As usual, the WSAZ Home & Garden Show was a
success. Many interested gardeners and
prospective gardeners came by the booth that we shared with Putnam County and
the three Kentucky counties with Master Gardener groups. It is especially fulfilling when families
come to the booth looking to involve their children in gardening. In total. We had at least 31 CCMGA members
staffing the booth, answering questions, making “beanie babies” or seed tape
with the young gardeners. The list that
I have includes the following members, please let me know if I have left anyone
off the list:
Ed Barnett, Linda Beaty, Steve Beckelhimer, Lisa Bell,
Connie Berk, Maralie Boyd, Butch Carrico, Meredith Cornell, Lacy Davidson, Debbie
DeBruin, Park Ferguson, Pat Gebhart, Cheryl Hodge, David Howells, Marilyn
Howells, Beth Lichty, Donna Love, Linda Mallory, R. L. Mallory, Molly
McClennon, Nancy Prino, Ted Salem, Carla Seamonds, Don
Silver, Judy Silver, Victor Simpson, Kevin Smith, Sam Stubblefield, Brenda
Weidensall, Jane Wilson and Wendy Wilson.
In addition to handling most of the logistics for the event,
Connie Berk was working the booth nearly the entire time that we were there
hardly even stopping to get a bite for meals.
Jane Wilson arranged an excellent slate of speakers whose sessions were
well attended. Victor Simpson took tons
of photos showing our people working the booth and assisting area gardeners. The event closed out with the beautiful
garden quilt that was donated to us by Mary Morton of PieceMakers Quilters
being raffled off. We were shared Nancy
Prino’s joy at being the winner of the drawing for the rain barrel that Boyd
County raffled off.
Now that the event is over and everything is put away, we
have many of our stalwart members who are already looking ahead to next year
and increasing the impact of CCMGA and continuing our connecting with the
community and other area Master Gardener groups.
The snapshots below are courtesy of our official photographer, Victor Simpson.
