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Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
The Watering Can I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Coordinators
Corner
2
2011 Monthly
Meetings
3
Leopold Bench 4
Garden Affair,
Bake & Plant Sale
5
Educational Opportunities
6
News from the 7
Annual Training Day
7
Grow It Eat It 8
Bay-Wise 9
Chestertown Garden Tour
9
Volunteer Opportunities
10-11
The Brother Gardeners
12
Junior Master Gardeners
12
Longwood Gardens Trip
13
Roseslug Sawfly 13
Calendar 14
Calendar 15
May 11th Meeting:
Composting with Lew Shell
MG of the Month: Judy Geggis
What is compost? Why should I compost? How do I start composting? Our May 11th MG meeting at Tilgman Ter-race in Centreville (see page 3 for directions) will focus on the benefits and tribulations of composting. This lecture will be taught by Anne Arundel County MG & Master Composter Lew Shell. His lecture will in-clude demonstrations of amended soil and unamended soil and the workings of com-post tea. For those of you who have not had the opportunity to meet Lew, you are in for a real treat!
Judy, a resident of Centreville, joined the Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Volunteers with the class of 2006. Since joining,
Judy has par-ticipated in a variety of ac-tivities from helping with our demonstra-tion gardens to helping with our annual
Garden Affair. For the past two years, Judy has taken on the responsibility of publicity for the Garden Affair. She has worked diligently at making sure our yearly event makes it into all of the local papers & calen-dars. Additionally, Judy helps with Bake Sale at the Garden Affair. Thank you Judy for all of your hard work!!!
Submitted by Julie Tompkins,
with additions by Neenah
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Coordinator’s Corner
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
UPDATE YOUR
CONTACT INFO!
Please send any changes
to Rachel Melvin at
505 Railroad Ave,
Suite 4,
Centreville, MD 21617
or fax: (410) 758-3687
Rachel Melvin,
Master Gardener
Coordinator
Margaret Carter for helping teach at Advanced Bay-Wise Training. Kit Foster, Joe Jelich, Susan McRae, Louise Shearer and Jane Chambers for being hosts at Advanced Bay Wise Training. Linda Doub, Jack Doub, Sabine Harvey and Gayle
Jayne for helping with Grow It Eat It talks. Judy Geggis, Vida Morley, Karen Wimsatt, Julie Tompkins, Lynn Wait for hosting the April MG Monthly Meeting. Judy Conley, Judy Geggis, Jackie Kelly, Jim Persels, Kathy Persels, Susan Seth and Debbie Pusey for helping with Demonstration Garden Cleanup. Margaret Carter and Sue D’Camera for helping with Greensboro Elementary Earth Day. Pat Bowell, Gayle Jayne, David Taylor, Betty McAtee, and Jane Chambers for helping with JMG. As always, thanks is due to all of you, but if we missed a deserved thank you or if you wish to express your appreciation to someone, please let Rachel know and it shall be acknowledged in the next newsletter.
Thanks To:
The older I get the quicker the days go by. It seems like only yes-terday, that I was working on April’s newsletter and now today it’s May. That means if it’s really May, then we are only 2 weeks away from the Garden Affair. Oh My! There is so much that needs to be done! Even if you can’t make it to the Garden Affair, we still have plenty of ways that everyone can help. On Thursday, May 19th we will be working on the Demonstra-tion Garden at the Centreville Li-brary at 9am to get the Rain Gar-den into tip top shape before the big day. If you can make it to the Garden Affair but only have a few hours, we always need help with set up, the chil-drens table, the greet-ers table, the plant sale and clean up. I always feel like May is one of the busiest
spring months not only because of the Garden Affair, but also there is so much that needs to be done outside. I have to wait for the perfect day or should I say a dry day, to put out my tomatoes, squash, cuckes, and beans. Weeding has to be done, soaker hoses have to be put out, and not to mention the mulch-ing! Shew, come on June!
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Date Topic Time Place
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 * Week Earlier due to Annual
Training Day*
Composting Speaker: Lew Shell
9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Picnic 11:30 am to 2 pm Linda & Jack Doubs Home
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Bay-Wise 9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Orchids Speaker: Roger Cole
9:30am to 11:30 am Arbec’s Greenhouse
Ridgeley, MD
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Bring One Get One, Bring Two Get Two
9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Planning 2012 9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
* Week early due to Holiday*
Holiday Luncheon Place???
