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August 2019
Volume XXVII Issue VIII
www.baldwinmastergardeners.com
President’s Notes by Julian Walthall
July 11was a Red Letter Day for BCMG! Margaret Griffin, our Awards Day
Chairperson, and her preparations crew of Gayle Floyd, Judi Smith, and Linda
Bender, had done an outstanding job of preparing the Fairhope Civic Center for our
event. Pam Tucker, our Intern Class guru, was beaming with 24 interns receiving
their MG badges and many also receiving 100 hour service stars. How wonderful,
too, to see so many of their spouses or other family members present to celebrate with
them!
Sam Andrews and our Scholarship Committee had done an extraordinary job of
selecting five recipients of our college scholarships in the fields related to
horticulture. Our hard work at the Spring Plant Sale and other venues enabled us to
give out $10,000.00 in total scholarships.
Karen Rhea White gave a good introduction to our Speakers Bureau and the great job
she’s done the past three years nurturing along this valuable way we serve the
Baldwin County public through talks and plant demonstrations. Terri Wallace
reminded us of our Helpline responsibilities and the need for more volunteers. And
last, but not least, we were all moved by Tanys Waldron’s joy at becoming a U.S.
Citizen this month. This dear native of Canada has put heart and soul into BCMG
for so many years and has set a high standard for participation as a Master
Gardener.
We meet again, August 8, at 9:30 at 104. Michelle Johns, MG in the class of 2016,
will be our speaker and emphasize “Success with Succulents”. Since becoming a
MG, Michelle has opened Corner Copia Garden Shoppe, an attractive and
delightful nursery to visit on Hwy. 104 between Fairhope and Silverhill. Michelle
is one of our most frequently requested Speaker Bureau presenters by area garden
and other clubs. I hope you will be present for her fine presentation. See you then.
Hoping we all grow greener thumbs, Julian
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Yes...Time Again for WDLR Nominations.2-3 Program Notes………………………………………... 3 Garden Myths Exposé: Epsom Salts…..….4-5 August Birthdays…………...………………………….6 Visit to Cornerstone Gardens..…………….. 6 BCMG Interns & Award Recipients…….…. 7-8 MG’s Enjoying the Luncheon………….……… 9 $10,000 Awarded in Scholarships………… 10 Meeting Minutes………………………………… 11-12 New U.S. Citizen -Tanys Waldron………. 12 2018 Financial Audit…………………………….. 12 Mark Your Calendar…………………….……… 13
2019 BCMG Elected Board
President:
Julian Walthall
Vice-President:
Gerry Lester
Treasurer:
Jim Whitson
Recording Secretary:
Mary Calvin
Corresponding Secretary:
John Klatt
Members at Large:
Donna Greene
Jan Pryor
Past President:
Paula Pritchett
2019 Appointed Board
Members:
Monthly Program Chair:
Sallie Grass
Intern Class Coordinator:
Pam Tucker
Projects Chairperson:
Gary Wallace
Outreach Coordinator:
Tanys Waldron
Finance Committee Chair:
Joni Euler
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The Wayne de la Rua Award is presented annually to a member of the Baldwin County Master Gardeners in
order to recognize outstanding service to the organization. It honors dedicated Master Gardener Wayne de la
Rua who graduated with the first Baldwin County Master Gardener class in 1990.
If you have a candidate that you would like to submit for consideration, the WDLR Committee must receive
your nomination no later than the September 12, 2019 Monthly Meeting. The Committee will only accept
written nominations of no more than one-two pages listing significant accomplishments including dates and
others with whom they worked. You may include a short essay or another presentation method.
Your written nomination’s purpose is to build a strong case to the Committee and the BCMG membership as to
why your Baldwin Master Gardener’s nomination deserves the award over other candidates. State their MG
résumé and why you feel your nominee is deserving of the award. You should include primary examples of your
nominee’s activities and character in support of your points. Please call or email if you require a brief time
extension to prepare your nomination. Your written nomination will appear in the October Grass Roots with the
Committee reserving the right to edit your submission.
Active Baldwin Master Gardeners on the Membership role may vote for one potential prizewinner through either
an email, snail mail or a handwritten note. Please include the date and your name on your submitted vote. All
members may deliver their vote from November 1, 2019 through the November 14, 2019 monthly meeting to one
of the addresses below.
