HAMILTON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS

PRESIDENT’S CORNER By Bud Hines

April, 2016 Volume 23, Issue 4 In This Issue

2 Garden Expo 3 Secretary News 3 Education News 4 Vice President Memo 4 2016 Graduation 5 April Fool’s Day 5 Reflection Riding Fundraiser 6 Calendar of Events 7 Toms’ Tidbits 8 April Gardening Tips 9 Hummingbirds 10 Officers/Chairpersons

Our Garden Expo is truly a large group effort that should involve all members of our organization. With our underlying major focus on education, I believe we may have hit a home run with all of the speakers and seminars that will take place over this two day period.

We should all be very proud of our past and present Expo planners and the teams that have worked so tirelessly by meeting every month, evaluating the things that have worked well, and designing improvements of this very unique venue for our community.

Thank you to Sue Henley and Barbara Blankenship for initially spearheading an incredible Expo, which began in 2013. Through their hard work and inspiration, we’ve been given a uniquely positive event. Also a big thank you to Carol Mathews and the entire team (I wish I could name all of you) for all you have given to insure this year’s event will be our most successful Expo to date. To all of our members from our 2016 interns, to those of us who have been around a good while, this is our opportunity to utilize the training and experiences we have achieved through the UT Extension / Master Gardener Program. We will provide answers and ideas to everyone that will walk through the Expo doors.

Please mark your calendars to be there from set-up on Friday, April 8th to our necessary exit of the arena by 7:00 PM on Sunday April 10th. We will need a small army working together to insure the success of this year’s event! I look forward to seeing everyone in East Ridge at the Camp Jordan arena, at our fourth annual Master Your Garden “Garden Expo” .

MISSION In support of the University of Tennessee mission and the Universi-ty of Tennessee Extension missions, the Master Gardener Program promotes environmental stewardship through a network of volun-teers who provide research based information and education to Tennessee communities in home gardening and related areas. As part of our mission the program supports the continued education and development for committed volunteers.

APRIL 9—APRIL 10

CAMP JORDAN ARENA, EAST RIDGE

4TH ANNUAL “MASTER YOUR GARDEN” GARDEN EXPO

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HERBIES

This is my last memo before the big weekend, April 9th and 10th. For the 4th year we will be hosting our annu-al “Master Your Garden” Gardening Expo. Since Octo-ber, 2015 it has been an amazing journey with the Ex-po team working many, many hours to make this year-ly event the best Expo yet.

We have received so many comments, such as, the va-riety of vendors, the widespread advertising, and the caliber of speakers along with their timely subjects. As the ads began to appear the last couple of weeks, peo-ple started calling to ask if it was too late to join. Com-panies have called from South Georgia, upper and mid-dle Tennessee, North Carolina and Ohio. They were people we didn’t even know, however they found us on the internet, newspapers, and Facebook. There will be more advertising the next 2 weeks, including 700 thir-ty second commercials on the EPBFI network. We pur-chased 350 and the Power Board sponsored and matched it for a total of 700 spots on 16 of the most popular channels. Three spots on the local news chan-nels will have Tom Stebbins, Bud Hines, Florrye Grant, Freeman Powell, and myself as guests to tell about the Expo. Local magazines like Chatter, and state maga-zines like Tennessee Gardener have already run arti-cles and the newspaper will pick up some more as well as the radio stations.

Our vendors and speakers will experience TLC like never before! We will have a special area for the chil-dren with supervised creative activities , a Q&A table where questions will be answered about MG’s and gar-dening along with smiles that will greet everyone that come through the doors. Our inventive and energetic decorators will be doing unbelievable decorating that money can’t buy because they give their talents freely and enthusiastically. There will be a place for every member so now it is your turn to help with the setting up of the vendors, placing the decorations, carrying in the plants, books, and yard art; greeting the public, an-swering questions, and the best part, fellowshipping with each other.

One word summarizes it all — FUN!! Not to say it won’t be work, but work done with pride, good planning, positive attitudes, and selflessness, is a rewarding ful-filling sense of accomplishment and it is all shared with friends; translates into FUN in my dictionary.

A few last minute instructions.

Those on first shift, please be at the arena between 9:15-9:30 AM to be sure everything is set and ready to open. Team leaders are asked to be there by 9:00 AM or before, whatever the need might be. All other shifts, try to be there 10-15 minutes be-fore your shift to pass along any information need-ed for your station.

