GREENHOUSE Workday every Wed. from 9-12 No Saturdays
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05 -- Monday, VEG Workday 9-12
07 -- Wednesday, Greenhouse Workday 9-12
08 -- Thursday, VEG Workday 9-12
10 -- Saturday VEG Workday 9:00 a.m - 12:00
12 -- Monday, Lunch and Learn With the Masters -- Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center 12:00 NOON
PRUNING FRUITS, ORNAMENTALS and TREES
20 -- Tuesday, AGT Committee Meeting 10:00 a.m. Extension Office
20 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Board Meeting 12:00 Noon Brown Bag Lunch -- Extension Office
26 -- Monday, Lunch and Learn With the Master -- Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center 12:00 NOON
COLLECTING GRAFT WOOD AND ADDITIONAL PRUNING OF ROSES
27 -- Tuesday, Birthday Bash 12:30 4-H Activity Center
27 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Member Meeting 1:30 4-H Activity Center
February 2009
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04 -- VEG Tour 9-10:30 a.m. 48 7th graders
09 -- Monday, Lunch and Learn with the Masters -- Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center 12:00 NOON
PREPARATION FOR SPRING VEGETABLE GARDENING
17 -- Tuesday, Annual Garden Tour Committee Meeting, 10:00 a.m. Extension Office-Room A
17 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Board Meeting -- Extension Office 12:00 NOON
21 -- Saturday, VEG WORKDAY, 9-12:00
21 -- Saturday, SEEDBALL MAKING EVENT -- 10:30 a.m. -- On the patio at VEG
23 -- Monday, Lunch and Learn with the Masters -- Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center 12:00 NOON
TYPES OF VEGETABLES FOR SPRING
24 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Painting Texas With Wildflower Meeting -- 10:30 -- Conference Room A Extension
24 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Lunch and Learn -- 4-H Activity Center -- 12:15
Kris Kirkwood- Master Naturalist from Rockport-Invasive Plants. Bring your own lunch.
24 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Member Meeting -- 4-H Activity Center 1:30
March 2009
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05 -- Thursday, VEG Tour ~Cameron County Master Gardeners ~ Noon ~7 adults
09 -- Monday, VEG TOUR Demonstration by Pat Plowman 10:00
09 -- Monday, Lunch and Learn with the Masters -- Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center 12:00 NOON "Weed Control" Presented by: Paul & Mary Meredith
14 -- Saturday, VEG Workday 9-12
17 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Board Meeting--Extension Office 12:00 NOON Brown bag lunch
17 -- Tuesday, ~ Victoria Garden Club ~ 9:30 am ~15 to 20 adults
18 -- Wednesday, - 10:00 -11:30 a.m. ~ Bon Aire Garden Club ~ 18 to 22 adults
20 -- Friday, Spring Plant Sale WORK DAY
21 -- Saturday, Spring Plant Sale -->SEE INFO
23 -- Monday, Lunch and Learn With the Masters -- Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center 12:00 NOON
"Budding & Grafting Ornamentals" Presented by: James Rother
24 -- Tuesday ~ 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. ~ Lunch and Learn ~ Dr. Mark Black, Uvalde; Topic Ball Moss, Spanish
Moss, Mistletoe, Lichens on Trees
24 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Member Meeting-- 4-H Activity Center 1:30 p.m.
26 -- Thursday, VEG TOUR ~ O'Connor PK ~ 9:00 a.m. ~44 children
April 2009
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02 -- Thursday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. ~ Roland Elementary ~ 45 children
02 -- Thursday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ~ Roland Elementary ~ 45 children
03 -- Friday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 10:00-11:30 tour ~ Juan Linn ~ 70 1st Graders
03 -- Friday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 11:00 ~ Weimer Garden Club ~ Starting in Mini-Gardens
09 -- Thursday ~ Planting at Hiller House with Keep Victoria Beautiful ~ 8:30
13 -- Monday ~ Lunch & Learn with the Masters ~ 12:00 ~ Color Your Landscape ~ Dodson Health Center
16 -- Thursday ~ VEG TOUR ~10:00 ~ 11:30 a.m. ~ Nazareth Academy ~ 33 kindergarten children
18 -- Saturday ~ VEG WORKDAY ~ 9:00 - 12:00
20 -- Monday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ~ Victoria Outreach ~ 68 PreK children
20 -- Monday ~ AGT Committee Meeting ~ 12:00 ~ Extension Office
21 -- Tuesday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ~ Victoria Outreach ~ 18 second grade children
21 -- Tuesday ~ VCMGA Board Meeting ~ 12:00 Brown Bag Lunch ~ Extension Office
22 -- Wednesday ~ Earth Day Seedball making Demo by Maria Sobczak at Victoria College 9:30 a.m.
