MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario

Ottawa-CarletonTotal # of enquiries 1109Total # of clinics 71# Attending Clinics 1994# of Speaking engagements 26Attendance at speaking engagements 442Newspaper/TD/Media 6# of Master Gardeners 22# of Master Gardeners in Training 13Total # of Administrative Hours 934Total # of Advice Hours 1027# of TUs/Continuing Education Units 349Highlight of the YearOur continued growth stands out as a highlight for the year. A field trip to a local market vegetablegarden was also very informative, tasty and good fun.Major Volunteer ActivitiesOur “kick-off” event of the gardening season is the Ottawa Home and Garden Show at the endof March. This is one of our most popular and busy events. We provide speakers for the showand staff an advice clinic throughout the four day eventMGOC has a well established presence at four Ottawa area farmers markets. We have “regularclients” who ask us questions from year to year on an ongoing basisOur Telephone Helpline and our Email Help Desk also continue to be popular with Ottawa areagardenersAs well, our members speak to many local groups and we also have advice tables at some oneoffevents throughout the yearWe continue to publish a monthly garden advice newsletter.Fundraising ActivitiesWe host a spring plant sale in conjunction with an art studio and garden tour. A number of ourmembers donate speaker’s fees and Honourarium for articles. MGOC is under contract to providequarterly articles for Ottawa Family Living magazine. Our City of Ottawa clinics earn us a $500 fee eachyear.MeetingsWe hold six formal meetings a year (the 4 th Thursday of the month in Jan, Feb, March, Sept, Oct andNov) and an informal field trip. This year our field trip was to a market vegetable farm, Acorn Creek54