PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DAY MEETING. Due to a schedule conflict at the Oregon Ridge Nature Center out planned evening meeting will be a day meeting. We will meet in the Sequoia Room at the Oregon Ridge Lodge at 10 AM on Thursday, December 10. Join the fun with the group as Heather Wight will demonstrate creating "Holiday Decor From Your Landscape". Heather will reprise her popular demonstrations from December 2008 with some new ways to create holiday cheer using garden greens. We will also have elections for the 2010 officers at this meeting. We will hold our monthly meeting on Thursday, November 12 at 10 AM in the Sequoia Room at the Lodge at Oregon Ridge. Our agenda will be posted in the Forum prior to the meeting. Norman Cohen (BCMG member) will speak about "Trees in My Hood" a discussion on Natives and Non-Native Invasives. Norman's presentation will begin where the initial MG training ended. Our business meeting will have a presentation by the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Director, Charlie Conkling. It will be about the Jennifer Branch Subwatershed Restoration grant project where the MGs will provide support through BayWise and other ways during the 2-year span of this grant to restore a tributary to the Gunpowder River that runs through the Perry Hall/Parkville/Cub Hill areas. We will also have a discsussion on 2010 officers. Anyone interested in working on the Nominating Committee or serving as an officer in 2010, please plan on staying after the meeting for a brief meeting on the 2010 officer elections. EVENING MEETING Thursday, October 8 at 6:30pm at Oregon Ridge Nature Center Full meeting agenda will be posted soon but here is information on our speaker: Meir Lazar will speak on hydroponics, a soiless method of growing plants indoors under artificial lights. He is currently running a 72 site custom made deep flow Hydroponics Unit that grows everything from several types of lettuces, dill, arugula, kale, chard, oregano, basil, green onion, chives, peppers, tomatoes, parsley, mints, and many many more. He hasn't bought a head of lettuce in months, and he loves spending time with my plants... in his living room? General business agenda will include: Grow It Eat It Committee update BayWise Committee - yard certifications Strategic Planning meeting - 2 new MG Goals for 2010 Ag Center update Oregon Ridge Ask a MG We will have our monthly meeting at Oregon Ridge on September 10. We will meet in the Sequoia Room at 10 AM. Wildlife in Your Garden presented by Ranger Sarah Witcher (& animal friends) from Gunpowder State Park • GIEI fundraising and report on State Fair - Norm C • GIEI Tool purchase • Continuing Education committee – Intern training class • Herring Run Watershed coming events – Mary Beth T • Marshy Point Fall Festival – volunteers needed – Debby H A full agenda will be forthcoming. Plant Swap - Weather permtting the swap will take place in the parking lot following the meeting, otherwise it will be during an extended hospitality break after our speaker. This will be our first attempt at a plant swap. Similar to what the Horticulture Society of MD is doing at their September meeting ours will be informal. If you bring a plant; you can take a plant, if you bring three; you can take three and so on. If all plants are not taken, those that may not have brought a plant to swap would have the opportunity to ask for an unclaimed plant. Now is the time to think about what plant you will want to bring and pot it up if weather is mild enough to do so. Please make sure that your pots are clean! We do not want to have a mess to clean up at Oregon Ridge. Please reply to this email on what you are planning to bring or just email me and I will keep a tally and post an update every few days as I get some feedback. It should be a fun event and a great way to get some new plants! Upcoming Ask a Master Gardener Events 08/18/2009
At Kenilworth Bazaar, we will do 8/25 in September 9/1, 9/8, 9/15 and 9/22. At Irvine Nature Center on 8/29 during their Native Plant Sale, however this event will only be literature distribution. October events will be at Cromwell Valley Park 10/10 and 10/11, these are all day events. We will have our monthly meeting at the Cockeysville Library at 6:30 PM. (For more detail see the posting on the Forum) http://bcmastergardeners.weebly.com/forum.html Training and Development - Fall Intern class Grow It Eat It - BayWise Please be at the meeting to vote on By-Law changes or submit your vote by email. Our monthly meeting will be held in the Sequoia Room at the Lodge at Oregon Ridge. Other agenda items are posted below. Our June meeting will be held at the Cockeysville Library at 6:30 PM. Agen
Monthly Meeting May 14 10 AM Oregon Ridge 04/21/2009
We will hold our May monthly meeting at the Lodge at Oregon Ridge on May 14 at 10AM. Please bring your laptop if you have one because there will be another opportunity to review accessing our Budding News website. Monthly Meeting April 9 Cockeysville Library 03/31/2009
Our monthly meeting will be on April 9 at the Cockeysville Library. We will begin our meeting with Pat Sherman and her talk on Perennial Plants and will then go on to our business meeting. Topics so far for the meeting are BayWise - Fifth District Elementary Trailblazers. Each committee will give an update on their projects. Josue Lopez and David Martin - Extension Director have asked for 30 minutes to go over MG procedural issues. |