Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
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April 20th Meeting:
Pollinators with Mike Embrey
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE :
Coordinators
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2
Corner
2011 Monthly
Meetings
3
Leopold Bench
4
Garden Affair &
Plant Sale
5
Emerging Forest
Pests
6-7
Bay-Wise
7
Grow It Eat It
8-9
Advanced Training
9
Project Clean
Stream
10
Demo Gardens
10
Longwood Gardens
Trip
11
Volunteer
Opportunities
11
Educational
Opportunities
11
Calendar
12
Calendar
13
Did you know that bees
can fly at about 7 miles per hour
and that they have to beat their
wings 190 times per second to
do it? Also, almost 90% of all
flowering plants rely on animal
pollinators for fertilization, and
about 200,000 species of animals act as pollinators. Of those,
1,000 are hummingbirds, bats,
and small mammals such as
mice. The rest are insects like
beetles, bees, ants, wasps, butterflies and moths.
Worldwide,
approximately 1,000 plants grown for
food, beverages, fibers, spices,
and medicines need to be pollinated by animals in order to
produce the goods on which we
depend.
Our April 20th meeting
at WREC (see page 3) from
9:30am
to
11:30am will focus on Pollinators and their important role with
the home landscape.
Our
speaker will be
Mike
Embrey,
UME Apiary Specialist.
MG of the Month: Judy Cahall-Conley
Judy, a resident of Church
Hill, joined the Queen
Anne’s Master Gardeners
with the class of 2008.
Since joining Judy has
been an active member,
participating in many MG
activities including: The
Annual Garden Affair,
Junior Master Gardeners,
Demogarden
cleanups
and many more. Thank
you Judy for all of your
hard work and dedication
to the QAC MG’s. We are
so lucky to have yo u
in our program!
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Rachel Melvin,
Master Gardener
Coordinator
Coordinator’s Corner
Is anyone else happy
that we had the first day of
Spring?? I cannot tell you
how happy I am to finally see
spring emerge after this long
cold winter. I’m sure that
many of you are feeling the
same way after being cooped
up in the house for so long.
Just to see the trees budding
and daffodils sprouting,
means that its almost time to
start the garden.
I can hardly believe
that we are a little over 6
weeks till our 4th Annual Garden Affair. Planning is in full swing (see
page 5) for opportunities to help out!
Submitted by Julie Tompkins,
with additions by Neenah
UPDATE YOUR
Signs of Spring
CONTACT INFO!
Please send any changes
to Rachel Melvin at
rmelvin1@umd.edu,
505 Railroad Ave,
Suite 4,
Centreville, MD 21617
or fax: (410) 758-3687
Jane Chambers, Kit Foster, Susan McRae, Louise Shearer, and Joe
Jelich for being a host/hostess at Advanced Bay-Wise Training.
Thanks To:
Linda Doub and Gayle Jayne for doing Grow It Eat It talks. Sandy
Simonson and Billy Gibson for being our March Meeting Hostess.
Judy Geggis, Debbie Pusey, Susan Seth, Judy Conley, Jim Persels and Jackie Kelly for helping with the Centreville Library Raingarden clean up. 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.
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Date
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Topic
Pollinators
Speaker: Mike Embry
Time
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
* Week Earlier due to Annual
Training Day*
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Composting
Speaker: Lew Shell
9:30am to 11:30 am
Picnic
11:30 am to 2 pm
Linda & Jack
Doubs Home
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Bay-Wise
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, September 21,
2011
Orchids
Speaker: Roger Cole
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Bring One Get One,
Bring Two Get Two
Planning 2012
9:30am to 11:30 am
Tilghman
Terrace
Arbec’s
Greenhouse
Ridgeley, MD
Tilghman
Terrace
Tilghman
Terrace
Wednesday, November 16,
2011
Wednesday, December 14,
2011
* Week early due to Holiday*
9:30am to 11:30 am
Holiday Luncheon
Place
Wye Research
and Education
Center
Tilghman
Terrace
Place???
