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November 15, 2016
Volume 17, Issue 11 Greene Garden News Greene County Master Gardeners Newsletter
Special Interest:
• Plant It Forward
Player: Martha Chiles & Tacie Huffman
• November
Birthdays: Nov. 5: Dave Freeze Nov. 15: Ann Bowers
• Refreshments:
Holiday Potluck • Speaker: Individual
Highlights:
Pres. Notes/TR 2
Minutes/Craft 3
Projects/Com. 4
Violet Show 5
Mbr. Pics 6
Greene County Cooperative Extension Service 201 W. Court Street Room 205 Federal Building Paragould, AR 72450 Phone (870) 236-6921 Fax (870) 239-6328
2016 Officers:
President:
Connie Whitman
Vice President:
Holly Fletcher
Secretary:
Joy Gatlin
Treasurer:
Ken Fletcher
For the first time in our Master
Gardener history, we hosted an
Advanced Training Class in
Greene County, Oct.21st, 2016.
The topic we chose on Monarch
Butterflies couldn’t have been
more enticing. We had eighty
two registered attendees from
across the state; and with five
speakers, two guests, and eight
helpers; we filled the room with
ninety seven!
Our speakers included Lori
Spencer, Arkansas’s Butterfly
Lady, a Master Gardener, book
author, and Mt. Magazine Park
Interpreter who presented
Masters, Monarchs, and Our
Metamorphosis
Greene County Hosts Monarchs Advanced Training
Class
Jack Singleton, North Little
Rock, a retired minister, 22
year Lifetime Master Gardener
Member, and member of
Monarch Watch introduced
Visiting Monarchs in Mexico
& When a Monarch Touches You;
Janet Carson, U of A-LR
Horticulture Specialist and
Master Gardener State
Coordinator shared, Design
Your Own Monarch Habitat
using the Right Host & Nectar
Plants.
Ruth Andre, Butterfly
Enthusiast and grower of
milkweed, Tilly, AR. presented
Monarchs: Their Role in the
Ecosystem. Our final speaker
was Dr. Don Steinkraus, U of
A-Fayetteville, Full Professor
of Insect Anatomy; Apiculture;
Biological Control; Scientific
Photography; and General
Entomology, who gave an
enlightening and educational
power point on Ecology of
Monarchs and Milkweeds
(Continued on Page 2)
(L-R Back) Libby Christie, Ann Bowers, Nancy Rogers, Carolyn Palmer, Cora Flanery, Sue Gilmartin, Patti Roberts,
Linda Glickert; (L-R Front) Holly Fletcher, Marilyn White,
& Connie Whitman
Greene Garden News Page 2 of 6
(L-R) Nancy Rogers & Libby Christie at the Freeze Cookout Oct.29th
As the year end is quickly
approaching, I want to take a
moment to thank you to Joy
Gatlin for her service as
Secretary these last 3 years,
and Ken Fletcher for serving as
2016 Treasurer. Your
dedication has been amazing,
and with the many challenges
you’ve faced throughout this
year you’ve continued to serve
in spite of them. That is the
sign of a true leader.
Thank you all for allowing me
Presidents Notes to serve as President for
another year. I will continue to
work to grow and promote our
organization for the wonderful
program it is. Thank you,
Bonnie Hamilton for stepping
up as Vice President, Holly
Fletcher as Treasurer, and
Libby Christie as Secretary.
2017 will be here before you
know it. Let’s continue to look
for ways to share, educate, and
enhance Greene County Master
Gardeners! See you at the
Holiday Dinner!
Connie
The highlight of the class was
the tag and release of 15 live
monarch butterflies Ruth
Andre brought with her. Jack
Singleton used them during
his presentation to
demonstrate how to tag a
butterfly and attendees were
thrilled to be able to
participate in this.
At lunch, as the weather
warmed up, everyone went
outside to release the
butterflies. That was the “aha
ha” moment for sure, and
everything we had been
preparing for this last year
had finally come full circle.
Master Gardener
Appreciation Day
October 10, 2016
Linda Glickert had not been to
Crystal Bridges and thought
that going a day early would
be a chance to see Crystal
Bridges and spend the next day
at Botanical Garden of the
Ozarks. So a trip was formed
with 4 Greene County Master
Gardeners. The four amigos
were Linda, Pauletta, Cora,
and Patti. We left Paragould at
6:30 a.m. October 9. Linda
was our driver, Pauletta was
the navigator, and Cora and I
were the entertainment. A few
deer sightings and a little fall
color as the sun began to shine
made for a beautiful drive.