The WDLR Award Committee consists of several past winners. This year the committee members are Sam
Andrews, Chairman, Myra Lassere, Gene Sellier, Pam Tucker, Loree Hadley, Pat Greer, Selena Vaughn and
Marilyn Mannhard.
Please submit your nominations to Sam Andrews, P. O. Box 2094, Fairhope, AL 36533-2094, or email it to
[email protected]. (Note: That’s “FIEND” and not “friend”.) Again, the nominations deadline is
September 12, 2019. Remember, time is short!
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Wayne De La Rua Award – Questions and Answers
1) What is the Wayne de la Rua (WDLR) Award?
2) Who was Wayne de la Rua?
3) How is the winner determined?
4) Who are past WDLR winners?
1) The Wayne de la Rua Award is a lifetime achievement award that a Master Gardener earns through a
lengthy demonstration of passion and hard work toward our BCMG, Inc. organization and its mission.
Rarely, a member might make a singular, perhaps one time, contribution of outstanding merit.
Nevertheless, it is the quality, not the quantity of service hours that a Master Gardener contributes that
earns a WDLR Award. Each December, we conduct an Award Ceremony announcing that year’s winner
at our year-end banquet. A Baldwin Master Gardener honored with a WDLR may only win this lifetime
achievement award once.
2) Wayne was a member of the first 1990 class of Master Gardeners in our area, held jointly between what
we now know as the Mobile County Master Gardeners and The Baldwin County Master Gardeners, Inc.
As befits someone instrumental in the founding of the Baldwin Master Gardener group, Wayne’s fellow
Master Gardeners elected him the first winner of the lifetime award named for him following his death in
the 1990’s.
3) Each active Baldwin Master Gardener votes once for the nominee that they believe to be most deserving.
Chairman, Sam Andrews, receives votes with the voter’s name on paper or by email. Votes are kept
Confidential. The WDLR Committee accepts only written nominations for the Wayne de la Rua. You
may present your submission directly to Sam Andrews as Chair, or to another Committee member. You
Yes...Time Again for WDLR Nominations by Sam Andrews
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may also snail mail or email your recommendation. If you are running close to the deadline, please contact
Sam to let him know to expect your nomination. The Committee consists of past winners of the Award
who are active members of our organization.
4) Your organization, the Baldwin County Master Gardeners, Inc., maintains a plaque containing a list of all
the past WDLR winners in the Help-Line Office. Past winners are as follows:
1997 — Wayne de la Rua
1998 — Maureen “Moe” Nation
1999 — Jill McArthur
2000 — Herb Nall
2001 — Jane Wright
2002 — Mary Gibson
2003 — Gail Terrell & Joanne Caglione (tie)
2004 — Carol Griffin
2005 — Harry Anderson
2006 — Sherry Eubanks
2007 — Tanys Waldron
2008 — Sam Andrews
2009 — Joyce Mudrak
2010 — Pat Libby
2011 — Selena Vaughn
2012 — Marilyn Mannhard
2013 — Jim & Nancy Gaines
2014 — Ottie Dailey
2015 — Gene Sellier
2016 — Pat Greer & Myra Lassere (tie)
2017 — Loree Hadley
2018 — Pam Tucker
2019 — ???
Yes...Time Again for WDLR Nominations by Sam Andrews (cont.)
Program Notes by Sallie Grass
Michelle Johns will be our speaker for our August 8th monthly meeting. Most of you know Michelle through
Master Gardeners or as owner of Corner Copia Garden Shoppe on Hwy. 104. Michelle’s knowledge of plants is
remarkable, and she loves “her” succulents! Appropriately her topic for our meeting is “Success with
Succulents”. I hope you all will enjoy, and I’ll see you there!
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Published by Anna Timmerman in GNO Gardening Magazine, LSU AgCenter, July 2019
Welcome to the first garden myths exposé in GNO Gardening. The LSU AgCenter gets a lot of questions about
homemade remedies for pests and diseases in the garden. This is becoming more common as increasing numbers
of home gardeners are making the transition to organic methods or trying to reduce pesticide usage in their plots.
Epsom salt seems to be recommended by home gardeners as a remedy for every sort of plant ailment, but let’s dig
in and see if Epsom salt lives up to the hype.
