Projects
Operation Rejuvenation Project Summary
Operation Rejuvenation was a project by the Mississippi Master Gardeners to help in the replanting of the Gulf Coast after devastating damage by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Included in the section are some of the key elements and pictures during the 2006-08 period.
November 16, 2007 --Operation Rejuvenation Swarm 10/24-26 -updated with some pictures from the "Swarm" projects...Take a look here to see what Master Gardeners look like when put to work!!
Click here to see the list of projects and their description of work to be done.
- Operation Rejuvenation
- How to help with the Mississippi landscape devastated by the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Operation Rejuvenation Update -July, 2007, Projects before the "Swarm"
Hancock County Swarm projects
Harrison County Swarm Projects
Jackson County Swarm Projects
Photos from Operation Rejuvenation Projects - Completed prior to the "Swarm"
Gulfport High School Gardens
Harrison county - John Henry Beck Park
O'Keefe Project. It was completed 4/13/07. This was a partnership with MSMG and the Ocean Springs Garden Club
Hancock Child Center Rejuvenation Project - April 2007
Tree Repotting project for rejuvenation of lost trees - March 2007
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Hancock County Schools Rejuvenation projects
Work gets done by people
who show up! Listed below is a list of people who showed up and worked
during Operation Rejuvenation...See if you recognize the names of those
persons who were working beside you.
Thanks so much to all who came to the coast, all the local Master Gardeners who organized and worked on the projects, and to all of the people who made donations to Operation Rejuvenation that allowed us to purchase the materials it took to get plants in the ground. Take a moment to look at the list of contributors below that enabled us to complete this project.
Here are the people who signed up and worked during Operation Rejuvenation on the different MS Gulf Coast Projects. There may have been some that just worked and never signed in. You may have only known them by first names while pulling weeds or planting flowers... to all who came and helped, thanks again for the sweat equity in bringing back some of the horticultural beauty to our state!
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Aaron Carey |
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Amy Wheeless |
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Ann Boyd |
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Ann Rountree |
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Ann Wheeless |
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Barbara Anderson |
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Barbara Breaux |
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Barbara Hendrix |
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Bessie Moffatt |
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Betty Barbar |
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Betty Barham |
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Bonnie Lingel |
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Brent Cruetanfreid |
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Carrie Parrott |
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Cathy Ivy |
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Charlotte Crowe |
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Cheryl Ramseyer |
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Cheryl White |
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Chris Glenn |
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Coralie Richardson |
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D. R. McMillen |
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Dan Seliga |
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Dave Gibbons |
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Debbie Evans |
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Deborah DeLong |
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Diane Strotter |
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Donald Hover |
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Dooley Berry |
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Dorothy Phillips |
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Edna Bishop |
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Eloise Craven |
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Fred Owens, Jr. |
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Freddie Raley |
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Gail Bird |
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Gail Hogue |
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Gail Seliga |
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Gene Ebbers |
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Gwen Jones |
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Hank Holcomb |
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Homer Richardson |
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Jackie Beckham |
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James Harding |
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James Walker |
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Jerry Morse |
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Joe Reine |
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Joyce Barnes |
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Judy Reeves |
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Judy Wamsher |
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Julia Sheriff |
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Karen Sullivan |
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Katherine Beckham |
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Kathleen P. Lee |
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Kay Bucciantori |
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Kaye Kaberlein |
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Kristin Alred |
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Lamar Gates |
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Lois Watrous |
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Lynn McMahan |
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Lynne H. DeRussy |
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Maria Miller |
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Marilyn Hingh |
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Marilyn Hingle |
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Mary Clements |
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Mary T. Green |
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Michelle Venturi |
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Mr. George |
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Nancy Chain |
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Pat Bontengo |
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Pat Terry |
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Pat Tweeny |
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Patt Cucullu |
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Patty Gossett |
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Peggy Banowetz |
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Penny Crawford |
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Peter Connolli |
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Ray & Betty Bush |
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Renee Brooks |
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Seth Little |
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SFC Young Ricky B |
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Shirley Calcott |
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Shirley Piper |
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Steve Edge |
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Sue Harris |
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Susan Foss |
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Susan L. Holcomb |
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Susan Tullos |
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Tania Goodheart |
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Thomas Horgan |
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Vicky Martin |
Contributors to Operation Rejuvenation
The Operation Rejuvenation Fund has received some $28,000 in cash donations to purchase plant and landscape materials for the Gulf Coast Restoration projects.