Monthly Meetings are held the
3rd Wednesday of the month and start
at 9:30 AM
104 Tilghman Ave
Centreville, Md. 21617
From South of Centreville
Follow 213 N. into town. Turn right at first light onto Water
street and **pass the PNC bank on your right. Tilghman
Ave will be on your right. Turn right onto Tilghman Ave.
Street Parking is available as well as in the back.
From North of Centreville
Follow 213 S. into town. Turn Left on E. Water St. **Follow
directions above.
Tilghman Terrace
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for our Annual MG Picnic on
Wednesday, June 15th from 11:30 to 2pm at the Doub’s
(look for more details in next months newsletter)
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The winning ticket holder also will receive a copy of Aldo Leopold’s famous book, A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There.
Leopold Bench
Sponsored by the Queen Anne’s County Master Gardeners
The “Leopold Bench” is named for the famous conservationist Aldo Leo-pold. He designed a bench like this which sat in front of “The Shack” on his farm in Wisconsin. The bench is hand-crafted of western red cedar, a sustainably-harvested wood. If left untreated the bench will fade to a gray pat-ina. The life of the bench can be extended by coating it with preservative, especially where it contacts the ground. Even if you haven’t read Leopold’s opening lines, “There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot,” from A Sand County Almanac, you will appreciate this bench. Aldo Leopold wrote about our place in the natural world. He promoted conservation of natural resources and an ethical relationship between people and the land. His simple, sturdy bench design reflects these ideals.
Please stop by the Extension Office to pick up your ticket !
Hand Crafted by Master Gardener,
Tickets $2 or
6 tickets for $10
Drawing to be held on
Saturday, May 21, 2011,
at the
4th Annual Master Gardener
‘Garden Affair’ located at the
Centreville Library & Historic
Wright’s Chance
Master Garden Booth at Safeway in Kent Island to promote our 4th Annual Garden Affair “Raffle,” Grow It Eat It and Bay Wise from 10am to 3(ish). Contact MG Carol Jelich if you would like to participate [email protected]
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Garden Affair Update Submitted by: MG Susan Seth (Chairperson)
In addition to getting all of our plants ready for the plant sale, we also need to be thinking about the bake sale. Last year the bake sale was a great success (we made $140)! Suggestions for baked goods include: oatmeal cookies, sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies, lemon bars, but-terscotch and orange brownies, cupcakes, etc. Limitations: avoid using custard, meringue, pies, and raw egg. Baked goods must be pack-aged before arriving at the Garden Affair, each bag should contain four “normal size cookies” or 2 large cookies to sell for $1 per bag. Happy Baking!
Bake Sale
The Garden Affair is just a few weeks away and plans are moving along. Thanks to everyone who has signed up to help. If you haven’t yet committed we can still use your help even if you can only spare a few hours. We always need lots of help in get-ting set up. Those helping in set up should arrive at 7:30 AM to get the tables arranged and displays set up. We will need more ta-bles then DPW can provide so please plan to bring tables and chairs for use in your area if you have them available. Also if you have an umbrella and/or canopy you may want to bring them to use. Weather permitting we plan to mark areas for the tables prior to Saturday AM which should help with set up. Maps will also be available. Please bring plants for the plant sale
marked with as much info as possible (variety, color, care, etc.). Walmart and craft stores sell wooden sticks (tongue blades) which make great markers. The workers at the plant sale tables will price the plants. However garden re-lated items that are donated to the green ele-phant table should be priced and labeled by the donor. We also need lots of help at the end of the day to break down everything and pack it up. This has gone very smoothly in the past. Please plan to stay to help with cleanup if possible. Garden Affair Meetings Don’t forget to mark your calendars: · Monday, May 9, 2011-9 A.M. · Post meeting Tuesday, May 24, 2011-9 A.M.
Submitted by: MG Carole Colavito
Submitted by: MG Judy Geggis
Only two weeks until the Garden Affair, so for all of those who are growing plants to be sold please remember:
Favorite houseplants can be propagated (not too many spider plants, please!) Sharing your divided perennials is appreci-ated by new & experienced gardeners Any “volunteer” (flower, tree, or shrub) can be potted up for sale. Offering plants on the invasive list (English Ivy, Nandina, Ajuga, bar-berry for example) is strongly discouraged.