WREC
P.O. Box 169
Queenstown, MD 21658
410.827.8056
The WREC is seven miles southeast of Queenstown. From US
Route 50 West, turn Left onto Carmichael Road. From US Route
50 East, turn Right onto Carmichael Road. About one-half mile
beyond the Carmichael Methodist Church, turn right onto Cheston
Lane. Follow Cheston Lane past Education Lane on the left. Turn
left at the second lane. Meetings will be held in the conference
room of the red brick WREC Administration Building. Please enter through the main administrative office door.
Monthly
Meetings are held the
3rd Wednesday of
the month and start
at 9:30 AM
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Leopold Bench Raffle
Sponsored by
the Queen Anne’s County Master Gardeners
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
The winning ticket holder also will receive a
copy of Aldo Leopold’s famous book, A Sand
County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There.
in Centreville, MD.
Hand Crafted by
Master Gardener,
Joe Jelich
The “Leopold Bench” is named for the famous conservationist Aldo Leopold. 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 patina. 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 !
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Garden Affair Update Submitted by: MG Susan Seth (Chairperson)
The planning committee has a wonderful
Garden Affair planned for the community
this year on Saturday, May 21 from 10 until
2. We are working hard to publicize the
event to increase our community participation. Please include the event in the newsletters of your communities and organizations.
We also have flyers available for you to post
in your neighborhoods. Contact Rachel if you
want her to e-mail a newsletter article or a
copy of the flyer to use for publicity.
We are developing invitations to the
event that we hope each Master Gardener
will use to invite at least 10 people to the
Garden Affair. Remember it will be an event
with many activities for both children and
Garden Affair Meetings
Don’t forget to mark your calendars:
· Monday, March 14, 2011-9 A.M.
· Monday, April 11, 2011- 9 A.M.
· Monday, May 9, 2011-9 A.M.
· Post meeting Tuesday, May 24, 2011-9 A.M.
Before we know it the Garden Affair will be
here, for all of those who are growing plants
to be sold please remember:
Favorite houseplants can be propagated
(not too many spider plants, please!)
When starting seeds indoors for your
own garden, sow some extras (herbs &
veggies are popular) and pot them up
Sharing your divided perennials is appreciated 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, barberry for example) is
adults. We will have copies available at the
April 20 meeting. If each Master Gardener has 3
or 4 individuals or families who attend the Garden Affair, it will be a huge success.
Thank you to the Master Gardeners who
have volunteered to fill many of the jobs that
are necessary for a successful event. We are
still in need of volunteers, particularly for setup (8am-10am), to blow up the helium balloons
(8am-10am), and to serve as greeters (10am2pm). Contact Rachel to sign up to fill one of
these needs or to find another volunteer spot
that appeals to you.
Keep your eye out for useful gardening
items for our Green Elephant sale. Be sure to
price them in advance.
All of our bakers out there are needed to
supply those yummy home baked items for our
bake sale. Judy Geggis will provide information
in the May newsletter about the type of items
allowed by the Health Department and how we
will need to package them.
Submitted by: MG Carole Colavito
strongly discouraged.
Healthy plants, labeled with the Latin and common
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. Anyone who needs small pots can contact
Rachel or Karen. We will price plant items. Near
the end of the day the prices will be reduced on remaining plants.
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Emerging and Current Forest Threats in
Submitted by: MG Lin Goldkrantz
Maryland
Highlights from the Forest Stewardship Program Webinar, presented on Feb. 15, 2011. For a complete recording of the presentation and other webinars, and webinar opportunities, go to
www.naturalresources.umd.edu. I am told this presentation will be online shortly.
Ambrosia Beetles….(Xylosandurs germanius )
Spring is coming, and with that, the first generation of the Ambrosia Beetle. The
beetle will overwinter in leaf litter and come out when it warms up in March. It
will procreate two more times in the season, with evidence showing up again in
June and August. The main concern is the invasive variety, not the natives. And
unfortunately, it goes after healthy trees. Females bore into the tree and nest just
under the bark. Look for a wet, gelatinous area and then a small circle of sawdust.
