North Carolina Master Gardener Association

If you would like to join the North Carolina Master Gardener Association, individual memberships are available at $5 a year, renewable annually on January 1st. You can get a copy of the membership form on the web.

2005 dues

2005 dues are due as of January 1st. Make checks payable to Brunswick County Master Gardener Volunteer Association (BCMGVA). Dues are $5 per individual. Please mail checks to the Treasurer, Linda Lemieux (3882, Members Club Blvd, Southport, NC 28461).

Letter from Martha Warner

Dear Master Gardeners,
Thank you so much for the gift certificate to Elijahs. It was very kind and generous of you to remember me during the holidays. It will be a special treat for Mac and me.
Again, thank you for the gift but most of all your friendship and all your volunteer efforts at Cooperative Extension.
Happy New Year,
Marth Warner

Did You Know

Press Release, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004
David Barkley, Horticulture Agent for North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Brunswick County, has been recognized by the state's local chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, a national honor society for Extension professionals. Barkley received the International Award at the annual meeting of Xi Chapter of ESP in Sanford last month.
Barkley has been involved in many international service projects including:

• Participating in the "North Carolina in the World Program"


• Hosting educators from Costa Rica


• Participating in an international 4S (4-H) Camp


• Hosting graduate students from Bolivia and Peru


• Foreign mission work in Prague, Czech Republic


• Foreign Mission work in Mandeville, Jamaica


• Providing financial aid to disaster-stricken countries - Honduras, Afghanistan, Iraq


• Working as a volunteer for "Operation Christmas Child"


• Tutoring foreign students enrolled in the MBA program at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington


• Studies Abroad - International Business Seminar - University of North Carolina - Wilmington MBA program


• International Missions Coordinator for First Baptist Church Diaconate, Wilmington

2005 Budget

The proposed budget will be discussed at the general meeting on Jan. 27. Be sure to attend. Copies will be mailed or e-mailed before then. If you get it before the meeting, bring it with you - only a limited number of copies will be available at the meeting.

The Botanical Garden Wants You!

Now that it has been dedicated this is called maintenance. Thanks in advance.
Contact John Sullivan or Maggie Hoon.

Received from Vic Pizzolato

My class in Basic Photography and Digital Photography starts the first week in February I believe. Folks will have to call the school to register at 755-7300, or if they want to know more about the courses, call me. I don't have the exact date as yet. Though I do believe the school will mail out a catalog to everyone in the county.
Vic Pizzolato

Welcome to 2005 Gardening

Please accept my warmest wishes for a happy gardening year. And please make plans to include BCMGVA in those plans. Your Board has begun planning for an active year and we want each and every one of you to join in one or more of the rewarding, informative and enjoyable events/activities which require your participation to assure their success.
We will try some new ways to involve you, including different approaches to meetings, and especially by the development and use of a web site where you can track everything happening daily and participate as you wish. AND, please send me your comments and ideas...
Please mark your calendar with all of our events, and join one or more of the teams working on each. I am looking forward to seeing you throughout the year as we interact with prospective and veteran gardeners throughout the county.
Cheers!
Dan Sololoski

Trip Report - Night of a Thousand Lights

Go to the Trips page to see Chappy Jones' report on the December visit to Night of a Thousand Lights at Brookgreen Gardens.

Trip Report - Brookgreen Gardens & Huntington Beach

Go to the Trips page to see Richard Boland's report on the trip to Brookgreen Gardens and Huntington Beach.