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- Pinebelt Master Gardeners-July 2008 (PDF)
- Pinebelt Master Gardeners-August 2008 (PDF)
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Upcoming Out-of-State Events
Upcoming State Events
MS MG Annual Conference - May 13 - 15, 2009 at MSU
Upcoming Regional Events
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MSU Plant Sale begins April 11
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Summer annuals, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees, baskets and
ferns will be available at the Mississippi State University Horticulture
Club’s annual spring plant sale April 11 and 12.
Doors to the greenhouses behind Dorman Hall will be open from 9 a.m.
until 6 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Horticulture students will be on hand to answer questions and offer
guidance in plant selections. Proceeds from the sale help fund academic
trips, community service projects and next year’s sale.
For more information, contact MSU’s Department of Plant and Soil
Sciences at (662) 325-2311.
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Plans are in place to have the Spring Garden Day at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center here in Verona. The date is Saturday, May 17th, 2008.Norman Winter will be speaking as well as other horticulture experts. We will have plant and garden related product vendors, food and fun for all. Please help us promote this event to your gardening clientele.As more details about the event come together we will let you know.
Mississippi County Programs
The following is a list of Mississippi Counties with Master Gardener Programs (Updated December 2005). Contact should be made through the each county Extension director. To obtain county contact information go to the directory within this Web site: http://msucares.com/counties/
| 1. Adams 2. Alcorn 3. Attala 4. Calhoun 5. Carroll 6. Clay 7. DeSoto 8. Forrest/Lamar 9. George 10. Grenada 11. Hancock 12. Harrison |
13. Hinds/Copiah 14. Itawamba 15. Jackson 16. Jones 17. Lafayette 18. Lauderdale 19. Lawrence 20. Lee 21. Lincoln 22. Lowndes 23. Madison 24. Monroe |
25. Montgomery 26. Oktibbeha 27. Pearl River
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Events by Region
Southeast Region
Pearl River County Events
What: Gulf Coast Camellia Society Meeting
Where: Mobile-hotel to be announced
When: Sept 26 and 27
Program: Friday supper on USS Alabama and auction
Stat. morning education programs
Dr. Hegwood Burden Center LSU
B Brechter of Bayou Bend in Houston
Elaine Smelley of Moss Point
D. Ruhren from Amer. Camellia Society
Sat afternoon tour of Bellingrath Gardens
Sat evening dinner with raffel of pearl Ring
Dues year:Aug to July
Dues are $10 for singles and $12 for couples
Dues (after Aug 1) with your name, Address, Phone , email are mailed to
GCCS
10522 Ferncliff Ave.
Baton Rouge, La. 70815
Side trips are to Retail Camellia Growers in Lucedale, Ms.
Fairhope, Alabama
August 2008
1 PRCMG monthly meeting
McNeil Muscadine field day
September 2008
1 Deadline date for submission to MMGA AUTUMN BLURBS
5 PRCMG monthly meeting
18-22 County Fair Pearl River at Poplarville
October 2008
3 PRCMG monthly meeting
Gulf Coast Camellia Society Meeting Mobile
Crosby Arboretum fall plant sale
16-19 Mobile Botanical Gardens plant sale
18-19 N.O. Botanical Gardens plant show & sale
Poplarville ornamental field day
17-18 Crystal Springs field day & plant sale
Native Plant Society Annual Meeting
November 2008
7 PRCMG monthly meeting ELECTION of OFFICERS 2009
8 Picayune Street Fair (Plant sale booths)
Welcome station fall planting PRCMG PROJECT
Bulb sale in Meridian at Van Zyverden
Miss Old Garden Rose Society plant sale Jackson
15-16 Camellia Show Gulfport & plant sales
December 2008
1 Deadline for submission to MMGA WINTER BLURBS
1 MMGA and PRCMG Fiscal Year begins for New officers
5 PRCMG monthly meeting Holiday PARTY & Dues for 2009 &
5 Executive Boards of 2008 and 2009 records exchange meeting
6 Camellia Show Slidell // 13 Pensacola // 20 Covington(?)
Local Garden groups regular meetings
Picayune Garden Club New Orleans Old Garden Rose Society
Poplarville Garden Club Hattiesburg Daylily Society
Slidell Camellia Club North Shore Camellia Society
Gulfport Camellia Club Miss Gulf Coast Rose Society
2009 Recurring Garden Events
January 2009
1 Dues for PRCMG, MMGA, Crosby Arboretum start 2009
9 Monthly PRCMG meeting __ Board Meeting for new PRCMG officers
Camellia shows in ___ New Orleans,__ Mobile,
__ Baton Rouge, __ Brookhaven
__ Gulf States Horticulture Expo Mobile
__ Deadline for MMG awards (60 days before annual meeting)
February 2009
6 PRCMG monthly meeting
13 Arbor day in Miss tree planting programs (2nd Friday)
14 Crosby Arboretum Arbor day tree sale
__ Camellia Stroll LSU Hammond Station
__ MLA Garden Show in Biloxi (or march)
__ Camellia show Brookhaven
__ Camellia Grafting Tutorials New Orleans, ___ Baton Rouge
__ Master Gardener Class begins
__ American Camellia Society Annual Conference ??location
March 2009
1 Deadline for MMGA SPRING BLURBS
6 PRCMG monthly Meeting
__ MLA Garden Show Hattiesburg
Mobile Festival of Flowers by Provident Hospital
Master Gardener Classes Tues and Thursday
22-26 International Master Gardener Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
June 2009
6-18 Gardens of France/ study abroad/ Purdue Master Gardeners
Your SE Region Board Members are: Mary Beth Tigert, Pat Dale, Lynn McMahan, Coralie Richardson
-Southwest Region
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Lincoln County
Plant Sale at Ole Brook Festival - 9a -4p,September 20, 2009
Downtown Brookhaven
Your SW Region Board Members are: David Jordan, William McGehee, Kelly Parks, Alton Sims
-Northwest Region
Your NW Region Board Members are: Lisa Cox, Sherri McCalla, Martha McKey, Barry McCalla
-Northeast MS Region
Your NE Region Board Members are: Charles Wood, Jackie Beckham, Pat Wheeler, Sandy Witt