At this point, it can be treated with insecticide. Once you see sawdust and beetle
waste sticking out, like a cigarette butt, it is too late to treat. The whole will be invaded by secondary fungi,
and ultimately, the tree will die. The beetle is attracted to alcohol (hmmm, Webinar didn’t say if it was rubbing alcohol or Jim Beam!) Traps baited with alcohol are used to collect the beetles for identification and
extermination. The beetles are a very serious problem for nurseries, because there is no way of predicting
which type of tree the beetle will hit. Growers are injecting alcohol in target trees and intending to use insecticide when the beetles return.
Send samples to the Clarksville, MD research center.
Contact Stanton Gill at sgilll@umd.edu
A fact sheet can be found on: www.ipmnet.umd.edu
Thousand Canker Disease
Geosmithia morbida fungus, transported by the Walnut Twig Beetle (pityophthorous juglands).
The disease which attacked walnut trees out west has crossed the Mississippi River and unexpectedly appeared in Knoxville, Tennesee. Maryland has reason to be concerned. Making its nest, a gallery, just under
the bark, the Walnut Twig Beetle lives in the trunk in winter and awakens in Spring to feed on tip growth.
The dark brown discoloration surrounding the gallery is indicative of fungi damage invading the phloem of the inner bark. It girdles the tree and kills it. From
the outside, you will see a crack, but the bark does not slough off. A grey or
white cast is a collection of spores that the beetle
will carry to other trees. This is a top-down disease,
so look for scattered dead branches with leaves attached and dead branches in the crown. The time to watch is mid-June to August, because the timing of Fall defoliation can make it difficult to identify.
There is no treatment. Wood crafters taking logs from the forest should leave
the bark in the woods and transport a clean log, because the hidden beetles can
live for up to 10 months on a seemingly dead log. Maryland has no quarantine
at the moment, but some states do. Since there are abiotic look-alikes that will defoliate a tree, send samples
for testing. Use 1 inch thick twigs about 6 inches long. Send live samples with beetle holes, and double bag to
prevent spreading. To find your nearest diagnostic lab, go to www.npdn.org or contact your extension service.
Oak Wilt
Oak Wilt (Ceratocystis Fagacearum) is a fungus spread from tree to tree through root grafts and insects. It is
prevalent in the mid-west and Appalachians, and Texas, and has moved into Western Maryland and upstate
New York.
Overwintering in dead trees under the bark, it establishes a pressure pad, which breaks. Sap beetles eat the
spores and deposit them into wounds on oak trees, especially if there is a fresh cut. It goes into the xylem and
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Emerging and Current Forest Threats in Maryland continued
blocks water transport. Red oaks will die in 2 months. White oaks can last 2 years, but will die. In May through July, look for
leaves that are browning from the margins in. It shows up earlier than bacterial scorch, and there is a sudden defoliation of a
mix of leaves…green and brown. There will be brown streaking in the wood. When the dead areas crack, you will see discoloration. But the fungus must be identified under a microscope. Collect recently defoliated leaves and 1 inch thick wood, 6-8
inches long, and pack dry. Keep cool, even using an ice pack, when preparing and shipping samples. Try to avoid pruning in
April through July when the beetles are flying. Prune during dormant season. Remove infected trees and trench around
neighboring trees to prevent root grafts. High value Uninfected trees can be injected with Alamo or propiconazole to protect
them.
Go to : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVUZsvyZfVE for more information. If this link does not open, got to youtube.com and search Oak Wilt.