Epsom salts are commonly available and cheap, and being marketed as a safe, natural product for plants. Epsom
salts are a source of magnesium, with a chemical composition of MgSO4. Epsom salts have been studied as a
solution to magnesium deficiency in many high value horticultural crops, including apples, sweet potatoes, citrus,
carrots, beets, tomatoes, watermelon, tree nuts, and wine grapes. A quick online search finds a lot of home
gardening sites claiming that applying Epsom salts will fix just about every issue in the home garden. Blossom
end rot? Epsom salts! (More on this later). Yellow leaves? Epsom salts! Plant not flowering? Epsom salts! The
list goes on, and includes Epsom salts as a remedy for just about every fungal or bacterial disease in plants to
even being able to protect plants from leaf footed
bugs. Sounds pretty great, right?
Unfortunately many of the above miracle cure
properties of Epsom salts are a myth. Soils deficient
in magnesium can absolutely benefit from an
application of Epsom salts, but without doing a soil
test, there is not a good way to know if an application
of magnesium is actually needed. The majority of soil
test results sent to the GNO AgCenter offices are
already indicative of “Very High” levels of magnesium
that occur naturally in the soil.
Excessive levels of potassium in the soil can cause
plants to show symptoms of magnesium deficiency in
the soil, because it inhibits the ability of the roots to
take in the needed magnesium. Plants exhibiting
signs of magnesium deficiency will begin to yellow
between leaf veins, also known as interveinal
chlorosis. Many other factors, including spider mite
damage, iron, zinc, or nitrogen deficiency, and pH
issues can create similar yellowing patterns and be
confused for magnesium deficiency. A soil test will
help to narrow down the causes of this interveinal yellowing.
Epsom salts are often marketed as being safe and
impossible to over apply, however researchers have found
that applying Epsom salts as a foliar spray can scorch
leaves. Furthermore, it is highly soluble, meaning that it
will leach out of the soil and end up in waterways, elevating
the magnesium in those areas.
As pest control, no scientific evidence exists indicating that
Epsom salts will deter slugs, beetles, moles, caterpillars, or
other pests of any kind. Extensive testing was done in the
1930’s claiming that Epsom salts would repel crop-destroying
grasshoppers, which was later refuted. All subsequent
research has also proven that Epsom salts have no pest
control properties.
(Continued on page 5)
Magnified view of Epsom salt crystals. Photo by Chris Dunaway
Interveinal chlorosis due to Magnesium deficiency. Photo by Bruce Watt, University of Maine.
Garden Myths Exposé: Epsom Salts
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As a way to make plants grow bushier, greener, or flower more profusely, the scientific evidence strongly indicates
that applying additional magnesium does not spur growth. Plants grown in soil with adequate amounts of
magnesium do not need this “extra boost”. Magnesium is a part of the chlorophyll molecule, and a deficiency in
magnesium will create a reduction in chlorophyll production. However, most plants that are yellowing are doing
so for other reasons, which need to be investigated. A soil test is a great place to start!
Blossom end rot can impact tomatoes,
peppers, melons, eggplant, and many
other vegetables. Epsom salt
application can actually aggravate this
condition, which is caused by a lack of
available calcium. Epsom salts contain
no calcium, so bone meal is a better
solution to this issue. Applying Epsom
salts can actually make things worse
since magnesium and calcium utilize
the same channels for uptake into the
plant tissue. The more magnesium in
the soil, the less calcium will be able to
be taken up.
As a remedy for bacterial and fungal
pathogens, Epsom salts also fall short.
Home gardening sites tout this as a
cure for powdery and downy mildews,
black spot on roses, rust on
blackberries, etc. There is no scientific
evidence indicating that Epsom salts
can control or manage fungal or
bacterial pathogens in plants.
Epsom salts can be a great, inexpensive product to apply to your plants if a recent soil test indicates that the levels
of magnesium in that area are low or inadequate for the type of plants being grown. The LSU AgCenter’s soil test
includes magnesium, so consider testing before blindly applying this product.
Unfortunately the scientific, research-based evidence indicates that Epsom salts are not a miracle cure or perfect
fertilizer as many claim.
Be on the lookout for additional content addressing common garden myths.
Soil pH can have an effect on the availability of nutrients to a plant. Follow this link to see a video of Dr. Joe demonstrating how to take a soil test: https://www.facebook.com/1030624690304124/videos/1452161988150390/
Garden Myths Exposé: Epsom Salts (continued)
Soil pH can have an effect on the availability of nutrients to a plant. Follow this link to see a video of Dr. Joe demonstrating how to take a soil test: https://www.facebook.com/1030624690304124/videos/1452161988150390/
Note: The Auburn Soil Testing Lab can be reached at the Soil Testing Lab
(http://www.ag.auburn.edu/agronomy/soiltest.htm) or phone (334) 844-3958. Sample soil containers may be
picked up at the Baldwin Help Line Office.