Wear your badges, again, wear your badges. Also wear your MG green shirts. For interns, any green shirt is okay if you have one but if not, MG aprons can be checked out in the Q&A area for your shift. Please remember to return it so others can use it. Some MG’s have their own aprons which may be worn.

IF you are coming on Friday to help with move-in and set-up for the vendors and are here at lunch time, we will provide pizza. Drinks are at your di-gression. Move in is from 7AM-7PM. You can work a few hours or all 12, however we need 10-30 plus people every hour from 10AM-5PM to lift, carry, tote, place, clean up spills and more, all day long. (During the Expo open hours, we need a mini-mum of 55 people every hour.)

Sunday night after closing at 5:00 PM, we will need the same amount of people as we needed on Fri-day. We do not have Monday morning to come back and remove leftovers. Everything has to be out of the arena by 10:00PM Sunday as the arena personnel must begin cleaning to prepare for a big show that opens at 8:00AM Monday morning. Many make a job go faster —share the load and it is lighter.

MG volunteers do not have to pay for a ticket, how-ever, if you wish to be in the drawing for a door prize, you will need to purchase one. Door prizes will also be given in every speaker room .

My personal thanks for the support, help, encourage-ment and friendship everyone has shown to me as we pull together for the Best Expo Ever!!!! I can’t wait to report the successes next month.

Carol Mathews Expo Chairman

2016 GARDEN EXPO NEWS FOR OUR 4TH ANNUAL “MASTER YOUR GARDEN” GARDEN EXPO APRIL 9-10, 2016

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NEWS FROM YOUR SECRETARY VALARIE ADAMS

The MGHC Board met on February 3rd and here are a few highlights:

Tom Stebbins showed us a new brochure from the UT/TSU Extension showcasing all the great pro-grams and projects in which the Extension service participates. At the top of the Agriculture list is, of course, Master Gardeners!

Our Certification Officer, Gretchen Rominger, stat-ed we already have three interns who are reporting hours!

David Gardner, reporting for Projects Chairperson Freeman Powell, presented a new project from the Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts on East Brainerd Road: “When We Garden Together, We Grow Together”. The Board approved the project.

The Board is also looking into more specific partici-pation in the Food Bank Garden Tour and our par-ticipation into the Chattanooga Market. Stay tuned for more on these projects.

Our busy Events Coordinator, Samantha Pfeiffer, is lining people up to represent the MGs for future events such as the Reflection Riding Plant Sale and the Crabtree Farms Plant Sale both taking place in April.

Rodney Selcer, our Treasurer, reports that at the end of February 2016, our Beginning Cash on Hand $35,440.06, Income $2,707.58, Expenses $607.75, and New Balance $37,539.89. Most of the income is from Garden Expo vendor payments.

Educational Committee News

Our 3rd Saturday class on March 19th was an excep-tional one. We had 9 first time people who found us in either the newspaper, Facebook or the website; which has been the goal since inception. Mike Payne did a fantastic presentation with lawn care, questions and answers section. At midway through the morning we took a break, went outside and brought in the “pretty weeds” that plague our lawns. Mike identified each one and now we know what to do to rid them in our grassy areas. Mike said, “A weed is just a plant that lost its way and landed in the wrong place”!

Next month Katie Bishop will talk on “All About Tomatoes”. There are many varieties of toma-toes that we can grow here with a wide range of taste and usage. Seed saving of your favorite one is always a challenge but Katie has the answers. Mark your calen-dars for April 16th and get the word out.

The Education Committee also had a very pro-ductive meeting on Saturday March 19th in the after-noon. We were few in number as several were at the State Conference, however, we reviewed the growing

3rd Saturday classes. When we started 3 years ago we had an average of 10 per class and those attended were all MG’s. Our average attendance now is 24, and currently we are reaching those who are not MG.

As our goal is becoming a reality, it is time to move on to other venues. The first being field trips for MG’s and maybe some invited guest. We are planning our first field trip for June either the 11th or 25th. The theme will be daylilies to correspond with our 3rd Sat-urday class on Daylilies taught by Peggy Dyer, June18th. More information to come here.