Other recommended resources from the presentation:
MD Dept. of Agriculture Forest Pest Management: www.mda.state.md.us/plants-pests/forest_pest_mgmt/
Univ. of MD Extension Home and Garden Information Center Plant Diagnostics: http://plantdiagnostics.umd.edu
Emerald Ash Borer information: http://www.emeraldashborer.info/
Maryland EAB information: http://www.hgic.umd.edu/content/emeraldAshBorer.cfm
Thousand Cankers Disease: http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/palerts/cankers_disease/thousand_cankers_disease_print_res.pdf (3.7 MB)
Bark Beetles on Conifers: http://www.hgic.umd.edu/_media/documents/BarkBeetlesonConifershg1pfv.pdf
Congratulations to: Jane Chambers, Kit Foster, Jim
Persels, Joe Jelich, Stephanie Simpson, Susan
McRae, Lori Sharer, and Louise Shearer for successfully completing Bay-Wise Advanced Training on
Tuesday, March 15th.
Our next Bay-Wise meeting will be
held directly following the April
20th MG Meeting at 11:30 am
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Grow It Eat It
plastic or biodegradable
mulch.) Or, plant them directly in the garden, in late
May through mid-June.
April
Continue to sow lettuce, spinach,
Swiss chard, beets and other favorite
salad vegetables.
Thin seedlings of leafy greens, to a
few inches apart and eat the ones
you pull. Check planting chart for final spacing between mature plants.
Plant seeds of carrots, turnips and
parsnips in deeply worked, welldrained soil.
Start Brussels sprouts indoors, under
lights, to be planted in late May, for
fall harvest.
Start tomato seeds indoors under
lights, to be ready for transplanting
outdoors in six to eight weeks.
Don’t jump the gun with warm season crops; plant outside only after all
danger of frost is past. (Night temperatures below 45º F. can damage
plants and later fruiting.)
Optional: lay down black plastic
mulch to warm the soil, two to three
weeks before planting warm season
crops, like tomato, pepper, eggplant,
and melon. Plastic mulch also keeps
down weeds. (Biodegradable nonplastic mulch, made out of corn, is
n o w
a v a i l a b l e ;
www.highmowingseeds.com is one
source.)
Sow beans and corn outdoors late
this month or early May, when soil
temperatures are above 50º F. (Or
pre-start them indoors to get them
off to a faster start.)
Start squash, melon and cucumbers
indoors to be transplanted in the
garden, in two to three weeks.
(These plants also benefit from black
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Check out all of these
Grow It Eat It Classes
Queen Anne’s County Free
Library in Stevensville:
· Wednesday, April 13, 2011
from 6:30 to 7:30 pmContainer Gardening &
Raised Beds
· Wednesday, May 11, 2011
from 6:30 to 7:30 pmComposting made Simple
· Wednesday, June 22, 2011
from 6:30 to 7:30 pmVegetable Gardening IPM
Queen Anne’s County Free
Library in Centreville:
· Wednesday, April 13, 2011
from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Container Gardening
· Wednesday, May 25, 2011
from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.–
Vegetable Gardening 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, April 12, 2011 from
7 to 8 pm-Unusual Fruits for
the Backyard
· Tuesday, May 10, 2011 from 7
to 8 pm-Vegetable Gardening IPM
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· Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-Extending the Season: Summer Planting for
Fall Harvest
Sudlersville Memorial Library:
Thursday, April 14, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m-Herbs & Planting an Edible
Landscape
Thursday, May 13, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m-Growing Great Tomatoes
Master Gardener Annual Training Day
Master Gardener Annual Training Day is open to all Master
Gardeners and Master Gardener interns.
ANNUAL TRAINING DAY HIGHLIGHTS
• Keynote Speaker-Pat Stone
• 33 Workshops to choose from
• Continental Breakfast
• Delicious Box Lunch
• Free Parking
• Tradeshow/Exhibits
• 600+ MG’s from across the state
• all classes (except labs and walks) in same building for
2011
I can’t wait for Annual
Training Day!!!
"Greatest Garden Stories Ever Told."
Pat Stone, gardening author, speaker
and performer. Humorous, heartfelt and
inspiring true garden stories.