- Northeast MS Extension Master Gardeners
- Lucedale Garden Club
- Master Gardeners of Prince William
- Pine Belt Master Gardener Assoc.
- Wanda Holmes
- Jeanette Donald
- Ramona Hughes
- Yvonne Duke
- Louisville Garden Club
- Mathews County Master Gardeners
- Sissy Grisham
- Mr. & Mrs. David Hinde
- Mrs. Marilyn Riddle
- Attala County Master Gardeners
- Central Oregon Master Gardener Assn.
- Debra King
- Marilyn Vockroth
- Dyer Co. Master Gardeners
- Lloyd Collier
- Wilma Smith
- Jayne Lock
- Charles Miller
- Roanoke Master Gardener Assn.
- Hill City Master Gardener Assn.
- Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, Inc.
- East MS Master Gardeners
- Lowndes County Master Gardeners
- Brunswick County Master Gardeners Assn.
- DeSoto County Master Gardener Assn.
- Dallas Organic Garden Club
- Mona Sanders
- Fauquier Co. Master Gardener Assn.
- Kathleen Hull
- Mary Louise Angone
- Virginia Beach Master Gardeners Assn.
- Master Gardener Assn. of McLean Co. Illinois
- Hamilton County Master Gardener Assn.
- Kershaw County Master Gardeners
- Mississippi Valley Garden Club
- Master Gardener Assn. of Fresno County
- James Michael Henry
- Elaine Byrd
- Learning Garden
- Marion County Master Gardeners
- Margaret Wilken
- Sumter County Master Gardeners
- Jeannette Price
- Clair Black
- Pat Schobel
- Northaven Woods Garden Club
- Rankin County Master Gardeners
- 2006 MG State Convention Silent Auction
- Master Gardeners Volunteers of Cobbs Co., GA
- Alabama Master Gardener Assn
- Shoals Master Gardeners
- Loudoun County Master Gardener Assn
- Master Gardeners of Hamilton County
- Kershaw County Master Gardeners
- Master Gardeners of North Alabama
- Douglas County Master Gardeners
- Thomas & Gail Veren
- Linn County Master Gardeners
- Multnomah County Master Gardeners
- Douglas County (OR) Master Gardeners
- Warren County Master Gardener of Vicksburg
- 2007 MSMG Silent Auction
- Greater Kansas City Master Gardeners
- York County 4-H Activities
- S. B. Burris
- Alcorn County Master Gardeners
- 2007 State Convention Silent Auction
- Arkansas County 76 MG"s
- Cross Co. AR MG's
- Central AL MG's
- Louise Cubley
- Magnolia Reg. Health Ctr.
- Northwood Garden Club
- William Adams
- Bill & Dottie McGehee
- Fayette Garden Club
- West Point H & G Club
- Ben A. Davis Garden Club
- Woodford Co. MG's/Un. of IL
- Pine Burr Garden Club
- Columbus GC Council
- Lincoln County Master Gardeners
- Sunkist Garden Club
- Botanical Park Garden Club
- Milady Garden Club
- Celia Turner
- HMC Master Gardeners
- Dr. & Mrs. R. L. Mobley
- Denise Pugh
- Mr. & Mrs. John Davis
- Four Seasons GC
- Mimosa GC
- East MS MG's
- William & Brenda Adams
- Garland Co. AR MG
- Galaxy GC
- O'Bera GC
- Home & Garden GC
In addition to the donations to Operation Rejuvenation, a number of contributors sent checks made out to Mississippi Extension Service. These funds are being used to purchase horticulture resource books for the Extension Offices affected by the hurricanes. At the end of August, 2006, checks totaling $600 have been put in this account. The list of donors to this account are shown below.
- Maury County Extension Service
- Southside Master Gardener Association
- Garfield Park Master Gardeners
- Middlesex Master Gardeners
- Master Gardeners of Coffee County
Additional gifts of gardening books, magazines, reference manuals, bulbs, shrubs, trees and gardening equipment were sent to help with horticultural needs in the state. Donors included:
- Julie Tompkins
- Colorado State University
- Roanoke Master Gardeners
- Sue Russell
- Dr. Freddie Rasberry
- Fairfax County Master Gardeners
- Del Banowetz, Dubuque Iowa for 18 wheeler load of compost
- Dan Batson, Green Forest Nursery in Perkinston, MS -- many large trees
- Van Zyverden, Meridian, MS -- bulbs by the thousands