May 10, 2016 Field Trip to Mallory's farm

The May 10 meeting of CCMGA was quite a success with our field trip to Mallory’s farm.  R.L. and Linda were gracious hosts to the 29 members in attendance for the day.  Everyone was glad to see that R.L. is mending well from his accident.  Linda had a challenging identification course set up for our education segment. During our brief meeting while a storm threatened we honored Tom Bell for his 20 years of service as a Master Gardener.  Following our meeting Linda even had some delicious snacks for us. 

Many thanks to Linda and R.L. for hosting us again this year.

MG Class Field Trip

The current Master Gardener class has just completed their certification exam and is planning their field trip for Thursday, April 21.  Not only are members of the class invited but any Master Gardener is invited to join them.  This is a great way to get to know the members of the current class of Master Gardeners.
They are meeting with Putnam County Extension Agent, Dr. Chuck Talbott at West Teays Elementary at 4 pm to tour the school garden.  From there, the group will go to Dr. Talbott's farm around 5 pm.
If you need additional information, see Park Ferguson at the April 12 CCMGA meeting.

May 12 Field Trip - R. L. and Linda Mallory's Home

The May 12 CCMGA field trip to the home of R. L. and Linda Mallory was a great one.  We had about 20 members present to walk through the gardens and learn more about the varied and unusual plants.  We learned about water gardens, vegetable gardens, native plants and even winter hardy banana trees. 

We went into the tropical greenhouse and were amazed by the cacti, succulents and tropical flowers.  Linda gave us tips on how to grow and propagate these beautiful and interesting plants.  We then had a chance to put her advice into practice by making arrangements of cacti and succulents. 

We had two hours of great gardening education as well as great conversation and inspiration.