Healthy plants, labeled with the Latin and com-mon names, color of bloom, bloom time, growing conditions (sun/shade), the more information the better. Labels can be masking tape, plastic tabs. Tabs can be made easily by cutting milk cartons or clear soft drink bottles up into short lengths with a pointed bottom, use Magic Marker or Sharpie to write on them. Plant trays for display and customers’ use. We will price plant items. Near the end of the day the prices will be reduced on remaining plants.
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Adkins Arboretum: Foraging in Native Landscapes: Sunday, May 15th from 1-3pm. Cost:$15 member, $20 non mem-ber Painting the Tulip Tree Flower: Wednesday & Friday, May 18th & 20th. 10am to 3pm. Cost: $125 member, $140 non member Goats vs. weeds: A Targeted Grazing Demonstration. Thurs-day, June 2nd from 10am to noon. Cost:$15 member, $20 non mem-ber Introduction to Wetlands: Thursday, June 16th from 10am to noon. Cost:$15 member, $20 non member Exploring Nature & the mo-ments of life: Wednesday, June 29th from 1 to 3:30. Cost: $25 member $30 non member Marvels of Milkweed: Wednes-day, July 27th from 10 to 11am. Cost: $10 member, $15 non mem-ber Please Call 410-634-2878 or visit http://www.adkinsarboretum.org to register for classes
Educational Opportunities
Environmental Concern: WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands: Saturday, May 14th at Adkins Arbo-retum Cost:$35. To register visit http://www.wetland.org/index.htm or call 410-745-9620
Mt. Cuba:
The Delightful Diversity of the Heath Family. Wednesday, June 8 from 1pm to 3pm. Cost: $20 Fern Walk. Wednesday, June 15th from 10-11:30am. Cost:$20 Meadow Studies: Saturday, July 9th & August 13th from 10-noon. Cost:$20 Wonders of Milkweed. Friday, July 15th from 9-11am. Cost: $20 Great Native Plants for the Peren-nial Border Wednesdays, July 20, September 14 from 10:00 am – 12:00 Noon Cost: $20 (sign up for each session) New Trial Garden Design Thursday, August 18 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 Noon Cost: $15 To register visit www.mtcubacenter.org or call 302-239-4244
It’s never too late to turn in MG hours, get a head start on the year. Volunteer hours can be handed in at monthly meetings, mailed through snail mail or sent via email to [email protected]. Volunteer log forms can be found at http://queenannes.umd.edu/QACMG/MGResources.cfm
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Master Gardener Annual Training Day
Landscape Horticulture: EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS
Location: Queen Anne’s County: Wye Research and Education Ctr., 124 Wye Narrows Rd. Queenstown
Also: Field trip to Wye Nursery and Adkins Arboretum
Dates & Times: Mon 6/6; Tues 6/7; Th. 6/9; 9:30am-12:30 pm;
Presenter: Steve Dubik, MG Coordinator, Montgomery Co. and Professor,
Landscape Technology Program, Montgomery College Reg. Fee: $45.00 Reg. Deadline: 5/31
How well do you know the common evergreen trees and shrubs growing in our area?
Do you know their cultural requirement and common problems? If not, come join us for
this class as we will go over identifying characteristics, distinguish between confusing
look-alikes, and discuss cultural requirements and use in the landscape of about 50
evergreen plants. You will be receiving the Common Landscape Plants of Maryland publication the first day of class as well as many handouts. Steve Dubik, our class
instructor, brings a tremendous amount of knowledge of both plant materials and
plant problems and will surely make this a most informative class. Top the class-
room portion of the week off with 2 special field trips- one to Adkins Arboretum
and one to Wye Nursery
TO REGISTER: Send your name, address, email, phone, MG county/city you
work with along with a check for $45 (made out to the University of Maryland)
to MG Classes, HGIC, 12005 Homewood Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042, or use
the registration form provided here on the MG State website under “Advanced
Training” http://mastergardener.umd.edu.
