MCMGA Programs
2022
January 10, 2022
Steve Mayer: “What’s new in Vegetables and Flowers for 2022”
January 10, 2022 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
February 14, 2022
Carey Grable: “Commercial Growing Through the Year: Behind the Scenes of Greenhouse Production”
February 14, 2022 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
March 14, 2022
Ben Miller, President, Mud Creek Conservancy: “Mud Creek Conservancy, the Mud Creek Valley and Sargent Road Nature Park”
March 14, 2022 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
April 11, 2022
Austin Pearson, County Extension Director/Area 2 Fellow/ANR Extension Educator, Purdue Extension-Tipton County; “Climate Change; what to expect, and how to prepare our gardens”
April 11, 2022 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
April 21, 2022 “Bonus program”
Tour of Newfields’ Spring Blooms. Tour will begin at 5 o’clock with a brief talk by Chad Franer, chief horticulturalist at Newfields, followed by a walk around the grounds accompanied by garden guides.
May 9, 2022
Plant/Bake Sale and Auction, Holliday Park
Details
NO Regular Meeting, the Plant Sale will take its place
June 13, 2022
Jeremy Kranowitz, President and CEO, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful: “Keep Indianapolis Beautiful”
June 13, 2022 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
July 9, 2022 Notice: This is a Saturday
Tour of members’ gardens. No meeting on July 11th, these Garden Tours will take its place.
SATURDAY, July 9, rather than the usual Monday schedule. We will visit the gardens of Sue Arnold (Big Sue), Shirley Fry and Sally and Greg Micheel. A mail chimp will be sent out giving addresses, details and directions, but please save Saturday morning for this special program.
August 8, 2022
No program this month to allow you to volunteer at the Indiana State Fair; Demo garden, Tomato Juice Stand, and Greenhouse. Please volunteer.
September 12, 2022
Evening Program
Location: Riviera Club 5640 N Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN 46208
More details coming.
Michael Homoya, a distinguished Botanist/Plant Ecologist with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for 37 years until his retirement in 2019. He is the author of numerous scientific papers, articles and books.
Title of talk “Shifting Baselines: Indiana’s Natural Landscape of 1816 and Today”
October 10, 2022
Program on Eagle Creek at 50 years. Brittany Davis Swinford, Senior Park Manager at Eagle Creek Park. Topic TBA
November 14, 2022
Amanda Smith: “ Wildlife in the Garden”
December 12, 2022
Bill McKnight, aka “the mad botanist”, with a special Christmas presentation
2021
January 11, 2021
Steve Mayer: What’s New in the Garden in 2021
New Varieties of Veggies & Flowers for 2021 – Presentation handout
January 11, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
February 8, 2021
Brent Heath: “Bulbs as Companion Plants”
from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs
Bulbs as Companion Plants – Virtual Presentation Handout
February 8, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
March 8, 2021
Rad Drew: “iPhone Photography Basics”
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/RadDrew
Website: https://www.raddrewphotography.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rad.drew
iPhone Mobile Resources for 2021 from Rad Drew
March 8, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting
April 12, 2021
Purdue Prof Cale Bigelow: “Lawnscaping – Embracing Clover and
Alternatives in the Lawn”
April 12, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
May 10, 2021
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp: “The Edible Landscape”
hoosiergardener.com
Jo Ellen’s Presentation slides
Jo Ellen’s Handout outline
May 10, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
June 14, 2021
Karen Richey; Marshall County Extension Educator – Health and Human Sciences: “Preserving Your Garden Crops: Canning and other Techniques”
Karen Richey’s Presentation slides
Karen Richey’s Basics of Home Canning document – and much more
Karen Richey’s Preserve It Now flyer
Karen Richey’s Mastering Home Food Preservation Educators and Gauge Testers flyer
Presentation Survey (please take if attended the presentation)
June 14, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
July 12, 2021
Linda Stocks, President of Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association (SWIMGA):
“Hope, Love, Healing”…..creating a garden for reflection and healing a community
(Zoom)
July 12, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
August 9, 2021
NO Meeting – Use this time to volunteer at the Indiana State Fair
September 13, 2021
Brooke Alford: Urban Agriculture Educator in Purdue Extension-Marion County:
“Native Plants”
(Zoom)
September 13, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
October 14, 2021
Evening meeting
Karen Laine: From Master Gardener to HGTV:
“Urban Landscaping towards Curb Appeal “
October 14, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
November 8, 2021
Ren Hall: “What’s Lurking in My Landscape”
IDNR – Division of Entomology and Plant Pathology
(Zoom/Live)
November 8, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
December 13, 2021
Mark Zelonis: Hon. ASLA; CULTURAL EXCURSIONS: “Art in the Garden”
(Zoom/Live )
December 13, 2021 Zoom MG Member Meeting with Speaker Presentation
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