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August Birthdays by Verna Thwaits and Caterina Kenworthy
8-4 Mary Calvin
8-9 Darlene Anderson
8-11 Harry Hopkins
8-12 Donna Weaver
8-14 Rosemary Harris
8-18 Kathie Whitson
8-21 Sandra Walton
8-22 Barbara DeLashmet
8-22 John Klatt
8-23 Phyllis Holman
8-23 Lynn Cox
8-26 Jack Ardrey
8-26 Charmaine Peterman
8-28 Joni Euler
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.—Emily Dickinson Congratulations to the class of 2019 Master Gardeners!
The Intern Class of 2018 visited Cornerstone Gardens and Arboretum on Government Street in Mobile on June 20. Pictured Left to Right: Lydia Chan, Sandy Stepan, Carrie Lemcool, Beverly Villafana, and Donna Greene Photo by Mary Calvin
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BCMG Interns - Class of 2019
BCMG Award Recipients
Welcome to our new Master Gardeners!
Bronze Star—100 Hours: Jack Baber, Zetty Bauer, Linda Bizzell, Katherine Brabston, Lydia Chan, Linda Crowell, Barbara DeLashmet, Becky Estes, Charlotte Hamm. Kay Heinrich, Patsy Hudgins, Eileen Huisman. Deborah Marriott, Wanda Martin, Kimberly Musson, Hilda O’Clair, Fran Posey, Elsie Reed, Teena Reed, Frank Rubino, Barbara Schwartz, Sharon Smith, Marta Stauts
Interns receiving their Plastic Badge:
Zetty Bauer, Linda Bizzell, Janet Boullemet-Ukangsin, Linda Crowell, Barbara DeLashmet, Becky Estes, Paula Everett, Charlotte Hamm, Kay Heinrich, Eileen Huisman, Deborah Marriott, Wanda Martin, Kim Musson, Hilda O’Clair, Fran Posey, Elsie Reed, Teena Reed, Frank Rubino, Barbara Schwartz, Marilyn Sides, Kay Smith, Sharon Smith, Marta Stauts, Celia Young
By Transfer: Patsy Hudgins
Silver Star—300 hours: L-R: "C" Fogarty, Beverly White, Pam Ewell, Ann Hutchison, Melissa MCarty, John McCarty, Brenda Montgomery Not pictured are: Henry Postma, JoAnn Jordan
Gold Star—500: Hours Mary Calvin. Not pictured: Luanne Matson, Kay Smith, and Freya Sonenstein
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BCMG Award Recipients (continued)
Gold Badge—1,000 Hours: Jim Whitson, Gary Wallace, Tampa Sykora and Gerry Lester. Not pictured: Arren Graf and Moe Nation
Amber Star—2,000 Hours: Selena Vaughn, Jeff Doherty and Pam Tucker. Not pictured: Moe Nation
Sapphire Star—3,000 Hours: Paula Pritchett
Emerald Pin—5,000 Hours: Kazuko Russell
Teal Pin—10,000 Hours: Sam Andrews
Orange Pin—12,000 Hours: Myra Lassere (above) and Tanys Waldron (at right)
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Many Thanks to our Kitchen Crew!
Margaret Griffin and Judi Smith. Not pictured is Gayle Floyd
Master Gardeners Enjoying the Luncheon
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Congratulations to our Scholarship Winners! Pictured are L-R: Sam Andrews, Scholarship Committee Chairman, Madeline Rittich-Watts (Gulf Shores), Dylan Taylor (Fairhope), Alysa Gauci (former Scholarship Winner), and Julian Walthall, BCMG President.
$10,000 Awarded in 2019-20 Scholarships by Sam Andrews
Your Scholarship Committee awarded five scholarships, four new and one renewal for the
2019-2020 school year. The total commitment represents $10,000 for the Baldwin County
Master Gardeners, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, in the 17th year of its Scholarship
program.
The Baldwin County students receiving awards this year are as follows:
Austin B. White— Bayside Academy graduate, who will begin pursuit of his five-year
Environmental Design/Pre-landscape Architecture degree as a Freshman at the Auburn
School of Engineering.