Look Advanced Training in Queen
Anne’s County
News From the State: submitted by Robin Hessey
Annual Training Day, is quickly approaching…. Don’t miss this great opportunity to get almost 6 hours of continuing education in great classes with 600 other MGs from across the state. It’s something really exciting to see all of us together in one place celebrating, learning, and having fun. And, don’t forget- almost all classes and events will be in the same building- Stamp Student Union. Registration - The registration fee for MG Annual Training Day is $79. You will still be able to register on-line through midnight May 1. Go to http://www.agnr.umd.edu/mgatd/. After May 1, you can still register, but you’ll have to call Robin at 410-531-1754. ANNUAL TRAINING DAY HIGHLIGHTS • Keynote Speaker-Pat Stone • 33 Workshops to choose from • Free Parking • Tradeshow/Exhibits • 600+ MG’s from across the state
I can’t wait for Annual
Training Day!!!
There will be two car pooling meeting areas for annual training day, one from the Centreville Extension Office and one from the 50 park & ride near Kmart in Stevensville. Please let me know if you
are signed up for annual training day and if you would be willing to car pool from either area by Thursday, May 12th.
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Grow It Eat It
Queen Anne’s County Free Library in Stevensville: · Wednesday, May 11, 2011 from 6:30
to 7:30 pm-Composting made Sim-ple
· Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm-Vegetable Gardening IPM
Queen Anne’s County Free Library in Centreville: · Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 6:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.– Vegetable Gar-dening IPM
· Wednesday, June 8, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Extending the Season for Fall Harvest
Kent County Extension Office in Chestertown: · Tuesday, May 10, 2011 from 7 to 8
pm-Vegetable Gardening IPM · Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-
Extending the Season: Summer Planting for Fall Harvest
Sudlersville Memorial Library: Thursday, May 13, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm-Growing Great To-matoes
May Tips:
Pinch the blooms off tomato, pep-per, and other plants before setting them out in the garden; this will encourage root and stem growth. Continue to pinch off pepper blos-soms for 2-3 weeks to establish a stronger, higher yielding plant. Keep cutworms away from cab-bage, broccoli and other suscepti-ble plants by putting a cardboard or plastic collar around each plant, or sprinkle ground up oyster shells, cat litter, sharp sand, or other
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gritty material around each one. Plant warm season crops (tomatoes and peppers) only after danger of frost is past. Mix 1/2 cup of lime with soil in the planting hole to prevent blossom end rot. Water each transplant with a soluble fertilizer. Pound in stakes or install tomato cages, at planting time, to prevent plant dam-age later. Set out herbs in pots or plant in garden beds
June
Plant a second crop of beans. Learn to ID beneficial in-sects and keep a eye out for possible pest problems If aphids are a serious prob-lem, apply a light spray of horticultural oil or insecti-cidal soap. Lady bird bee-tles will usually keep aphids in check. Hand pick cabbage worms from broccoli and other members of the cabbage family, or spray with Bt if necessary Hand pick Colorado potato beetle adults, larvae and or-ange egg masses on potato & eggplant Pinch off tomato suckers, to encourage larger, earlier fruit, especially if training to one central stem.
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This year marks the 74th year of the Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage, our state’s premier tour of historical
homes and outstanding gardens. For the first time in several years, this spring’s Pilgrimage will feature only one tour
on the eastern shore, Kent County’s Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage in historic Chestertown.
The pre-tour purchase of tickets at the reduced price of
$30. Full price tickets ($35.00) will also be available on
tour day at the ticket booth at the corner of High and
Cross Streets in downtown Chestertown or at any of the
tour venues. All of the sites are in the historical area of
the town and within easy walking distance of one an-
other.
I encourage you and others to visit our tour website at
www.mhgpkent.org to sample the treasures that will be
on view. The website can also be used to make reserva-
tions for the luncheon that will be served from 11:00 AM
– 1:30 PM in the Parish Hall of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church near the downtown ticket booth.
We hope that all Master Gardeners and interns, who have not already done so, will schedule a Bay-Wise
consultation for the coming year. MG consultations give committee members a chance to hone their consul-
tation skills, and it is always a treat to share gardening tips with other MGs. We all learn from each other!
To schedule your consultation visit, please contact Rachel.
