MGOI Annual Report 2012 - Master Gardeners of Ontario

Zone 4Anna PetersonAnna attended the orientation meeting for the Stratford Master Gardeners group inJanuary 1986 & has been active with the group ever since. She was assistantDistrict 10 Director of the OHA for over 10 years & Director from 2005 – 2010.Anna is a certified Floral and Horticultural Judge and worked as a floral designer forover 30 years. She has been a member of St. Marys Horticultural Society since1973 and is also a member of Stratford, Kirkton and London Fanshawe Societies.Anna gives talks & demonstrations on gardening and floral design. Anna grew upon a mixed farm and started gardening at the age of five. Her main gardening nowis in public gardens for the local Horticultural Society, a small bed in front of herapartment, growing sprouts in her kitchen window & growing as many house plantsas her house will hold.Zone 5Claudette SimsClaudette is a retired educator and has been a member of Halton Region MasterGardeners since 2004. She was coordinator of her group for 3 years and then wasproud to continue working as Zone 5 Director and more recently vice president forMGOI. She has lots of experience with invasive species given that she has grownso many of them! She loves to attract wildlife to her garden and has increasingknowledge and admiration for our beautiful native plants. Other interests includetravelling, line dancing, singing and playing ukulele!Zone 6Suzanne ZacharczykSuzanne Zacharczyk, an active member of the Etobicoke Master Gardenerssince September 2009, currently supports the group as Co-Coordinator, andrecently MGOI Zone 6 Director. As full time Project Manager she continues parttime studies in Horticulture and Landscape Design. Suzanne has been gardeninglocally for many years, and her interests in foliage plants and hostas are reflectedin her personal garden which was featured in a Community Garden Tour in 2012.As an active community member, Suzanne has been involved with multiple events,and coordinator of fund raising plants sales. Suzanne also volunteers as Presidentat the Applewood Garden Club where she lives in Mississauga.Suzanne has taken up the role of Zone Director from Lynne Marie Sullivan.Zone 7VacantThe position of Zone 7 Director is vacant. Thank you to Kelly Noel for stepping inas interim Zone Director.73