10:30-12noon - SESSION I workshops
12:00-1:00 PM LUNCH & TRADE SHOW/EXHIBITS
MG IDENTITY ITEM SALE
If you need assistance to participate in the Annual Training
Day program, contact Robin Hessey at least 2 weeks prior to Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
the program -410-531-1754 (tel.); 410-531-5567 (fax);
1:15-2:45 PM - SESSION II workshops
rmhessey@umd.edu
Schedule: May 17, 2011
3:00-4:30 PM - SESSION III workshops
Registration Fee: $69
7:45-8:30 AM REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS TRADE SHOW/EXHIBITS
Registration Deadline: 4/18/2011
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
8:30-8:55 AM OPENING REMARKS
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
* Dr. Cheng-i Wei, Dean & Director, UME
* Jon Traunfeld, Extension Specialist, State
MG Coordinator, and HGIC Center Director, UME
8:55-9:15 AM
HGIC PLAYERS
9:15-10:15 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
To register online go to mastergardener.umd.edu and click on Annual Training
Day 2010. If you have not received the Annual
Training Day brochure and
would like one
contact Rachel.
April 18, 2011 - MG Annual
Training Day Registrations
must be received (for $69
rate). After this date, registrations are $79.
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Submitted by: MG Intern Jim Persels
On Saturday, April 2, 2011, from 912 a.m., the community will once again
come together to help clean up the Corsica
River watershed. Volunteers are needed at
four designated sites.
Centreville City Wharf
Millstream Park
North Brook
Symphony Village at the Bioswale
Join in the fun at the site of your choice. Gloves and trash containers will be provided. Contact Jim Persels at 410-758-6513 for further information.
Demonstration Garden submitted by MG: Debbie Pusey & Alice Macnow
Spring is almost here and I know that we
are all gearing up to get outside.
Demo garden work schedule:
April 21– Millstream at 9:30
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. The
town has been taking care of the garden at Rt
213 north since they now have a ‘Welcome to
Centreville’ sign there.
Eastern Neck Wildlife RefugeButterfly Garden
Garden cleanup work is starting
up at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge butterfly garden, which is a
demonstration garden in the Mas-
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ter Gardener's program. 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 according 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,
some other tools are there, Binoculars are
available too. Spring is really coming!
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Just a quick reminder that if you have signed up for a
trip to Longwood Gardens on
Thursday, April 14th, 2011.
The Bus will be leaving the route 404/route 50 park &
ride promptly at 7: 15 am and returning at 5:30 pm.
Volunteer Opportunities
Educational Opportunities
Chestertown Plant Clinic: This year the
Adkins Arboretum:
Saturday, April 16th: Designing Extraordinary
Mixed Plantings from 1-2 p.m. Cost: $15 members, $20 non members
Friday, April 22 & Friday, April 29 th: Designing a
Native Forest from 10am to 2:30pm. Cost:
$85 members, $110 non members
Monday, April 25th: Founding Gardeners Lunch &
Lecture from noon to 2:30 pm. Cost: $35
members, $40 non members
Thursday, April 28th: Ecology of the Forest in
Spring from 1 to 3 pm. Cost: $15 member,
$20 non members
Please Call 410-634-2878 or visit http://
www.adkinsarboretum.org to register for
classes
Chestertown 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
greenbien@hotmail.com.