John W. Kelley — Robertsdale High School graduate, who will attend Auburn School of
Engineering as a Freshman majoring in Chemical Engineering, interning summers with a
fertilizer company.
Garrett T. Springs — Daphne High School graduate, who will begin as a Freshman at
Southern Union Community College (Opelika, AL) majoring in General Studies, preparing
for an Auburn degree in Farm Management.
Madeline Rittich-Watts — Gulf Shores High School graduate, who will start as a
Freshman at Coastal Alabama Community College majoring in General Studies for an
eventual degree at Auburn in Aquaculture.
Dylan Taylor — Fairhope High School alumni who will finish his Forestry major and
Entomology minor at Auburn this year as a Senior.
With Dylan receiving his fourth BCMG Scholarship, and the other four students receiving
their first, the Baldwin County Master Gardeners have made a total contribution to date of
$18,500.00 to these young students’ educational careers. You and your Scholarship efforts
are making a difference!
Austin White
Garrett Springs
John Kelley
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Meeting Minutes by Mary Calvin
The Baldwin County Master Gardeners monthly meeting and awards luncheon was held at the Fairhope Civic
Center on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Julian Walthall called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. welcoming 103
members and guests. The minutes from the June meeting as published in Grass Roots were approved by common
consent. Jim Whitson gave a brief treasurer’s report, saying we have money.
Paula Pritchett passed out flyers for the Summer Fun Day for Kids which will be Friday, July 26 from 9:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. The cost is $5.00 per family.
Karen Rhea White is stepping down as the
Coordinator of the Speakers Bureau. We need
someone with organizational skills, not
necessarily a speaker, to take over. Karen says
it is a small time commitment which has taken
only about 20 hours so far this year. Please see
Karen or Tanys to volunteer. Julian gave a
Busy Bee award to Karen for her three years as
coordinator.
Terri Wallace asked for more people to help at the Helpline. We desperately need more help on Mondays and on
Wednesdays. The shifts are 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Elmer Vick had been covering one
shift every week but cannot work it anymore. Fran Ables does at least one day a week. Please consider
volunteering or getting a friend to volunteer.
Beverly Villafana has 10 items left to sell today, $5.00 for beige T-shirts, and $15.00 for hats.
Tanys Waldron and Gerry Lester spoke about the Fall Workshop to be held on October 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 12
noon. Tickets are $10.00 and will be offered for sale at the August meeting. This event is for community
members as well as Master Gardeners.
Congratulations to Tanys on becoming an American citizen! Julian presented her with a cake, and the group
sang God Bless America. Pam Tucker offered a blessing and the meal followed.
Sam Andrews welcomed our scholarship winners and their families, introducing Dylan Taylor of Fairhope, a
Senior at Auburn who is majoring in Forestry/Land Management with a minor in Entomology, and Madeline
Rittich-Watts of Gulf Shores, a Freshman at Coastal Community College majoring in Aquaculture. Garrett
Springs of Daphne, a Freshman at Southern Union Community College with a Farm Management major was
unable to attend today, but we greeted his parents. Other recipients were John Kelley of Robertsdale, a Freshman
at Auburn, Chemical Engineering major & minor in Agricultural Studies, and Austin White of Fairhope, a
Freshman at Auburn majoring in Environmental Design/Pre-landscape Architecture, a five-year program.
Auburn graduate and past scholarship winner Alysa Gauci also joined us and spoke about her future plans in
Bioengineering.
Mike McQueen and Pam Tucker joined Sam in presenting the 2019 interns with their certificates and new
badges. Our 24 newest master gardeners are Zetty Bauer, Linda Bizzell, Janet Boullemet-Ukangsin, Linda
Crowell, Barbara DeLashmet, Becky Estes, Paula Everett, Charlotte Hamm, Kay Heinrich, Eileen Huisman,
Deborah Marriott, Wanda Martin, Kim Musson, Hilda O’Clair, Fran Posey, Elsie Reed, Teena Reed, Frank
Rubino, Barbara Schwartz, Marilyn Sides, Kay Smith, Sharon Smith, Marta Stauts, and Celia Young. Patsy
Hudgins was accepted as a transfer member.