Our next project for the extension of our edu-cation opportunities will be 5 Monday nights in Au-gust. As MG’s, our mission is to share, teach, speak, demonstrate or give advise on the best researched based home gardening techniques and/or practices. We learn from our classes, get 8 additional classes a year, (CEU), but we do not always know the best ways to perform the rest of our mission. For 5 nights we will study how to prepare a presentation to share/teach to others one gardening subject. Subjects will vary ac-cording to interest. We will learn good photography by catching the perfect shot that tells a story all by itself. I am told with a little help, everyone can make a Power Point presentation—I am going to find out. I hope you will join me on this journey and you will get a lot of CEUs for the classes. More to come. Mark you calen-dars and save the dates. MGHC is moving on.

Carol Mathews Education Chairman

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FROM YOUR VICE PRESIDENT If it has been a while since you have volunteered or attended a monthly meeting, take a look at all the opportunities available on the MGHC website. You can select the project or activity that interests you the most. I may not know each of you personally; however as Master Gardeners we share common interests. No other organization in Hamilton County has what we offer. Many nonprofit organizations in our community may have active people but, none are as motivated as the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County. One person can do most anything but, one person cannot do everything. We take ownership with each task and project we undertake, and have pride while showing our creative freedom and — we work with 100% passion, a prime example of this is the “Expo”. Many hours have gone into preparing for the Expo; conse-quently there are a great number of interns and certified master gardeners involved in giving one of the most valuable things they can give and that is their “Time.” There is a saying ,time is money, but in many cases time is more precious than money, you can get more money but, you can never get more time. Get involved ! Once you are certified, the years following you only need to give 27 hours of Volunteer Service Hours and 8 hrs. of Continuing Educational units. Working the Expo and Fair alone you can accumu-late your ACT hours and attending 8 of the 12 monthly meetings or any educational events you would get your CEU hours. I am looking forward to seeing you soon and, “We’ll Leave the Light On” —Bertha Livingston

MGHC CLASS OF 2016 GRADUATION THE 2016 AWARDS & INTERN BANQUET will be at the Chester Frost Park Pavilion, 2277 Gold Point Cr. North, Hixon on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM. This event takes the place of our monthly meeting. The organization supplies the meat and beverages, and the members supply the appetizers, side dishes, breads and desserts. Everyone gets 1 CEU for attendance, but no extra hours for bringing food. After the meal the interns are recognized, and the certified master gardeners will be awarded their certificates and pins for their years of service and also for additional hours volunteered in 2015. A few tips to make this event more enjoyable and Chester Frost Park rules: No alcoholic beverages are permitted inside the park. Do not park on the grass anywhere. The park rangers patrol for this and will write tickets. One guest is allowed, but no children. Please allow yourself extra time to get to the venue. This is already a busy hour for traffic, and once inside the park, the speed is extremely slow. RSVP BY TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH by leaving a message with your name, indicate if you are bringing a guest and your food item at 423.903.2404 or loriashton24@gmail.com Please contact me if you have any questions about the event or the site. Lori Ashton Hospitality Chairperson

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WHAT HAPPENS ON APRIL FOOLS’ DAY Submitted by: Bertha Livingston

For those who don't know, April Fools’ is a

light-hearted day of national japery celebrated every year on April 1st. Millions of people in homes, schools and workplaces spend the morning of April 1 playing practical jokes on each other in the hope of a quick laugh (and to avoid doing work). The media love to play the joker and many publications, including The Telegraph, relish the once-a-year chance to publish a fake news story to wind up their readers. ‘Victims’ of April Fools’ jokes are known as April Fools, but only until midday. Then the person playing the joke is con-sidered the April Fool. Sadly, the day, which has been popular throughout the Western world since the 19th century, is not a public holiday. But why would you want a day off when there’s a legitimate chance to play a joke on your boss? Where did the April Fool's day originate?

The origins of the day are uncertain. Most people think it stems from Pope Gregory XIII. In 1582, he wanted his new Gregorian calendar to replace the

old Julian Calendar. This called for New Year’s Day to be celebrated on January 1 instead of the end of March. But some people apparently didn't get the memo and continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1. These poor folk were made fun of and were sent on ‘fools errands’ for a laugh. However, others think April Fools' Day stems from the age when peo-ple used to hold spring festivals marking the end of winter with 'mayhem and misrule', according to the Museum of Hoaxes.