We arrived at Crystal Bridges
and Pauletta and Linda wanted
to tour the museum first then
do the gardens, so Cora and I
headed to the gardens. Fall is
not the best time to walk the
gardens as lovely as Crystal
Bridges but it still has a lot to
offer with art work along the
way and a few late blooming
flowers and to walk along the
stream that flows thru the
garden is restful. There were
several families walking and
biking in the gardens. When
we finished in the gardens we
were going into the museum
and Linda and Pauletta were
coming out into the garden.
They enjoyed the current
exhibits and were looking
forward to walking the
gardens.
Cora and I spent time in the
museum's gift shop and in the
beautiful dining facility that
spans the lake. By late evening
we were ready to check into
the hotel and have dinner. The
hotel was nice and the
restaurant next door was
convenient and the food was
good.
(Continued on Page 5)
Events Calendar
Nov. 29: Holiday Dinner Potluck,
GC Library Legacy Room, 6 pm
Jan. 10: BBL. GC Library Legacy
Room 12-1
Jan. 21-Feb. 18: MG Training:
Craighead County Extension Office.
8:30-4:30
Jan. 24: MG Meeting. GC Library
Legacy Room, 6pm
Feb. 1: MG State Meeting
Registration Begins
(L-R) Wanda Howerton & Linda
Glickert, Nov. 5th Craft Fair
Treasurers Report
FNB Beginning Balance 10/01/16--10/31/16 1101.32 Credits 10/17 Tree Sale 147.50 Debits 10/03 Tree Sale & Craft Show Change 100.00 10/21 Ozark Society Foundation 35.00 10/21 Ozark Society Foundation 35.00 10/25 Whitman Reim. (Office Supplies) 47.00 10/25 Whitman Reim. (BG Signs) 65.40 Balance 10/31/16 966.42 Deposits not shown ---------------------------------------------- 11/7 Change 100.00 11/7 Craft Show 464.50 Outstanding Checks 11/6 DFA 42.00 11/6 Glickert Reim. (Craft Supplies) 50.29
Respectfully submitted 11/15/16 Kenneth E. Fletcher, Treasurer
(Continued ATC, Page 1)
Helpers for ATC were Libby
Christie, Nancy Rogers, Linda
Glickert, Sue Gilmartin, Jean
Crossno, Kathy Graber, Brenda
Barr, and Donna Jones.
They stayed busy throughout
the day registering members;
keeping the refreshments going,
serving lunch; distributing door
prizes to lucky winners,
emceeing; handing out plants
and certificates at the end of the
day; and cleaning up
afterwards. Our helpers were an
important component to
making the day the success that
it was! Thanks, helpers!
Greene Garden News Page 3 of 6
Greene County Master
Gardener Minutes
Monthly meeting
October 25, 2016 at Greene
County Library Legacy
Room
Wanda Howerton and Patti
Roberts provided
refreshments, and Donna
Jones provided a MG 28th
anniversary cake.
Connie Whitman, president
called the meeting to order
and noted that this is the last
official meeting of the year.
With no additions or
corrections to the September
minutes and treasurer report
printed in the newsletter, they
will stand “as-read” and
approved by the membership.
A follow up on the Advanced
Training Class was provided
by members that attended.
Compliments were made on
the food, facility, project
boards and the layout for the
breaks and lunch. The
enthusiasm that the speakers
projected was also noted by
another attendee. Patti
Roberts reported a recap on
the ATC offerings and the
benefits of using the thumb
drives that Dusty Kennemore
provided for use on taking
training on the Monarch and
other pollinators back to their
county. Color handouts were
provided, as well as a color
cover for the book.
The butterfly tag and release
was very popular and exciting. Jack Singleton issued a
“Masters for Monarchs”
challenge to the counties.
Helpers to the ATC were
acknowledged and thanked.
An Arkansas Master
Gardener’s Week
Proclamation was signed by
Mayor Mike Gaskill and
Minutes of October 25, 2016
Judge Rusty McMillon. A
celebration was included at
Centennial Park during the
Tree Sale. Cup cakes were
given away and a group
picture was made. $147.50
was made from the sale. This
amount was considered a good
amount since there was little
business downtown that day.
Cora Flanery encouraged that
going forward, members be
responsible for the plants they
donate. If they leave before
the sale is over, and their
plants don’t sell, they need to
return to pick them up
afterwards or make
arrangements to disperse of
them. Holly Fletcher will
over-winter the gingko trees
that did not sell. Crepe
myrtles should over-winter
well per Cora. Carolyn Palmer
stated she also has wandering
Jew left from the Spring Plant
Sale that needs to find a
winter home too.