Meeting Report
The Bay-Wise Committee met on April 20 at the Extension office. Present were Co-Chairs Jane Chambers,
Kate Greer, and Vida Morley, members, Kit Foster, Carol Jelich, Debbie Pusey, Susan McRae, Jim Persels,
Colleen Raudenbush, Stephanie Simpson and Anne Wade, and MG Coordinator Rachel Melvin. We
planned an entertaining and informative program for the July Master Gardener meeting, scheduled for
Wednesday, July 20, at Tilghman Terrace at 9:30. We also discussed ways to engage Master Gardeners and
members of the public in the Bay-Wise program, such as having a tour of Bay-Wise gardens for MGs this
summer. Presenters for the July meeting will meet again on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 10:30 am at the
Extension Office to prepare Powerpoint presentations and finalize the agenda. If anyone is interested in see-
ing the full minutes of the April meeting, please contact Rachel or Carol.
The Committee congratulates the Master Gardeners who recently completed Advanced Bay-Wise training:
Jane Chambers, Joe Jelich, Stephanie Simpson, Susan McRae, Jim Persels, Lori Sharer, Kit Foster and
Louise Shreaer
The next meeting of the Bay-Wise committee will be on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Extension
office. All MGs are invited to join the Bay-Wise Committee and attend meetings. To receive Bay-Wise
Committee emails, please send an email request to [email protected]
Submitted by Carol Jelich Secretary, Bay-Wise Committee
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T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
School Gardens in Kent County Both school gardens in Kent County are up and running! Potatoes, peas,
cabbage, carrots, spinach, lettuce, radishes and strawberries are all growing strong! The students are
having lots of fun: turns out, they all really like to dig in the soil! We had no problems finding stu-
dents to spread mulch and turn in cover crops!
THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE PROJECT; some could
involve working with students; some can be done right from your home. Help maintain the garden, Mondays, 5:15 – 6:15 pm, as of June 13th.
Bring produce to the food pantry, Tuesday mornings
Create a newsletter about the gardens
Write press releases
Create displays for bulletin boards in the schools
Organize an event in the garden
Search for Educational Activities for the garden
Help with after-school programs
The possibilities are endless. If you would like to help, or if you have
ideas about specific programs or plants to grow, please contact Sabine
Harvey, [email protected]. For more pictures and info go to Face-
book: “School and Community Gardens in Kent County”
Volunteer Opportunities
St. Martins Garden The mission of Saint Martin’s Ministries is to help meet the basic needs of impoverished people, to respect and affirm their dignity, and to ad-dress root problems that perpetu-ate the cycle of poverty. As Master Gardeners, we can help. St. Martin’s gives us the opportunity, location, and challenge to touch the lives of people not often served in our com-munity service efforts. Each week we will be helping the women of St. Martins with their raised vegetable garden, that Master Gardeners help install.
May 11th- Planting a Raised Bed
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Kate Greer
(1 MG needed)
May 18th
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
(2 MG’s needed)
May 25th
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Bonnie Dixon
Sue D’Camera
June 1st
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Zaida Wing
Linda Doub
June 8th
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Gayle Jayne (1 MG needed)
June 15th
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
(2 MG’s needed)
June 22nd
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Kate Greer
Stephanie Simpson
June 29th
Time: 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Zaida Wing
Sue D’Camera
Our meetings with the women are as follows:
Demonstration Garden submitted by MG: Debbie Pusey & Dave Gauntt
Demo garden work schedule:
May 19- Library Rain Garden at 9:00
June 16 and July 21 –Library Rain Garden at
9:00 August 18 – Millstream at 9:00
September 15–Library Rain Garden at 9:00
October 20 – Millstream at 9:30 and
November 17 –Library Rain Garden at 9:30
The locations may change if we feel one garden
or the other needs more or less attention.
Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge-Butterfly
Garden
Chestertown Plant Clinic: This year the Ches-tertown Plant Clinic at Fountain Park will start on Saturday, May 14th (8am to 12pm) and will run every other Saturday until mid September. If you are interested in signing up please contact Sabine Harvey at [email protected]. Here are the Dates:
Saturday, May 14th from 8am to 12pm. Saturday, May 28th from 10am to 3pm (Tea Party Day) Saturday, June 11th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, June 25th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, July 9th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, July 23rd from 8am to 12pm Saturday, August 13th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, August 27th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, September 10th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, September 24th from 8am to 12pm
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Volunteer Opportunities cont...