23-25 Master Gardener State Conference ~ Marshall, TX Go to Texas Connection to find link
23 -- Thursday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 9:30-11:00 ~ Bloomington Elem ~ 60 Pre K
27 -- Monday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ~ O'Connor ~ 88 kindergarten children
27 -- Monday ~ Lunch & Learn with the Masters ~ 12:00 ~ Insect Control ~ Dodson Health Center
28 -- Tuesday ~ VCMGA Birthday Bash ~ 12:30 ~ 4-H Activity Center
28 -- Tuesday ~ VCMGA Member Meeting 1:30 following Lunch and Learn ~ 4-H Activity Center
29 -- Wednesday ~ VEG TOUR ~ 10:00-11:30 a.m.~Yoakum St. Joseph Altar Society-25-30 adults
MAY 2009
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04 -- Monday ~ Home Products Show Committee Meeting ~ 4:00 p.m. Extension Office
11 -- Monday ~ Lunch & Learn with the Masters ~ Rainwater Harvesting ~ Glenn and Kathy Chilek ~
~12:00 Noon Dodson Health Center
12 -- Tuesday ~ 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ~ Vanderbilt Elementary ~ 38 2nd grade children
14 -- Thursday ~VEG TOUR ~ Trinity Lutheran WELCA ~ 1:30 pm ~Approx. 10 adults
16 -- Saturday Annual Garden Tour ~ SEE INFO HERE ~
17 -- Sunday, Annual Garden Tour
19 -- Tuesday, VCMGA Board Meeting ~ 12:00 noon ~ Extension Office
22 -- Friday ~ 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ~ Dudley Elementary ~ 80 3rd Graders
26 -- Tuesday ~ 12:15 Lunch & Learn ~ 4-H Activity Center ~ Kenneth Hanslik/His operation as crop farmer
26 -- Tuesday ~ 1:30 p.m. VCMGA Member Meeting ~ 4-H Activity Center
JUNE 2009
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09 -- Monday ~ Lunch & Learn With the Masters ~ Essentials for Building Arbors, ~ Ed Gregurek ~
~12:00 Noon Dodson Health Centers
16 -- VCMGA Board Meeting ~ Extension Office ~ 12:00 noon
23 -- VCMGA Lunch and Learn 12:15 ~ 4-H Activity Center ~ Dave Goris ~ Plumerias
23 -- VCMGA Member Meeting ~ 1:30 p.m. ~ 4-H Activity Center
JULY 2009
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11 -- Saturday ~ VEG Workday
13 -- Monday ~ Noon ~ "Water Gardens" by Pat Plowman 'Lunch and Learn With the Masters' --> INFO <--
15 -- Wednesday ~ Deadline for NAMING THE NEWLETTER Please Help!!!!
17 -- Friday ~ VCMGA Training Class Application Deadline --> INFO <--
21 -- Tuesday ~ NOON ~ VCMGA Board Meeting Extension Office ~ Brown Bag
28 -- Tuesday ~ 12:30 ~ VCMGA Birthday Bash for June, July, and August ~ 4-H Activity Center
28 -- Tuesday ~ 1:30 ~ VCMGA Member Meeting 4-H Activity Center
AUGUST 2009
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06 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class Orientation ~ Joe Janak, Victoria County Extension Agent-Ag/NR
Cliff Knezek, VCMGA President & Master Gardeners ~ Extension OFFICE
08 -- Sat ~ Morning VEG Workday
10 -- Mon ~ Noon ~ "Mulching, Composting, and Water Conservation" by Roy Cook, Lunch and Learn
13 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training ~ Class Home Fruit and Nut Management
Dr. Larry Stein Professor & Extension Horticulturalist, Uvalde, Texas
18 -- Tue ~ NOON VCMGA Board Meeting Extension Office - Brown Bag
20 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Understanding Plants and Plant Growth Tree Species,
Care and Maintenance ~ Dr. Wayne McAlister, Victoria College, Retired
25 -- Tue ~ 12:15 Lunch and Learn "Butterflies 101" by Ro Wauer-Nature Article Writer for Advocate
25 -- Tue ~ 1:30 VCMGA Member Meeting ~ 4-H Activity Center
27 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Working with Victoria Soils/Soil Sample Results
Joe Janak, Victoria County Extension Agent-Ag/NR
SEPTEMBER 2009
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03 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Perennials and Roses,Dr. William Welch, Professor & Ext. Horticulturalist, College Station,
