Master Gardeners
of the Tanana Valley
"Cultivating Gardeners" in Interior Alaska
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Bluebells by Di Griffin |
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Bleeding Hearts |
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There will be no more Fairbanks
Master Gardener Meetings
for the summer.
Instead, there will be tours. If you are a member, you should get tour
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Tour Locations Needed!
We are looking for gardens to tour. Think "gardens" in the widest
context possible. Please check out this page
and email us to nominate your favorites!
Volunteers Needed!
Work off your MG hours, raise money for the Garden,
and have fun while doing it! Volunteers are needed to work the day of
the Georgeson Botanical Garden Tea Party, Sunday, June 28th.
Specifically, we need the following:
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Setup: Work from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon, setting up
tents and tables. The bad part is that you have to get up early on a
weekend. The good part is that you get to kick back and take it easy
during the rest of the event.
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Tear down: Work from 4:00-6:00 p.m. taking down
tables, tents, schlepping dirty dishes, etc. Enjoy the event first,
work afterwards.
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Hot water service: Four people needed--one to be
hot water captain and three others to keep tea pots refilled.
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General food service: Work during the main event
(1-4:00 p.m.), serve tea dainties, give servers breaks, keep trays
refilled, remove dirty
dishes, bring out clean ones, etc. Dressing up is strongly encouraged.
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Tickets: Work during the main event (1-4:00 p.m.),
taking and selling tickets, making change, etc.If you are interested,
please contact me, Robyn Russell, at home in the evenings (451-4439)
or by e-mail at fnrlr1@uaf.edu.
For more volunteer opportunities, see our
volunteer page.
First Garden Tour of the
Season!
Sat. June 6th we toured the gardens and viewed the apple
blossoms. We could not give more details here, as the tours are only
open to members.
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HOUSING FOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Calypso Farm and Ecology Center is looking for housing for their 4
School Garden Supervisors! School Garden Supervisors are wonderful,
enthusiastic people who dedicate 6 months of their lives to a school
garden in Fairbanks. They need a place to stay!!
They are looking for people to host School Garden Supervisors from April
through September 2009. Housing should be biking or walking distance
from Hunter, Woodriver, Pearl Creek, University Park or Effie Kokrine
Charter School. If you have space to house one or more School Garden
Supervisors, please contact Calypso at 451-0691.
email: katrin@calypsofarm.org or kakuni@me.com
mail: PO Box 106, Ester AK 99725
phone: (907) 451-0691
web: www.calypsofarm.org
Please check out Volunteer Opportunities
We have been getting a lot of requests for volunteers lately. So
check out our volunteer page and pitch in and help out. This is also a
good place or new Master Gardener graduates to look for ways to get
their 40 hours in. Click here. There are
even some paid jobs listed! Alaska State Garden Club Convention this
July
The Fairbanks Garden Club and the North Pole group will be hosting
the Alaska State Garden Club Convention during Golden Days 24, 25 of
July 2009 at the River's Edge Lodge.
The Flower Show is open to the public with registration Friday, July
24 from 8:30 to 10:30 and judging of the show from 11:00 to 12:00.
Public viewing from 1-5 on Friday and Saturday. The theme is "Fantastic
Flower Fantasies in Fairbanks" for both the flower show and the
convention.
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Coming Events:
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Go to the
Georgeson
Botanical Garden Society web site for information on their two
summer fundraisers for the garden! There is a Garden Tea June 28, and
A Garden Faire July 26.
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July 24 & 25, Alaska State Garden Club Convention
& Flower Show, at River's Edge Resort. "Fantastic Flower Fantasies in
Fairbanks" hosted by Fairbanks Garden Club and North Pole Garden Club.
Information, (907) 374-9871 or email betty[at]seki.com More
information above, right.
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Want to join the Master Gardeners of the
Tanana Valley?
Click here to go to our "About" page where
you can get more information and download a membership application.
Membership, among other things, makes you eligible to go on our garden
tours!
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Related Forums & Websites
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It used to be called the University Experimental
Farm, and the gardens and greenhouses are still used by researchers.
A great place to volunteer!
Here is a little more
information, from the SNRAS
Blog June 3, 2009
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Billed as
"America's largest club of gardening enthusiasts." membership
allows you to, among other things, become a garden product tester
(you get to keep them), You can join by the year, or buy a life
membership.
Website of the
society formed to support the Georgeson Botanical Garden. See
their website for upcoming events.
Website
"handbook for those wanting a place to plant in Fairbanks. Get on
the waiting list now!
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The website
of the organization that is the major authority on gardening in
Alaska. Click on "Publications" to find a list that you can
order from. They also offer Master Gardening classes - the one
for the interior is held beginning each March. In Southcentral,
it is usually earlier in the winter.
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This is the Anchorage branch of the Alaska
Master Gardeners. Links to lots of good information here,
including a link to information on the Master Gardener
Correspondence Course.
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Website of
Fairbanks' own garden guru - the horticulturist for the Fairbanks
Cooperative Extension Service. Includes an archive of garden
articles she has written over the years. Also includes information
on becoming a Master Gardener.
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This page last updated
06/13/09
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