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Updates from Shoals Master Gardeners
Updates from Shoals Master Gardeners
Bailey Fowler was our speaker on tetnis Kaye Hillis - Winner of February MG of the month Wray Dillard talks about the directory
JANUARY MEETING
AWARDS
BRENDA SMITH - PRESIDENTS AWARD PENNY TOWNSEND- TOP HOURS LIFETIME HOURS - MARY HOWE
SALLY MCGUIRE - MOST CEU'S DONALD VADEN - FRIEND OF THE YEAR VIVA VADEN - SHOALS MG OF THE YEAR
MICHAEL THOMASON - ADVANCED MASTER GARDENER
The Second "Pot Washing" of the year. Getting ready for Spring planting
2025 Christmas Party
We had a great crowd at the Christmas meeting
Michael Thomason was the winner of the coveted "tomato trophy" for the Master Gardener of the Month
Passing the gavel from the outgoing President Dwight James to Sally McGuire- President for 2026
November Thanksgiving Celebration
Members gathered for our annual Thanksgiving feast.
Congratulations to Viva Vaden for being Shoals Master Gardener of the month. Also our 2024/2025 intern class was recognized
Pot Washing
Today was the first day of a two day event . . . "Pot Washing and Sorting" . . . what a hardy group of SMG started the two day event off right with over 1000 pots washed.
October Meeting
The October Meeting was held October 21. We had a great turnout!. SMG Gardener of the Month was Brenda Smith. We were blessed with 2 Speakers this month. Mike Ezell spoke on Butterfiles In Alabama, and Eilene Tully spoke about the Upcoming AMGA conference in Huntsville.
September Meeting
The September meeting was held at St. Florian park. It was the Fall Picnic. This year it was moved to the September meeting due to inclimate weather in October in previous years.
August meeting
Thank you Barbara Wilson for providing our August meeting on container flowers.
September meeting will be our picnic
WORK DAY AT HELEN KELLER LIBRARY
A hardy band of Shoals Master Gardeners showed up at the Helen Keller Library this morning early and 2 hours later, clean beds, trimmed shrubs and even a dead snag sawed down and hauled off........what a group!
UPDATED MASTER GARDENER OFFICE
The Shoals Master Gardeners now have a new and expanded office in the Lauderdale County Extension office. Two new desks have been setup as well as the one desktop computer and one landline phone. The other Hotline phone is yet to be hooked up. Our goal is to reestablish our presence by manning the office and assisting the staff answering consumer questions!
Shoals Master Gardeners Attend Summer Celebration 2025
UT Jackson AgResearch
27 Members of the Shoals Master Gardeners attended the 2025 Summer Celebration in Jackson Tennessee
Jason Reeves , curator of the UT Jackson AgResearch Center gives indepth information about the annual beds
POT COLLECTION FOR NEXT YEAR
We are making plans for next years plant sale. We need pots! Please collect and save any pots you know of. We will clean and store them for next year.
EXTENSION WORK DAY -
Master Garden volunteers worked on the beds at the Lauderdale County Extension office. Beds were weeded, shrubs trimmed and new plantings completed.
June Master Gardener Meeting
An excellent crowd was on hand to hear Abbie Hyche talk on "landscaping with Native plants"
Thank you Brenda Smith for hosting the garden tour today for our Master Garden members.
POT DONATION
Thank you to Nancy Kelley's daughter for the donation of over 700 pots to use in our annual plant sale.
2025 ANNUAL PLANT SALE!
ITS TIME TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS
February Meeting
Thank you Kelly Putz from FrogToe Family Farm
Kelly taught the group about Starting Seeds using the soil blocking method.
Video: Starting Seeds with Jon Norton, Master Gardener
Video: Starting Seeds with Jon Norton, Master Gardener
Find out how to get a jump-start on your garden this year. Florence-Lauderdale Public Library hosted a workshop with Master Gardener Jon Norton on starting seeds (video by Lisa Russell).
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