Updates: Open House, Worm Composting, Photography - San Luis Obispo County Master Gardeners

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Updates: Open House, Worm Composting, Photography

Monday October 5 2009

First of all, I wanted to let everyone know that we have updated our public website, which now includes the "garden blog" in it... no need for all of these different email addresses!

Our public site is: http://groups.ucanr.org/slomg/
Save it to your favorites, add it to your email signature and pass it on to your friends and family!

OPEN HOUSE: Yes, it's already that time of the year! We will be holding our Master Gardener Open House on Thursday November 12. 2:00-4:00pm, here in the auditorium (2156 Sierra Way, SLO) and hopefully in the garden as well. Please scroll to the bottom of this message to find the invitation, application and additional information. Nancy H. would greatly appreciate volunteers to contact her. The room needs to be set up nicely, with posters and information, the bug collection and microscope. Refreshments are welcome! But most importantly, we need Master Gardeners to meet and greet potential new members. They need to hear about the program, what types of volunteer opportunities are available and why would they choose to volunteer for our program.
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Worm Composting Workshop: Back by popular demand! The next session will be held Saturday, November 14. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up on the VMS calendar. If you would like to sign up to reserve a worm bin, please log into the website: http://ucanr.org/sloworm. The class cost is $90. Please scroll down to find the attached flyer.

Calling All Photographers! When taking photos of the public, please have people sign the release form, allowing us to legally use their images.. If the person is under 18, please have their parent/legal guardian sign it. Please scroll down to find "UC Photo Release Form". I will always have more of these forms available, so just ask me! If you are taking a photo of a fellow Master Gardener, no release form is needed.

October 8 5:30 pm

Our general/education meeting from 5:30 - 7:30. Maude has invited Dave Engbert to talk to us (at 5:30 pm) about firescaping. He is a firefighter, nurseryperson, gardener and former host of the show "The Coastal Gardener". Please don't forget to bring a food item to share.

October 15 3 - 7 pm

Thursday Night Farmer's Market that day will be the Great "Giant" pumpkin contest with first prize for heaviest pumpkin getting $750. This is sponsored by Farm Supply and a host of others including the Ag. Commissioner's Office. Should be lots of fun to see all the different varieties and sizes of pumpkins. They even have a contest with cash prizes for 4-H/FFA and for kids under 12 years old. Might get you excited enough to grow some yourself next year (or better yet, grow it in the Demo Garden and see if you can win the top prize to further the Demo Garden along!).

October 23 6 - 9 pm

Seed Exchange happening in the SLO Library. Sponsored by many organizations and companies including Parks & Rec Dept of SLO. This is a free event and you don't need to bring seeds to exchange, but feel free to do so and get "into" the fun of it.

October 24 9am - noon. Would you like to know about Garden Based Learning with the local school garden programs? Please check out the VMS calendar to sign up for this special meeting of fellow Master Gardeners at one of our local schools! Please contact Betsy A. if you have any questions!

Sustainable Demonstration Garden News: The demo garden committee has been very busy this past month and we are ready to get folks into the garden! Here are the highlights:

1. We have applied for a P G & E Sustainable Landscape grant.

2. We have redrawn the demo garden map and have divided it up into garden plots.

3. We have our protocols and application forms for garden plots completed and ready to be handed out.

4. We have a list of possible garden plot committees.

5. We have a garden tool wish list: please bring usable garden tools to the meeting this Thursday to donate to our demo garden committee. (Shovels, rakes, hoes, hand tools, spades, pitch forks, weeding tools, pruners, garden hose, etc.)

If you would like a garden plot application or would like more information a complete report will be given at our October general meeting next Thursday. Hope to see you all there. Susan

If you didn't get a chance to see the October Newsletter, Go to "Documents/Newsletters" on our internal VMS website to find the most recent issues! Thank you Connie for another great one!

If you ever have questions about using the calendar, finding events or using the VMS website in general, don't be afraid to ask me for help!
Have a wonderful week! I hope everyone is enjoying the cold weather!

Attached Files

Master Gardener Application
Master Gardener Open House Invitation
Master Gardener Program Information
Worm Composting Workshop Flyer
UC Photo Release Form