Kerry Cates Her winning smile, wiliness to jump in with both feet, brought Kerry the Intern of the year award in 2009. We are have benefited by her spirit and drive ever since. Kerry has not stopped sharing her talents. One of highlights is her “Children’s booth “at Gardening for ALL ages Congratulations Advanced Master Gardener
Kerry Cates!!!!
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Master Gardeners Margie Bontrager and Deborah Shepherd
President Eloisa Garza and Master Gardener of the Year Kerry Cates
Jackie Rosales Bronze Master Gardener
Advanced Master Gardeners Steve Pearl, Deborah Shepherd and Pat Geer
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"From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens -- the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind's eye."
Katharine S. White
Advanced Master Gardener Colletta Kosiba 2,000 Volunteer Hours
Intern of the Year Steve Pearl and President Eloisa Garza
Getting to know you….. Donna Mears, Master Gardner Wanting to be around the people who loved flowers as much as I do, so I might learn from them, lead me to take the master gardener classes a couple of years ago. Information on invasive and native plants has been so helpful in trying to decide what types of plants to put in our yard. Master Gardener involvement: I am a currently serving my second year as the Journalist for Master Gardeners. I enjoy it thoroughly as it helps me keep current with all that is going on. Have volunteered at the Garden Tour in Plainfield, helped sell plants at the Outdoor Learning Center in Avon and volunteered at Gardening for All Ages, all enjoyable events that have en-riched my life being around plants and my fellow Master Gardeners. Currently at the Master Gardener level, my aspirations are to learn more through attending educational classes and attending the meetings that always have informative talks and cover a wide range of interests. My husband Mark and I have lived in our current home for about 4 years. Two years ago my 92 year old father joined us, he is a bless-ing daily with his gentle quiet spirit and I consider it an honor to spend this time of his life with him in my home.
I really do have just a little bit of paradise in my back yard because it backs up to a wooded area and we are located next to a pond which presents us with different types of wildlife to enjoy. I have not done much with my yard yet, but I have selected a few native plants from the “Plant Auction” to add to my yard currently. I would love to landscape one day but lack the confidence to attempt any major undertaking. I hope to gain that confidence and knowledge through Master Gardeners and to have a yard that is as beautiful as some of the ones I have seen at monthly meetings at the homes of Master Gardeners. They truly are an inspiration.
I am currently between jobs; doing volunteer work with troubled young people in our county and surrounding counties 3 days and one evening a week. I have 3 adult children and 6 grandchildren who I have the joy of babysitting on occasion.
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