Bronze Stars for 100 volunteer hours went to Jack Baber, Zetty Bauer, Linda Bizzell, Katherine Brabston, Lydia
Chan, Linda Crowell, Barbara DeLashmet, Becky Estes, Charlotte Hamm, Kay Heinrich, Patsy Hudgins, Eileen
Huisman, Deborah Marriott, Wanda Martin, Kim Musson, Hilda O’Clair, Fran Posey, Elsie Reed, Teena Reed,
Frank Rubino, Barbara Schwartz, Sharon Smith and Marta Stauts. Silver Stars for 300 hours were presented to
Pamela Ewell, “C” Fogarty, Ann Hutchison, JoAnn Jordan, John McCarty, Melissa McCarty, Brenda
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Meeting Minutes by Mary Calvin (continued)
Montgomery, Henry Postma, and Beverly White.
Gold Stars for 500 hours went to Mary Calvin, Luanne Matson, Kay Smith, and Freya Sonenstein. Gold Badges
for 1,000 hours were awarded to Arren Graf, Gerry Lester, Moe Nation, Tampa Sykora, Gary Wallace, and Jim
Whitson.
Amber Stars for 2,000 hours were earned by Jeff Doherty, Moe Nation, Pam Tucker, and Selena Vaughn. Paula
Pritchett received a Sapphire Star for 3,000 hours, Kazuko Russell an Emerald Pin for 5,000 hours, Sam Andrews
a Teal Pin for 10,000 hours, and Myra Lassere and Tanys Waldron received Orange Pins for 12,000 hours.
Julian thanked Margaret Griffin and the set-up team, and Judi Smith and the kitchen team. He asked for
additional help for clean up after the meeting, requesting that the plastic drink cups be set aside for recycling.
The meeting adjourned at 12:40 p.m.
BCMG 2018 Financial Audit by Joni Euler, Finance Chair
An audit was conducted of the 2018 Baldwin County Master Gardeners’ checkbook and financial files on 5
February 2019. Individuals conducting the audit were Karen Rhea White (Jan-Apr 18
Records), Denise Denniston (May-Aug 18 Records), and Beverly White (Sep-Dec 18 Records).
Main audit findings were “no documentation” or “members not listed”. Monthly financial files
included a checking account reconciliation statement, general ledger, and general journal
entries, and a balance sheet. BCMG Board approved audit findings at 6 June 2019 board
meeting.
Tanys Waldron was recognized for becoming a U.S. Citizen. Congratulations, Tanys!
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Baldwin
Baldwin County Master Gardeners % Baldwin County Extension Office
302-A Byrne Street
Bay Minette, AL 36506
August 1, 2019 BCMG Board Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104
August 8, 2019 BCMG Membership Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104, Michelle Johns, Success with
Succulents
September 5, 2019 BCMG Board Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104
September 12, 2019 BCMG Monthly Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104, Seth Allen, Camellias, Camellias,
Camellias!
September 12, 2019 Wayne de la Rua Nominations Due!
October 3, 2019 BCMG Board Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104
October 3, 2019 AMGA Fall Seminar, Blount County Fall Conference, Gifts from the Garden
October 10, 2019 BCMG Monthly Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104, Dr. Jeremy Pickens, Gardening
Hydroponically
October 12, 2019 BCMG Fall Workshop, Research Station, Hwy. 104, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
November 7, 2019 BCMG Board Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104
November 14, 2019 BCMG Monthly Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104, Rick Zapata, Protecting Your Identity
During Christmas
November 14, 2019 Election of Officers and Voting for Wayne de la Rua Award
December 4, 2019 BCMG Awards Luncheon, Fairhope Civic Center, 10:30 a.m. Social, Awards & Lunch at
11:00 a.m.
January 2, 2020 BCMG Board Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104
January 9, 2020 BCMG Monthly Meeting, Research Station, Hwy. 104
March 26-29, 2020 Festival of Flowers, Providence Hospital, Mobile
Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2020 AMGA State Conference, Mobile
Mark Your Calendar
Next meeting: August 8, 2019
Location: Research Station, Hwy. 104
Speaker: Michelle Johns
Topic: “Success with Succulents”
Social begins at 9:30 a.m.
Meeting 10:00 a.m.
If your contact information changes, please
contact: [email protected]
Grass Roots is compiled and edited by Lynn Andrews, assisted by Sam Andrews. Pictures courtesy of Loree
Hadley and Mary Calvin. The newsletter is available before the monthly general meeting on our website:
www.baldwinmastergardeners.com Submission of articles, items of interest, photos of BCMG events, garden tips, garden jokes, etc. are greatly
encouraged and appreciated. Send to [email protected].
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