Linda Glickert booked the
Harvest Fall Craft booth. She
is requesting help in
assembling more wreaths for
the craft fair. Pauletta Tobey
helped with assembling 6 – 8
wreaths and 4 containers last
week. Linda is requesting
additional yellow flowers,
preferable goldenrod. She
still has lots of dry materials
and containers. Cora Flannery
and Pauletta Tobey are
working on pine cone wreaths.
Sue Gilmartin has bird houses
that she will bring to the craft
fair. Marilyn White will try to
bring gourds (if she can find
them). Pauletta Tobey has
made some bonsai trees out of
some of the left over gingko
trees.
Holly Fletcher reminded
everyone that all items
purchased must be paid for at
the end of the day. There can
be no IOU’s. The community
center will pass out tax
packets during the fair and all
sales tax will have to be paid
by the end of the day. A
member asked about Richard
Yeazel and if he might donate
any items. Carolyn Palmer
updated the membership that
Richard was busy helping kids
get animals ready for showing
at State. He may not have time
to work on any items for the
craft show.
Linda Glickert updated the
membership on the November
BBL speaker, Jason
Wolfenberger. He is the
manager of the Greene County
landfill and will be discussing
the process of dealing with
yard waste. Linda emailed
Sherrie Smith about a Pest
Control BBL and has a locked
in date of April 11th. Sherrie
works at the Disease
Diagnostic Lab. Linda has
also talked about a BBL on
water conservation by Katie
Teague, Washington County
Extension Specialist. There is
an additional opportunity for a
workshop creating and using
rain barrels. Libby Christie is
gathering barrels to use for the
workshop planned for the
spring.
Patti Roberts announced a
workday for the Greene
County Courthouse on
Thursday, November 3rd at
10:00 am. Be sure to post
hours for education and
service by next month.
Patti also announced that the
link to post hours on the web
page has moved to the center
of the page from the side bar.
Office nominations by the
Nominating Committee were
presented and accepted by the
membership. The officers for
2017 are: President: Connie
Whitman, Vice President:
(Continued on Page 5
Harvest Fall Craft Fair November 5th
The craft fair is over! We
cleared $372 after taxes and
expenses! Thanks to ALL who
helped and donated items! There
were some more after sales so
more $ will come in. The dried
arrangements didn't sell well, but
were admired (and studied). That
will need to be reevaluated, at
least not as many. I'd like to try it
again next year. I'm willing to
chair it again for next year. ($400
is not to sneeze at.)
Linda
(L-R) Sue Gilmartin, Nancy
Rogers, Linda Glickert, &
Bonnie Hamilton
Greene Garden News Page 4 of 6
Historical Courthouse Herb Garden: Donna Jones & Holly Fletcher Chairs: Garden looks and smells good--rosemary, sage, and thyme. Thanks to whoever pulled the last of the petunias & lantana. South Sign: Brenda Barr & Pauletta Tobey Chairs: The roses and mums have been blooming great. The beds are ready for winter except for watering if the drought continues.
GC Fairgrounds: Connie Whitman & Joy Gatlin Chairs: Weeded the east and west side entrance beds.
Trellis Garden: Dr. Laird & Pauletta Tobey Chairs: Is looking really good! Have cleaned, put cardboard down and mulched about 3/4. The American Legion is sharing information as they progress and should know something by next meeting. Watering about every week.
Centennial Park: Bonnie Hamilton & Marilyn White Chairs: No report.
East Sign: Pauletta Tobey & Dr. James Laird Chairs: Sweet potato vines still look good. Planting pansies and mulching in near future. A workday will be called. Watering about every week.
Main Street Caboose: Tacie Huffman & Jean Crossno: No report.
GE VI: Executive Board Chairs:
Dusty Kennemore has been added
as a speaker and will share
information on Bats as pollinators.
GC Courthouse: Patti Roberts & Nancy Rogers Chairs: Met with Paul and spoke with Diane to set 2017 budget. Work day cleaned beds removed summer plantings. Planted urns with kale and pansies. Beds have mass planting of pansies at two corners. Knock Out and Ms. Drift roses trimmed. Beds and urns watered,
GC Museum: Wanda Howerton & Sally Mugford, Chairs: No report.
Plant Sale 2017: Joy Gatlin, Marilyn White & Cora Flanery Chairs: Date: Sat. May 6th.