The Eastern Neck Butterfly Garden is at a
critical point. The garden has a very small and
aging group of active volunteers that are pressed
to keep up an acceptable quality level of the gar-
den. In the last three or four years it has gained a
far reaching reputation, drawing people from even
more distant areas than the eastern seaboard. It
will be a shame to waste the labors of those in the
past, and present, by letting this garden go to
waste, but the volunteer labor situation is criti-
cal. A batch of mulch loaded with grass and other
weed seed has resulted in a runaway conquest of
the garden and it needs a make-over. MG's are
able to count their volunteer hours done at ENWR
for cleanup days, which are held on Thursdays
from about 9:00AM to noon (varies a bit accord-
ing to the weather). Dave Gauntt and Zeeger
deWilde are usually there much earlier (and much
later.) Everyone is welcome, please check in at
the lodge to record volunteer hours for ENWR
and also record your MG hours for Rachel.
ENWR is 7 miles south of Rock Hall, take route
20 to Rock Hall, then Main Street South from the
center of town to the Refuge. The garden is down
the road to the right where the sign says Butterfly/
Bayview. The lodge is a little farther down the
main road to the right where it says Office/
bookstore/Lodge. Bring gloves, your favorite
small tools.
Kennard Elementary Bay Day: This year Mrs. Franklin has asked the Master Gardeners to help with Bay Day at Kennard Elementary on Friday, June 3rd. We will be responsible for 4 ses-
sions on Vermicomposting. I will need 2 MG’s per session to help. Lunch is included for those that help. Session 1 & 2, will have a maximum of 15 students and Session 3 & 4 will have a maximum of 25 students.
Session 1: 10:15 to 11:05 (2 MG’s needed)
Session 2: 12:15 to 1:05 (2 MG’s needed)
Session 3: 1:15 to 2:05 (2 MG’s needed)
Session 4: 2:15 to 3:05 (2 MG’s needed)
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Imagine farmer, John Bartram, traveling the wilderness of the Colonies, on
horseback and on foot, enduring hostile forests and horrible weather, all in
search of new plants and seeds for his own collection and to sell to England.
Starting in1733 and lasting 40 years, he upheld his arrangement to supply
botanist and merchant, Peter Collinson, of England with seedlings and
seeds, even when it meant climbing mountains… and trees. Underappreciated, underpaid,
he kept at it with utter devotion…and frustration, basically creating the first nursery busi-
ness on our continent, and all the while, fighting to gain the status he deserved as a true
botanist. English gardens today are filled with plants from our East Coast states because
of Bartram!
Wulf brings the key players to life… Bartram, Collinson, Phillip Miller--author of Gar-
dener's Dictionary, Carl Linnaeus--father of classifications, Joseph Banks, and Daniel So-
lander....letting us watch how they shaped (and fought over) botany, as a science and a
business. And when she takes you on explorations in the South Pacific, where men risked
their lives for the glory and excitement of finding new plants, it shows how driven some
of them were.
If you enjoy reading about plants and the scientists who loved them, about 18th century
history on land and at sea, then I recommend The Brother Gardeners.
The Brother Gardeners Botany, Empire & the Birth of an Obsession, by Andrea Wulf.
A book review by MG Lin Goldkrantz
We our sponsoring another year of Junior Master Garden-ers at Kennard Elementary.
This program is focused on children learning through inspiring garden and ecologically based outdoor activities, creative expression, and open explora-tion of nature and plants. This program offers 6 weeks of fun and creative hands on activities, which will run from May 4, 2011 to June 8, 2011 from 3: 30 to 5:00 pm. Children will grow own plants in earth boxes, plant new plants in the butterfly garden and try to increase the number of pollinators that support flowering plants.