Here are the Dates:
Saturday, April 30th from 8am to 12pm
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
Longwood Gardens
Saturday, April 9th: Performance Pruning-Shrubs
from 9:30 to 12:30pm. Cost: $45 member,
$50 non member
Thursday, April 14th: Dividing & Transplanting
Herbaceous Perennials from 6 to 9 pm. Cost:
$45 member, $50 non member
Thursday, April 28th: Plant Propagation: A plan
for Spring from 6 to 9pm. Cost: $45 member,
$50 non member
To register visit www.longwoodlearning.org or
call 610-388-5454
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April 2011
Mon
Tue
4
Wed
5 MG State Coor- 6
dinators Mtg–
HGIC 10am-2 pm
Thu
7 Butterfly Garden
ENWR Maintenance
9am (see page 10)
Fri
Sat
1
2
8
9 Bay-Wise
Friendly Lawn
Care Centreville
Library 10am–
12pm
11 Garden Affair 12 Grow It Eat
Mtg at Extension It—Chestertown
Office 9am
Extension Office
7pm-8pm
13 Grow It Eat It–
Stevensville & Centreville 6:30pm7:30pm
14 Longwood Gardens 15
Trip
Grow It Eat ItSudlersville 6:30pm7:30pm
16 Adkins Plant
Sale-MG Booth
9am to 1pm
18 Newsletter & 19
MG Hours Due
20 MG Monthly Mtg
– Pollinators,
9:30am-11:30am at
WREC– Bay-Wise
Meeting 11:30am
21 Demo Garden workMillstream (See page
10) & Butterfly Garden
ENWR Maintenance
9am (see page 10)
22
Extension
Office
Closed
23 Earth Day
Chestertown
25
27 Rainbarrel talk–
Centreville Fire
Dept 5:30pm
28 Butterfly Garden –
ENWR Maintenance
9am (see page 10)
29
30 Plant Clinic
Chestertown
Farmers Market
8am to 12pm
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Upcoming Meetings and Trips
Sat. April 9th: Bay-Wise Friendly Lawn
Care, Centreville Library 10am to 2pm
Mon. April 11th: Garden Affair Meeting
at Extension Office 9am
Tue. April 12th: GIEI-Chestertown
Extension Office 7 to 8pm
Wed. April 13th: GIEI-Centreville
Library & Stevensville Library 6:30 to
7:30pm (see page 8)
Thur. April 14th: Longwood Gardens
Trip (see page 11)
Sat. April 16th: Adkins Plant Sale booth
9am to 1pm
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Mon. April 18th: Newsletter Submissions &
MG hours Due
Wed. April 20th: MG Monthly Meeting (see
page 3)
Thur. April 21st: Demo Garden MaintenanceMillstream (See Page 10) & Butterfly Garden at
ENWR (See Page 10)
Fri. April 22nd: Extension Office Closed
Wed. April 27th: Bay-Wise Booth at CRC rain
barrel sale, Centreville Fire Dept. 5:30 to
7:30pm
Sat. April 30th: Plant Clinic
Chestertown Farmers Market
8am to 12pm
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9 Garden Affair
Meeting at Extension Office
9am
2
Mon
24 Post Garden
25 JMG at Kennard
Affair Meeting
9am at Extension
Office
17 MG Annual
Training Day
10 GIEI Chestertown Extension
Office 7 to 8pm
3
Tue
18 JMG at Kennard
Wed
19 Demo Garden
Work– Centreville
Library 9am
11 MG Monthly
12
Meeting 9:30am,
GIEI-Stevensville Library 6:30 to
7:30pm, JMG at Kennard
4 JMG at Kennard
26 GIEI-Centreville 27
Library 6:30 to
7:30pm
5
Thu
20
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6
Fri
28 Chestertown Tea
Party-Plant Clinic
Booth 10am to 3pm
21 4th Annual Garden Affair 10 to 2pm
14 Plant Clinic Chestertown Farmers
Market 8am to 12pm
7
Sat
May 2011
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May Newsletter Deadline:
Monday, April 18th
Send submissions to Rachel:
rmelvin1@umd.edu
University of Maryland Extension
Wow…. Almost
time for the
Garden Affair
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Centreville MD, 21617
Phone: (410) 758-0166
Fax: (410) 758-3687
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index.cfm
Master Gardener Coordinator,
Queen Anne’s County
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Queen Anne’s County
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Centreville, MD 21617
Vision Statement: A healthier world through environmental stewardship