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News Update May 18, 2007
Announcements and news for ISU Extension staff, Master Gardeners, and faculty IN THIS ISSUE
NATIVE PLANTS WORKSHOP JUNE 15 Come one come all June 15 to the native plants workshop located at the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge. Enjoy programs in the morning from Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge Research Biologist Pauline Drobney and Urban Conservationist Jennifer Welch. There will also be a guided tour of the Refuge in the afternoon. Lunch will be catered by BT-BAR-B-QUE. Pauline will give an overview of the botany of plants that are native to Iowa with a focus on learning how to identify plants used in tallgrass prairie and savanna sites. As a research biologist at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Pauline Drobney directs and develops programs showcasing tallgrass prairie and savanna research and management. She has a master's degree in biology and bachelor's degrees in biology and art from the University of Northern Iowa. Jennifer will show the importance of incorporating native plants into the urban landscape in ways that help protect water quality and beautify our communities. Native plants will be shown in gardens, landscaping, rain gardens, and as turfgrass to highlight the ways they can work to improve urban areas. Jennifer Welch is an urban conservationist with Urban Resources & Borderland Alliance Network (URBAN), serving four Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD). The mission of URBAN is to improve water quality and natural resource conservation in urban and developing areas by providing education, information and technical assistance to governmental units, the development community and citizens in central Iowa. She also is co-founder of the Iowa Storm Water Education Program (ISWEP) a membership organization that provides storm water educational resources and leadership to cities across Iowa. Jennifer is a certified professional in erosion and sediment control (CPESC). She has an undergraduate degree in agronomy and a graduate degree in water resources from Iowa State University. To access the registration form, visit the link below. Forms will also be coming to county offices early next week. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/MG71.pdf Dale Groom, Extension Horticulturist, Dallas County Texas A & M University System is accompanying another Master Gardeners Group touring Scotland in 2007, please see: www.mcleanscotland.co.uk/marcia.asp If your Extension Horticulturist or Master Gardeners would be interested in touring Scottish gardens then please contact us. In 2005 the Texas educational programs to Scotland (which Dale also accompanied) had 22 hrs of CEU credited for the TX Master Gardeners on the Scottish tour. EU’s will also be credited for the Texas Master Gardeners and Texas Nursery and Landscape Association members attending the Gardens Tour in 2007. The itinerary for the 2005 was: http://www.mcleanscotland.co.uk/gardens.asp We are incoming tour operators based in Perth, Scotland, we work with groups and direct with the public specializing in individually designed vacations for any number of travellers. We are used and recommended by Visit Scotland - for two consecutive years they hired us to show new North American Travel Agents around Scotland. Why not read what people say about us to see what others have to say about their trips to Scotland with McLean Scotland. Looking forward to hearing from you. Paul McLean Join us for a very special event, the Amana Church “God’s Grand Garden Walk,” Friday, June 8 from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. This year’s walk will feature several new sites and additions, including the opportunity to visit an Amana cemetery with an Elder there to explain the Amana Church’s unique heritage and traditions and a tour of the gardens at the Amana Heritage Museum. In addition, you can explore one of only two Smithsonian Heritage Gardens in Iowa as the 107-year-old South Amana garden and orchard maintained by Larry and Wilma Rettig is part of this year’s Amana Church garden tour. Garden walk co-chair Penni Berger explains, “Our garden walk this year consists of 9 different locations throughout the Amanas all of which have easy access for parking and walking. The gardens represent everything from traditional Amana-style vegetable gardens, to flower beds of all shapes and sizes both annual and perennials to native wildflower gardens. We are so excited to share our gardens with you.” Proceeds from the garden walk benefit the Amana Church’s youth ministry program, including the annual Summer Vacation Bible Camp open, free to all children, plus the kids’ to camp scholarship program, youth missions program and the after-school kids’ program. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance or the day of the event at the Amana Family Practice Clinic right off of Highway 220 in the village of Amana or at the Amana Colonies Visitor Center in downtown Amana. Maps are available and all gardens will be marked with a garden tour sign. Wish to buy tickets in advance or bring a group? Please Carmen Grimm phone 319-389-3694, email Carmen.grimm@gmail.com or Penni Berger Phone 319-622-6357, email ptberger@southslope.net. for reservations or details. FALL 2007 AND SPRING 2008 MASTER GARDENER TRAINING SITES We are happy to announce that the following counties will be our Iowa Master Gardener Program training sites for the coming year. Please keep this email message handy to share with clients that visit your office inquiring about the Master Gardener program. Fall Semester, 2007 Adair/Union Spring Semester, 2008 Allamakee The Iowa Learning Farm has the power to make it rain. Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a machine that simulates the impact of raindrops to various land surfaces when it rains. The machine is portable so it can travel to field days or events. Learn
more at this url. HORTICULTURE PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Just a reminder that MG groups can work with county offices to order ISU Extension publications at discounted prices and then sell them to the public at the stated retail prices at plant sales, workshops, and garden walks. Popular titles and their prices include: Annuals (PM 1942) $5 retail ($4 staff) Perennials for Shade (PM 1913) $5 ($4) Garden Guide to Midwest Annuals and Perennials (PM 1966) $8 ($6.40) Landscape Plants for the Midwest (PM 212) $10 ($6.50) Indoor Plants (PM 713) $7 ($4.55) Home Landscape (PM 2004) $6.50 ($3.25) Deciduous Shrubs (PM 1943) $5 ($4) Perennials for Sun (PM 1914) $5 ($4) For more information and additional titles, visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/store Master Gardener Update is repeatedly repeatedly published Friday by the Iowa Master Gardener Coordinator. Please send your news via email to James Romer. For questions, call (515) 294-2336.
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