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Iowa Master Gardener Program
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News Update September 28, 2007
Announcements and news for ISU Extension staff, Master Gardeners, and faculty IN THIS ISSUE The Mills County Master Gardeners are hosting a "Growing Ornamental Grasses" seminar on Monday, October 1, 2007, at the Glenwood Resource Center Visitor's Center. The program will begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $2. Program presenter Cal Parrott, Master Gardener, has been presenting on ornamental grasses for many years. My name is Shane Mairet and I am a junior at Iowa State University majoring in Horticulture. I have created a special project to further my experience growing and designing with woody and herbaceous plants and to help the Department of Horticulture. My reason for writing this letter is to ask for your help with this project. Project Greenhouse will consist of designing a landscape from the plants and materials that you have donated and selling the plants from that design at Veishea. Veishea is one of Iowa State University's oldest traditions with its' name coming from the original colleges at the university, Veterinary medicine, Engineering, Industrial Science, Home Economics, and Agriculture. It is also one of the largest student run celebrations in the country. Thousands of people visit the Iowa State campus every year to share in the celebration and to learn more about the University. All of the money raised from Project Greenhouse will go to the Iowa State Department of Horticulture Greenhouse Fund. This fund will be used to build the new greenhouses that our department desperately needs. Project Greenhouse is important because our current facilities are almost 100 years old. We need to keep our students up to date and be able to show them what they will use in the industry, and have facilities for housing and growing plants for our classes. The new facilities will be approximately 20,000 square feet of greenhouse space with a cost of approximately 6 million dollars. For this project to become a success it will take help and commitment from everyone. With your help Iowa State will be able to better educate future master gardeners and the next generation of horticulturists. Your donation is 100% tax deductible and we will display you name at the entrance to the garden at Veishea. So please help yourselves and the Iowa State Horticulture Department by making a donation to Project Greenhouse today. If you are interested in donating to Project Greenhouse or would like more information please contact me at smairet@iastate.edu or you can call me at (319) 931-3920. Any checks should be made out to the ISU Department of Horticulture. Thank you! Under new winter hours (November-March), Reiman Gardens will be open to the public weekdays (9 a.m-4:30 p.m.), and closed weekends. The butterfly house will be closed for the winter. Gardens director Teresa McLaughlin said attendance is low in the winter and it makes sense to conserve resources during that time. Master Gardener Update is fanatically published Friday by the Iowa Master Gardener Coordinator. Please send your news via email to James Romer. For questions, call (515) 294-2336. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Many materials can be made available in alternative formats for ADA clients. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964. Comments on our web site?Please email us. |
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