For a limited time only ,THE EXPO will be selling doughnut seeds however due to the overwhelming demand, only one pack per person.

April Fools' Day: Top 5 pranks of all

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR APRIL

CEU AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE DETAILS OF UPCOMING EVENTS, WEBSITES OF INTEREST,

SPECIAL ALERTS AND CURRENT TOPICS & ARTICLES: SEE MGHC.ORG

BEING A MEMBER OF THE YAHOO GROUP WILL GIVE YOU THE LATEST INFORMATION ON ALL ACTIVITIES

APRIL 4,11,18,25 Monday’s, 10:00 AM April 6,13,20,27 Wednesday’s, 10:00 AM MG Hot line at the Ag Center on Bonny Oaks

April 12, Tuesday, 6:30 PM Chattanooga Herbies Meeting at the Ag Center on Bonny Oaks—herb will be “Quince” April 9, No Bonsia Meeting Tennessee Valley Bonsai Society will be at the Garden Expo April 14-15-16, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Reflection Riding Plant Sale April 16 Saturday, 10:00 AM Education Class on “All About Tomatoes” at Ag Center April 16-17,Saturday,Sunday Crabtree Farms Plant Sale April 21, Thursday, 6:30 PM Graduation at Chester Frost Park (takes the place of monthly meeting) April 22, Friday Earth Day at the Zoo—TBD Earth Day at City of Chattanooga “If Trees Could Sing”, Coolidge park, 6-8 PM April 28, Thursday, 7:00 PM Rose Society Meeting at Hixon Civic Center TO VOLUNTEER FOR: CAFB Greenhouse Workdays Contact: Holly Martin-hmartin@chattfoodbank.org Alpine Crest Elem. School Contact: joannlangston@bellsouth.net Seeding the Cumberland Contact: slwencel@gmail.com Workday at the Zoo Contact: landerson@Roadtec.com May 7 — Bloom Days at UT Gardens, Knoxville

May 14-15 — Southern Blooms at Rock City—contact Tom Stamps

May 21—Education Class on “Shade Gardening” by Shirley McMasters

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Tom’s Tidbits By Tom Stebbins, UT/TSU Extension Agent for Hamilton County

“Learn To Tolerate Some Bugs”

Spring brings out many crawling and flying creatures. I get numerous calls and emails describing insects that are invading the yards of Chattanooga area homeowners. I have several joking suggestions for insect control. I tell folks to: 1. Move to a different area, the bugs were here first. 2. Put up signs saying - no bugs allowed. 3. Don’t spray, just hire a carpenter. Most people don’t see the humor in these replies. So then, I have to employ my more scientific answers. These include: 1. Insects are beneficial to man. 2. Large insect populations usually last for only a short time. 3. Sprays can often make insect numbers in-crease. The following examples hopefully will empha-size my points.

Camping Caterpillars

About a month ago I saw silken webs being construct-ed in cherry, maple, apple, hawthorn and several oth-er tree species. These were the first signs of the East-ern tent caterpillar. The eastern tent caterpillar is a native to North America. It has been here before our ancestors. The caterpillars crawl over patios, porches, decks, and walkways in the spring. What a mess they can cause! That’s when I get the phone calls. I ex-plain that these caterpillars can defoliate the tree when numerous. However, the tree will recover and put out a new crop of leaves. I also say that insecti-cides are ineffective. It is hard to reach and penetrate the web with chemicals. Natural enemies like tiny harmless wasps parasitize and kill the caterpillars. A chemical spray would also kill many other benefi-cials. We just have to let nature take its course. In the early spring, small tents can be removed and de-stroyed by hand. This method works in smaller trees where the caterpillar tents can be reached. Please don’t use the redneck gardener technique of torching the tents with gasoline. That hurts the tree and the environment. If the caterpillars can crawl into the home it probably means that there are some huge cracks or crevices. Good carpentry skills can seal these entry points. Again, pesticide sprays are not the answer.

Giant Mosquitoes?

