MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario
MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario
MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario
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Simcoe CountyTotal # <strong>of</strong> enquiries 41Total # <strong>of</strong> clinics 24# Attending Clinics 48# <strong>of</strong> Speaking engagements 30Attendance at speaking engagements 1550#Newspaper/TD/Media 12# <strong>of</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Gardeners</strong> 13# <strong>of</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Gardeners</strong> in Training 5Total # <strong>of</strong> Administrative Hours 656Total # <strong>of</strong> Advice Hours 275# <strong>of</strong> TUs/Continuing Education Units 214Charlotte Vorstermans’s gardenHighlight <strong>of</strong> the YearSCMG hosted a Technical Update on Saturday, October 20, <strong>2012</strong> with the theme “Back to the Future”. This was asmaller than hoped for registration but participants enjoyed presentations by Sean James, Melanie Sifton andCharlie Dobbin. The silent auction was a huge success with a plethora <strong>of</strong> items which added to our c<strong>of</strong>fersMajor ActivitiesOur PickSmart series at local horticultural societies and other groupsLibrary presentationsFive members <strong>of</strong> the group enrolled in the two year OHA flower judging course.FundraisingWe sold the ”Ask a <strong>Master</strong> Gardener” book to local horticultural societies and our PickSmart series.MeetingsWe meet eight times per year and we try to have an educational component at each meeting. We also have asummer potluck and BBQ in July and August at our member’s gardens.Group UpdateJohn Craw, past coordinator and general mover and shaker in the SCMG was honoured at the November windupmeeting with his Emeritus certificate. Kevin van Andel is now our new Zone Director.We recruited 2 new MGiT’s this past year.64
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