Airport: Kathy Graber & Tabitha
McFadden Chairs: Looks good. GC Library: Ann Bowers & Brenda Barr Chairs: Hostas and Bermuda grass removed from the driveway bed & added a butterfly bush; relocated 4 azaleas to a corner of the crepe myrtles bed. *********************************
Thanks for donating door prizes for the Advanced
Training Class: Donna Jones, Butterfly Book; Cora Flanery,
Butterfly Necklace; and Tabitha McFadden, Monarch
Stepping Stone. ****************************
The Forgotten Side Trip
Made Oct 10 by the Four
Amigos
While on our way home, Cora
suggested a stop at a shop in Jasper
nestled in the Ozarks outside of
Harrison. She said it was
interesting and that we would
enjoy the shopping. One the main
selling items is homemade soap.
So off Linda set off down the
mountain road, and down and
down we went. We eventually
arrived in the town of Jasper:
population 498 (during off season
of Elk hunting.) In fact the town is
a step back in time. Small shops,
stone buildings, interesting little
Committee Comments Sunshine: Joy Gatlin, Lead, & Cora Flanery: We continue to send our birthday, get well and sympathy cards to our members and others who are in need. Advanced Training: All expenses have been paid and ATC 2016 is a wrap! Scrapbook: Carolyn Palmer, Lead: Work continues on the scrapbook. Hope to have it available at the Jan. meeting. If you have pictures or other materials we can use please bring them to the Nov. meeting. Plant Markers: Martha Chiles, Lead: Need Plant Lists. Membership: Connie Whitman, Lead. “Recruit, Retain, Recognize” Need MG applications for new members.” Publicity: Pauletta Tobey, Lead: No report. Hours Management: Patti Roberts, Lead: Dec. 31 is the last day to post hours for 2016. Please have them posted well in advance. This will be helpful for LR year-end reports. The holidays are fast approaching and posting your hours now will free up your time to enjoy them. See you all at the holiday pot luck dinner 6 p.m. 29 Nov. *************************** restaurants and small homes dot
the mountains.
Emma’s Museum of Junk is a
capsule of time within itself. The
Emporium (I like that better than
the Junk Shop), has something for
everyone. Even if someone does
not need something, it is
something that your grandmother
had in her house so someone is
bound to want that something! Pauletta found a bright red bird
cage, Cora purchased more
homemade soap, and Linda and I
both purchased soap as well. As
we were leaving I found an
(Continued, Page 5)
Brown Bag Lunch
November 8th
Jason Wolfenberger, Executive
Director of NEA solid waste
management district, spoke to
us about gardeners Yard Waste
- from Curbside to Landfill.
He welcomed questions and we
had plenty! He was extremely
knowledgeable and
entertaining. We even had two
visitors who saw the
announcement in the paper and
came to hear him.
Linda
Linda Glickert
(L-R) Patti Roberts, Sue Gilmartin, & Nancy
Rogers, GC Courthouse, November 3rd
Project Updates
Rainbow Garden: Joy Gatlin & Eric Alexander Chairs: The Rainbow Garden is just resting up for the winter time. The lantana has bloomed so beautifully all summer and is ready to be laid by for now. The other tiers are looking good with Eric’s good pruning and trimming.
GC Museum: Wanda Howerton & Sally Mugford Chairs: No report.
Greene Garden News Page 5 of 6
While the three years and over
were involved with the
Advanced Class on Friday,
Tacie Huffman and Pauletta
Tobey took an educational trip
to North Little Rock to see the
first ever African Violet Show
in Arkansas.
A trip worthwhile, we learned a
lot about African Violets and
other Gesneeriads and got to
see some of the top award
winning violets! What a show.
Also got to purchase babies
and supplies which were going
fast! Always, on a trip to Little
Rock, if we have time we stop
off at a nursery in Bald Knob.
It has beautiful plants and
hardscapes. We purchased an
African violet there. She
thought it was funny that we
had just come from a show and
bought a violet from her. It
goes to show, a plant can be
desired no matter where you
find it!
Pauletta Tobey
African Violet Society of America
(Continued Minutes, Page 2)
Bonnie Hamilton; Secretary:
Libby Christie; Treasurer:
Holly Fletcher. The bank
account listed as Master
Gardener of the Delta Program
– Greene County will have the
following listed as signatories
for 2017: Connie Whitman,
President will remain on the
account; Holly Fletcher will be
added to the account as
Treasurer with Ken Fletcher
removed, and Libby Christie
will replace Joy Gatlin as
Secretary.