Another insect that gets the phones ringing in the spring is the crane fly. Common crane flies have a thin body with very long legs. They resemble giant mosquitoes. Often they are seen in the house at night. They fly quite randomly, bumping into every-thing, including humans. However, crane flies do not bite. Sometimes, crane flies are referred to as "skeeter eaters." But, crane flies are not predators and do not eat mosquitoes. Crane flies are beneficial. Adult crane flies are a common food source for spi-ders, praying mantids, and birds. They do not harm humans, animals, plants, food, or homes. The first in-clination is to spray them with an insecticide. There isn’t any real need to try to control crane flies, espe-cially the adults. Most of the adults die within a day indoors. They are harmless and merely a pesky nui-sance. Just sweep them up. Keep doors and windows closed at night.

My goal as a UT County Agent is to educate the public about the proper control methods for insects. Some-times chemical sprays are needed to get insect pests under control. For instance, termite and ant control chemicals are usually necessary. But for the most part, insects can be controlled by simple exclusion methods. The key is to first, identify the insect. Then learn about its life cycle from books or the internet. I hope I can convince you that insects are wonderful creatures. We need to teach

our children that bugs are

beautiful!

For more information see numerous UT bulletins on entomology (the study of insects) at

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications

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April Gardening Tips

This is an action-packed month for gardening. Gardens are bursting with color from all of the flowering bulbs and spring flowering trees and shrubs but you proba-bly have weeds popping up everywhere as well. Tem-peratures are cool enough that its pleasant to work outdoors but its warm enough that perennials plants have broken their dormancy. This also is the month when we have our last frost making it a great time to plant annuals and vegetables. Following are some gar-dening ideas and suggestions to help you do the most for your garden this month: Shrubs And Trees

You can prune summer flowering shrubs like Crepe Myrtle after the last extremely cold weather but before they leaf out significantly.

Prune spring flowering shrub like forsythia, weige-la, Japanese quince, and lilac within 2 to 3 weeks after the last petals have dropped. Prune these shrubs at the base, near the ground to help rejuvenate its growth and keep it flowering heavy.

Fertilize shrubs and trees if this wasn't done in February or March. Use an acid type fertilizer to feed evergreens, conifers, broad leaf evergreens, rhododen-drons, azaleas and camellias. Use an all-purpose ferti-lizer to feed roses and other deciduous trees and shrubs. If you use granular type fertilizers, be sure to water it in thoroughly. Perennials, Annuals, And Bulbs

Prune any semi-woody perennials like Salvia greg-gii, Lavender, Sage, Artemisia, and Careopteris.

Prepare your annual planting beds now so they are ready when you want to plant. The addition of well-rotted manure, processed manure, peat moss or com-post are good additives for building compost humus in the soil. I recommend not planting annuals until after April 15th, our average last frost-free date.

Plant tender bulbs and tubers (gladiola, lilies and dahlias). You may continue planting additional bulbs every two weeks until mid June to ensure a continuous source of bloom.

Deadhead or remove spent flowers from spring blooming bulbs. Don’t remove foliage until it yellows or freely pulls loose when slightly tugged.

Fertilize spring blooming bulbs just after bloom-ing. A complete fertilizer such as 5-10-10 at a rate of 2 pounds per 100 sq. ft.

If you noticed smaller blooms on your bulbs this spring, divide crowded planting as blooming finishes (especially daffodils). http://gardengirls.tennessee.edu/april.htm

Watch for iris borer on your iris. For con-trol, use Dimethoate (Cygon 2E) when the new growth is 6-9 inch-es in height and then as needed.

Stake now, any perennials which lodge or fall over from the weight of their heavy blooms in late spring or summer. Staking now will allow plenty of time for new growth to hide your support structures, preventing them from taking away from the beauty of your peren-nials.

Stake clematis and any other vines which could use the added support as new growth emerges and they begin to flower. Fruits And Veggies

While fruit trees are blooming, refrain from spray-ing any insecticides to protect the bee population busy pollinating the flowers. Within a week after petal drop, you can resume using any pesticides.

After petal drop, consider spraying your peach, plum, and cherry fruit trees for protection from fungal diseases like brown rot, rust, and leaf spots. Maneb (also sold as mancozeb and dithane) works well for these diseases.

You can still plant these cool-season veggies this month: spinach, head and leaf lettuce, collards, turnip greens, onions, beets, broccoli, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, early potatoes, radish and Swiss chard can be direct seeded or transplanted into the garden.

