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Raised Bed Work Day

Title: Raised Bed Work Day
Location: Chattanooga Area Food Bank
Description: We will build some raised bed garden boxes on Friday, March 18 and Thursday, March 24. We will work at the Food Bank Garden Pavilion on Curtain Pole Road just off Amnicola Highway. We will start at 8am and work until 5pm or when [...]

MGHC Hits a New High

The results are final and Master Gardeners in Hamilton County surpassed the previous five years in racking up over 16,000 volunteer service hours in 2010. (Go to this post for the 2006-2009 totals.)

In 2010, each member averaged over 104 hours of volunteer time for a total of 16,195 recorded hours.  Not only did this total [...]

2011 Winter School

The 2011 Tennessee Master Gardener State Leadership Conference will be held in Murfreesboro at the Lane Agri-Park from Thursday, February 24 through Saturday February 26.  The conference will feature leadership training, skills development, and an opportunity to connect with other Master Gardeners from across the state.

The Teaching Track will be held on Thursday and Friday [...]

MGHC Receives State Award

The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County received the 2010 Tennessee Master Gardener Search For Excellence Award for its Question and Answer Table at the this year’s Chattanooga Market.   Tennessee Master Gardeners, the state program that oversees master gardener programs throughout the state, recognized MGHC’s project for its excellence in the workshop or presentation award category.

The [...]

CAFB Demonstration Garden Workday

Title: CAFB Demonstration Garden Workday

Location: Evelyn Davenport Navarre Demonstration Garden – CAFB

Jane Mauldin and I would like to thank everyone that made it to the rain soaked workday this last Wednesday.  The new Rain Garden looks and performs as beautifully as it was designed too.  The Ladies work group was able to [...]

October 30 Seed Collection Trip

Title: Reseeding the Cumberlands Seed Collection Outing
Location: Barker Camp, Mowbray Mountain
Description: This Saturday, October 30, we’ll go back to Barker Camp on Mowbray Mountain and have a look in the lower lying areas, still trying to find unopened Hemlock cones, more Cucumber Magnolias, maybe Buckeye plus different species or more of the same but from [...]

Habitat for Humanity Landscaping Workday

Title: Habitat for Humanity Landscaping Workday
Location: 3711 Pirola Street, Chattanooga, TN 37410
Description: We will be landscaping a Habitat for Humanity house at 3711 Pirola Street, Chattanooga, 37410 on Wednesday, November 10 starting at 9 am. This is the first house we are landscaping with a xeriscape plan to enable the house to meet EarthCraft [...]

October 23 Seed Collecting Trip

The next Reseeding the Cumberlands seed collecting trip will be this Saturday, October 23 at Flipper Bend. We will be assembling at 9 am sharp at Walden Town Hall and proceeding to the trailhead to collect seeds for a couple of target species.  The trail is easy to moderate, and State Interpretive RangerTerri Ballinger plans [...]

October 16 Seed Collecting Trip

Cumberland Trail Ranger Terri Ballinger has just set the next Reseeding the Cumberlands collection trip for tomorrow, Saturday October 16 at the Rock Creek lower loop.   The Rock Creek trailhead is just off of Leggett Road in Sale Creek.  You can get more information about this part of the Cumberland Trail here: http://www.cumberlandtrail.org/docs/three_gorges_rock_description.pdf

We will be [...]

Putting a Dollar Figure on Volunteerism

Master Gardeners of Hamilton County are busy year round putting in public service hours educating the public about horticulture through workshops, demonstration gardens, sponsoring clinics, exhibiting at community programs, and working with community groups to develop gardens and use best practices.  In donating their time, Master Gardeners provide great value to the area which encompasses [...]