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

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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

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(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

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(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.

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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

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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!

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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:

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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 ***************************

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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

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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

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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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