After April 15th, plant warm season veggies like tomatoes, peppers, and corn. Planting of the “high sug-ar” or sugar sweet corn varieties should b delayed un-til May 1 st because the seeds do not germinate in cold garden soils. Lawn Care

For warm season grasses such as zoysia or Bermu-da grass, April 15th marks your fist application of fer-tilizer. Use 1 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 sq. ft.

Until April 15th, its an ideal time to apply a combi-nation of slow-release fertilizer and pre-emergent herbicide for crabgrass control to your cool-season (fescue) lawn. You want to apply this combination be-fore dandelions reach the puff-ball stage. The fertilizer will boost the growth of your lawn and have it looking great for summer and the herbicide will prevent crabgrass. Numerous brands are on the market and which ever you select, be sure to follow label direc-tions.

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HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE ARRIVED By: Ann Dale For all hummingbird enthusiasts, the earliest spring migrants that winter in southern Mexico and Central Ameri-ca, are arriving here to their summer homes. Their appearance usually is about the same time the native dwarf red buckeye and columbine are flowering, which is around late March. The ruby-throat is the only specie that will make their nest in Tennessee. Many will stay here to nest, however most of them are just passing through on their way north to as far as Canada. These migrants will continue to pass through until mid-May and it is neces-sary for them to have nectar for their flight. If you use hummingbird feeders they should be out by April 1. The ones flying through are not likely the ones you will have this summer. However, to attract the migrating ruby-throats to stay in your yard requires both nectar-bearing flowers and insects for their food. Insects make up about 50% of their daily diet. By providing a constant supply of nectar-bearing flowers from early spring through late fall will keep the hummers in your yard; from coral bells to bee balm to Mexican sunflower. They get most of their drinking water from nectar, but they also need water to bathe which can be shallow about ¼ inch deep in a birdbath. Hummers require shelter and nest sites such as evergreen trees and shrubs to protect them from wind, rain and predators. Because their feet are so tiny, they require small branches for perching which can include butterfly bushes and trees with tiny bare twigs. They often have a favorite spot they use most of the time. Hummers begin laying eggs in early May. The young fledglings will start to appear by mid-June. You may not see them during the nesting season since they are busy catching insects, such as spiders, gnats and mosquitoes. Purple coneflowers and bee balm produce nectar that attracts various small insects for the hummingbird food. It is important to know that nests and eggs are protected by federal and state laws and can not be collected. For further information go to: UT Extension bulletin 305 and also HUMMINGBIRDS.NET, a place to learn about

attracting, watching, feeding, and studying the hummingbirds that breed in North America.

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2016 MGHC OFFICERS President. Bud Himes Vice President . Bertha Livingston Secretary. Valarie Adams Treasurer . Rodney Selcer Past President . Lisa Clark Certification Officer . Gretchen Rominger Communication Officer. Louisa Mesich Projects Chairman . Freeman Powell 1 Year Board of Governors Ron Smith Sue Henley Barbara Blankenship 2 Year Board of Governors Vicki Petzko Jim Davenport Lori Ashton 2016 New Class Representatives Tyler Sanderson Gwen Davis Extension Agent . Tom Stebbins State Advocacy Board . Patsy Boles CHAIRPERSONS Bonny Oaks Arboretum . Jim Davenport Budget/Finance Committee . Rodney Selcer Bud/Sprout Coordinator . Sara Stanley County Fair . Mike & Stephanie Payne Education Committee . Carol Mathews Events Coordinator . Samantha Pfeiffer Food Bank Garden Tour . Holly Colf Garden Expo. Carol Mathews Historian . Nancy Williams Archives . Jane Goodin Hospitality Committee. Lori Ashton Hummingbird/Butterfly Garden . Mike Payne MGHC Friends . Shirley Stewart Membership Directory. Pam Bare, Wanda Wilkey Mentor Coordinators . Bertha Livingston (Tues. AM)/ Clyde Mathews(Mon. PM) Marianne Davis ( Intern Hrs. ) MGHC Hotline . Bill Apps (Mon.) Diane Slover(Wed.) Newsletter Editor. Ann Dale Nominating Committee . Freeman Powell Rain Barrel Committee . Connie Giles Scholarship - High School/College students. Sue Henley Speakers Bureau. Carol Mathews Website/Yahoo. Holly Colf