MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario

Rideau 1000 IslandsTotal # of enquiriesTotal # of clinics# Attending Clinics# of Speaking engagementsAttendance at speaking engagementsNewspaper/TD/Media# of Master Gardeners 13# of Master Gardeners in Training 2Total # of Administrative Hours 430Total # of Advice Hours 220# of TUs/Continuing Education Units 139Highlight of the YearFive of our seven MGiT’s completed their courses or passed the exams to obtain their Master Gardenercertificates. For the past two years, almost half of our members have been MGiT’s and we are pleased to beshifting the balance to having a majority of fully certified Master Gardeners.Major Volunteer ActivitiesWe participated in the Kingston Gardening FestivalOur members arranged for and presented the speakers, organized the volunteers, designed and built thedisplay gardens and organized a display of Secondary School student artwork related to gardening. Threeof our members were on the steering committee for the event.Communities in Bloom Kick-Off EventMembers guided elementary school children in the planting of barrels to be displayed in the square behindKingston City Hall.Fundraising ActivitiesOur major fundraiser event was a joint Communities in Bloom/Master Garden tour in Kingston. Another fundraiser was a series of workshops at various garden centres as a joint project of Rideau 1000 Islands MasterGardeners, Gananoque Horticultural Society, Kingston Horticultural Society and Collins Bay and DistrictHorticultural Society. This was preceded by a presentation on 1812 gardens to celebrate the 200 th anniversary ofthe War of 1812 which figures prominently in the history of the area in and around Kingston.61