Award Nomination
recommendations were
presented by the Executive
Board. The general membership
voted by secret ballot on the
categories of: “Master
Gardener of the Year”, “Project
of the Year”, “Rookie of the
Year”, “Friend of Master
Gardener – Individual”, “Friend
of Master Gardener –
Business”, “Newsletter of the
Year”, “County Agent of the
Year”. Winners will be
announced at the Holiday Pot
Luck Dinner in November.
A cookout is planned at
Dave and Tammy Freeze’s
house on Saturday, October 29th
starting at 4:00 pm. They will
be providing food, drinks,
chips, but if MGs wanted to
provide sweets, those are
welcome. Bring chairs to sit and
visit. The cookout is a “thank-
you” from Dave for what the
MGs have done this past year.
Garven Gardens will provide a
Workshop on Fall Plants in
Hot Springs on November 3rd.
November 29th will be our
Holiday Dinner Potluck instead
of the regular business meeting.
Marilyn White will provide a
turkey.
Holly Fletcher asked the
membership to approve the
purchase of host and nectar plant
signs for the Butterfly Garden
that Connie Whitman had made
by Sign-Mart. The total was
$65.40. Cora Flannery made the
motion to reimburse Connie for
the signs and Linda Glickert
seconded the motion. The motion
carried.
For the Plant it Forward
Plants, Martha Chiles won the
pot of pansies brought by Linda
Glickert and Tacie Huffman won
the pot of yellow mums brought
by Sue Gilmartin.
Members in attendance were:
Ann Bowers, Martha Chiles,
Libby Christie, Jean Crossno,
Holly & Ken Fletcher, Sue
Gilmartin, Linda Glickert, Cora
Flanery, Wanda Howerton, Tacie
Huffman, Dr. James Laird,
Carolyn Palmer, Patti Roberts,
Nancy Rogers, Pauletta Tobey,
Marilyn White, Connie Whitman,
and guests, agent Dave Freeze,
and Karen Warren.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by
Libby Christie, Secretary
Elect for Joy Gatlin, Secretary ***************************
(Continued Forgotten, Page 4)
unusual Corning baking dish with
black tulips. I purchased it for
$5.00 and have since found out
that it is rare and worth $29.95!
Wow! As they say on Antique
Roads Show. We all enjoyed the
experience. So if ever in the area
of Jasper, stop in and say Hi!
Emma will have a story for you
and surely you will find that
something you just have to have.
Patti Roberts
(Continued Page 2, MG Day)
October 10 Master Gardener
Day at Botanical Garden of the
Ozarks was well organized
with venders that sold garden
art, native plants, handmade
ink
Pens, goats to rent to eat your
poison ivy, handmade craft,
and other garden theme items.
Entering the gardens you could
pick up your butterfly shirt if
you had ordered one and a map
of the gardens and the different
activities planned for the day.
On the way to my favorite part
of the garden there was a
sensory garden all plants with
bright colors and wonderful
smells. There were so many
monarch butterflies they could
not be counted. At the back of
the garden is the butterfly
house. We saw monarch
caterpillars, chrysalis,
monarchs, and many different
butterflies. I have visited
butterfly houses but none to
compare to this one that had
the different stages of the
butterfly.
Cora enjoyed the chicken
garden and all things chicken.
Linda was able to get flowers
from the garden for her craft
projects for the fall craft sale.
Paulette was nowhere to be
found. She was deep in the
garden with some of the other
MGs that came from all over
the state.
Lunch was catered by Atlanta
Bread. Everyone enjoyed their
pre-ordered lunches. Then back
for more garden adventures.
Pauletta drove us back in the
dark and chose a nice
restaurant overlooking Norfork
Lake where she comes to scuba
dive during the summer. What
a wonderful trip and Janet
Carson can really plan a
Master Gardener Appreciation
Day. Hopefully more Greene
County MGs will go next year.
Patti Roberts
Greene Garden News Page 6 of 6
Greene County Monarchs & Other Butterflies (L-R) Jean Crossno, Marilyn White, Wanda Howerton,
Bo Rogers, & Weldon Roberts, October 29th
ATC Speaker Janet Carson & Dusty Kennemore (L-R) Linda Glickert, Donna & David Jones, Oct. 29th
Marilyn White putting on the Ritz at ATC Dave Freeze enjoying the cookout October 29th
Greene Garden News Contributors
Libby Christie, Ken Fletcher, Pauletta Tobey, Linda Glickert, Patti Roberts
Greene Garden News Editor
Connie Whitman-Submit articles by the15th of each month to: cwhitman@grnco.net
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