Texas Superstars, Nancy Kramer, Victoria Co. Master Gardener
10 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Landscape Horticulture
Dr. Carol Brouwer, Harris County Extension Agent-Horticulture
11 -- Fri ~ Set UP for 2009 VCMGA Fall Plant Sale
12 -- Sat ~ VCMGA 2009 FALL PLANT SALE ~ 4-H Activity Center -->CLICK FOR INFO<-- ARTICLE <-
15 -- Tue ~ NOON VCMGA Board Meeting Extension Office
17 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Vegetables & Herbs
Dr. Joe Masabni, Extension Vegetable Specialist, College Station, Texas
22 -- Tue ~ 12:15 Lunch and Learn ~ Lon Smith, Devereux Gardens ~ "Gold Star" Esperanza
22 -- Tue ~ 1:30 VCMGA Member Meeting 4-H Activity Center
24 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Composting Michael Vandeveer, Victoria Co. Master Gardener
Rain Water Harvesting Glen and Kathy Chilek, Victoria Co. Master Gardeners
Turf Grasses Charlie Neumeyer, Victoria Co. Master Gardener
OCTOBER 2009
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01 -- Thu ~ Class Tour Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard, Elmendorf, TX, San Antonio Botanical Gardens
08 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Junior Master Gardener Program, Lisa Whittlesey,
Extension Program Specialist, National Junior Master Gardener Coordinator, College Station, TX
15 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Plant Propagation, Tom LeRoy, Montgomery County Extension Agent-Horticulture
Hands on Plant Propagation Roy and Lupe Cook, Victoria Co. Master Gardeners
16 -- Fri ~ VEG Tour ~ Torres Elementary ~ 9:30 ~ 60 children
17 -- Sat ~ EarthKind Rose Symposium featuring Dr. Steve George --> CLICK FOR INFO <-- ARTICLE <--
17 -- Sat ~ VEG Tour after Earth-Kind Rose Symposium ~ 5:30 p.m.
20 -- Tue ~ VCMGA Board Meeting ~ Extension Office ~ Noon
22 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Pesticide Safety/Application Techniques
Michael Potter, Nueces County Extension Agent-Horticulture
27 -- Tues~ 12:15 Birthday Bash followed by Member Meeting ~ 4-H Activity Center
28 -- Wed ~ South Texas Farm & Ranch Show --> CLICK FOR INFO --> CLICK for article
28 -- Wed ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Farm and Ranch Show, Entomology
Dr. Roy Parker, Professor & Extension Entomologist, Corpus Christi, Texas
29 -- Thu ~ South Texas Farm & Ranch Show
NOVEMBER 2009
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05 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Diagnosing & Understanding Plant Disease
Mark Black, Professor & Extension Plant Pathologist
12 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~
Educating the Public/Writing Articles Charla Borchers Leon, Victoria Co. Master Gardener
Power Point Presentation Paul and Mary Meredith, Victoria Co. MGs/Master Naturalists
Garden Tours, Edna LaFour, Victoria Co. Master Gardener
14 -- Sat ~ VEG Workday ~ 9:00 a.m. to 12
17 -- Tue ~ Victoria Garden Tour Committee Meeting ~ Extension Office ~ 10:00 a.m.
17 -- Tue ~ VCMGA Board Meeting ~ Extension Office ~ 12 Noon
19 -- Thu ~ 1:00 VCMGA Training Class ~ Overview and Final Exam
Joe Janak, County Extension Agent – Ag/NR, Victoria County
Plants for Victoria John Fossati, Owner of Four Seasons Nursery, Victoria, TX
24 -- Tue ~ 12:15 ~ Lunch and Learn ~ "Thailand Trip" by Jerome Janak ~ VCMG Member
24 -- Tue ~ 1:30 VCMGA Member Meeting ~ 4-H Activity Center
DECEMBER 2009
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01 -- Tue ~ VCMGA Member Volunteer Hours DUE
09 -- Tue ~ Enviro-Smart Meeting ~ Extension Office ~ Contact Glen & Kathy Chilek for info
15 -- Tue ~ VCMGA Board Meeting ~ Extension Office ~ Noon
15 -- Tue ~ 6:00 p.m ~ VCMGA Training Class Graduation, Officer Installation, Rewards, and Celebration