MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario

Prince Edward CountyTotal # of enquiries 56Total # of clinics 6# Attending Clinics 180# of Speaking engagements 4Attendance at speaking engagements 200Newspaper/TD/Media 28# of Master Gardeners 12# of Master Gardeners in Training 1Total # of Administrative Hours 300Total # of Advice Hours 400# of TUs/Continuing Education Units 76Highlight of the YearAwareness continues to grow as a result of our weekly “Ask a Master Gardener” column in our localweekly newspaper. We also use questions asked at our events as ideas to be explored in the weeklycolumns.We attended a Day of Wine and Roses held in the spring at Macaulay Heritage Park. This event alsohelped to increase our profile. Tim Bucknell spoke about rose growing and Deborah Paskus, winemakerat Closson Chase, talked about the intricacies of grape growing.Major Volunteer ActivitiesWeekly “Ask a Master Gardener” columnSpeaking engagements at local horticultural societies and garden clubsPresence and advice at Picton’s Canadian Tire creating and distributing advice sheetsAdvice booth at the Picton Fall FairAssisting at horticultural societies plant sales and providing advice at regular meetingsProvided advice at Macaulay Heritage ParkFundraising ActivitiesAnnual plant sale and lilac sale in MayAssisting at Picton’s Canadian Tire and Trenton’s Independent Grocery Stores where wereceived donationsMeetingsWe held 11 meetings along with a December AGM. The Coordinator and Assistant Coordinatorattended the Coordinator’s Conference and the MGOI AGM in October.58