Junior Master Gardeners
Date Volunteers
Wednesday, May 11th from 3:30 to 5pm
Pat Bowell, David Taylor, Sue D’Camera, Zaida Wing, Carol Romano
Wednesday, May 18th from 3:30 to 5pm
Pat Bowell, David Taylor, Zaida Wing, Lin Goldkrantz
Wednesday, May 25th from 3:30 to 5pm
Pat Bowell, David Taylor, Zaida Wing, Kit Foster
Wednesday, June 1st from 3:30 to 5pm Pat Bowell, David Taylor, Kit Foster, Sue D’Camera
Wednesday, June 8th from 3:30 to 5pm Pat Bowell, David Taylor, Zaida Wing
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The Queen Anne’s, Dorchester, Talbot and Anne Arundel County Master Gar-dener Volunteers took time to enjoy springs bounty by visiting Longwood Gardens on Thursday, April 14th, 2011. Longwood Gardens is only a short drive from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, around 2 hours and is located in Kennett Square,
PA. Present day Longwood Gardens was formed by Mr. Pierre du Pont in 1914 and has been the center of horticulture excel-lence since. Master Gardener Volunteers meandered through the 20 indoor and 20 outdoor gardens, observing majestic trees, spring blooms of azaleas, daffodils and tulips, and many fountain gardens.
Master Gardeners from Left to Right: Edith Sakell, Genie Fitzgerald, Jane Chambers, Lois Noonan, and Stephanie Simpson enjoyed a wonderful spring day at Longwood Gardens.
Look who’s back in
town...
Upcoming Meetings and Trips
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T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
Mon. May 9: Garden Affair at 9am at Ex-
tension Office
Tue. May 10: GIEI-IPM Chestertown Ex-
tension Office 7-8pm
Wed. May 11: MG Monthly Mtg at 9:30am
at Tilghman Terrace
Wed. May 11: St. Martins Garden: 12pm
Wed. May 11: JMG at Kennard 3:30-5pm
Wed. May 11: GIEI-Composting at Steven-
sivlle Library 6:30-7:30pm
Wed. May 11: St. Martins Garden 5:30 to
6:30
Thur. May 12: GIEI-Growing Great Toma-
toes at Sudlersville Library 6:30 to
7:30pm
Sat. May 14: Plant Clinic from 8am to
12pm
Sat. May 14: Bench Raffle Booth-Safeway KI 10
to 3pm
Tue. May 17: MG Annual Training Day
Wed. May 18: JMG at Kennard from 3:3-5pm
Wed. May 18: St. Martins Garden 5:30 to
6:30pm
Thur. May 19: Demo Garden Work– Centreville
Library 9am
Sat. May 21: 4th Annual Garden Affair 10 to
2pm
Tue. May 24: Post Garden Affair Meeting 9am
at Extension Office
Wed. May 25: JMG at Kennard from 3:3-5pm
Wed. May 25: St. Martins Garden 5:30 to 6:30
Thur. May 26: GIEI-Centreville Library 6:30 to
7:30pm
Sat. May 28: Chestertown Tea Party-Plant
Clinic Booth 10am to 3pm
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
9 Garden Affair
Meeting at Ex-
tension Office
9am
10 GIEI Chester-
town Extension
Office 7 to 8pm
11 MG Monthly
Meeting 9:30am,
St. Martins 12pm,
GIEI-Stevensville Li-
brary 6:30 to 7:30pm,
JMG at Kennard
12 GIEI-
Sudlersville Library
6:30 to 7:30pm
13 14 Plant Clinic
Chestertown Farm-
ers Market 8am to
12pm.
Bench Raffle Booth-
Safeway KI 10 to
16 17 MG Annual
Training Day 18 JMG at Kennard,
St. Martins Garden
5:30 to 6:30
19 Demo Garden
Work– Centreville
Library 9am
20 21 4th Annual Gar-
den Affair 10 to
2pm
23 24 Post Garden
Affair Meeting
9am at Extension
Office
25 JMG at Kennard,
St. Martins Garden
5:30 to 6:30
26 GIEI-Centreville
Library 6:30 to
7:30pm
27 28 Chestertown Tea
Party-Plant Clinic
Booth 10am to 3pm
30 31
May 2011
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June 2011
University of Maryland Extension
Queen Anne’s County
505 Railroad Ave.
Suite 4
Centreville, MD 21617
Vision Statement: A healthier world through environmental stewardship
Master Gardener Coordinator,
Queen Anne’s County
QACMG Website:
http://queenannes.umd.edu/QACMG/
index.cfm
University of Maryland Extension
505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4
Centreville MD, 21617
Phone: (410) 758-0166
Fax: (410) 758-3687
http://queenannes.umd.edu/
June Newsletter Deadline:
Monday, May 23rd
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