Monthly meetings & EVENTS

November 2 - Video Replay 

• Vote on 2024 Board slate and General Membership announcements;

• Phil Frank presented on "Beekeeping in Montgomery County".

October 5 - Montgomery County Master Gardener's Annual Fall Conference Video Replay

Announcements and reading of the proposed slate of the 2024 MCMG Board of Directors: written announcements; 

Soil Health presented by Mark E. Townsend, Agriculture Agent Associate, UME Frederick County.  

• • Click here to review links and resources from Mark's presentation;

Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Availability presented by Andrew Ristvey, Ph.D., Extension Specialist, Commercial Horticulture, University of Maryland Extension.  

• • Click here to review links and resources from Andrew's presentation;

  • Please complete a survey to share your evaluation of Andrew's presentation: https://go.umd.edu/ENRTEACH

    • • Choose the presenter: (Andrew Ristvey); Choose the date (Thursday October 5);  Choose "Master Gardeners"; then,

      • Answer the questions and press "Submit"

Per- and Polyflouroalkyl Substances (PFAS) presented by Chris Peot, PE and BCEE, Director of Resource Recivery, DC Water.  

• • Click here to review links and resources from Chris' presentation.

September 7 - A Zoom replay is not available for our September meeting.

• General Membership written announcements;

• Eric Wenger, Master Gardener and President, Complete Lawn Care, presented these slides on "Growing a Healthy Lawn in Montgomery County".

August 3

• General Membership announcements replay and written announcements;

• Lynn Batdorf, Curator, Retired, U.S. National Arboretum presented on "Growing Boxwoods in Maryland".

July 6

• General Membership announcements replay and written announcements;

• Kenton Sumpter, Entomologist, Maryland Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Weed Management will presented on "The Spotted Lantern Fly".  

June: No replay / announcements due to MCMG Summer Picnic

May 4

• General Membership announcements replay and written announcements;

• Madeline E. Potter's presentation on "Natural Enemy Conservation".  Click here to review links and resources from Madeline's presentation. 

April 6

• Written Announcements 

• Cynthia Brown, Manager: Collections, Education, and Access, Smithsonian Gardens presented on "Starting Seeds at Home".

March 2

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements video replay & Written Announcements 

• Edamarie Mattei, Principal Designer and Founder of Backyard Bounty presented on "Promoting Sustainable Landscape Practices"

February 2

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements video replay & Written Announcements 

• Laura Miller, Forest Conservation Coordinator, Tree Montgomery, Department of Environmental Protection, Montgomery County, MD, presented on "Tree Conservation in Montgomery County and what we can do to help".  Click here to view Laura's presentation slides.

January 5

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements video replay & Written Announcements 

• Drew Asbury, Horticulturist and Volunteer Manager at Hillwood Museum & Gardens presented on "Native Groundcovers".  Click here to view the handout summarizing Drew's Groundcover recommendations.

November 3

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements video replay.

• "The Education of a Gardener: the things I have learned or been taught by people much smarter than myself…. And how those lessons continue to help and guide me" presented by Janet Draper, Horticulturalist, Smithsonian Institution.  Janet kindly shared answers to the questions asked by Master Gardeners via Zoom Chat.  You can review the Q&A here.

October 6

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements video replay & Minutes

• 14th Annual Fall Conference video replay featuring the following speakers and topics:

  • • Anthony R. Buda, Research Hydrologist, USDA - Agricultural Research Service, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit presented "Climatology: An update and how one person can make a difference".  Presentation Slides (PDF).

    • Jessica Ware, Associate Curator, American Museum of Natural History presented "The Declining population of insects worldwide and what the MG’s ecological role could be".

    • Heather Bruskin, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Food Council presented "Building Sustainability in Our Food Systems".

September 1 

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements video replay & Minutes (including links and contact info).

• "Leaf litter and different removal regimes and its effect on the arthropod community" presented by Max Ferlauto, Graduate Student, School of Entomology at the University of Maryland.

August 4

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements

• "Biological control of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug" presented by Madeline Potter, Graduate Student, School of Entomology at the University of Maryland.  Additional resources mentioned during Madeline's presentation:

  • • presentation slides (PDF); and,

    • additional resources and links:

      • More information on the Project Stink-be-Gone "2" Community Science Project webpage, including some FAQs about the project and some of the resources the project volunteers used while participating as Community Scientists.

      • A link to Madeline's YouTube video about the project.

July 7

• General Membership Monthly Meeting Announcements

• "Waterwise Gardening in a Changing Climate" presented by Annette Cormany, Principal Agent Associate, Washington County, MD.  Additional resources mentioned during Annette's presentation:

  • • presentation slides (PDF version and MS PowerPoint version); and,

    • additional resources and links.