Coming March 31 – April 11
Proven Winners Direct Plant Sale
Benefitting MCMGA
This year MCMGA has set up a special sale with Proven Winners Direct to earn money for the organization. For orders placed on the Proven Winners Direct site between March 31-April 11 using a special MCMGA fundraiser link (Coming March 31st) , 15% of the order proceeds go to the MCMGA. Proven Winners Direct will fill and ship the orders directly to your home; no special pick up is needed. Orders totalling $75+ will ship for free; orders below $75 will have a $9.99 shipping fee. Proven Winners Direct sells annuals, perennials, shrubs, edibles, house plants and garden supplies; a convenient 1 stop shop for your gardening needs! If you have a small order consider combining orders with fellow members, friends and family to save on shipping. Share the link with friends, family and neighbors!
MCMGA Monthly Meeting
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Thursday Evening
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Northminster Presbyterian Church
1660 Kessler Blvd E. Dr. (Map)
Speaker: LeAnne Barta
Topic: “Be Tick Aware”
Website: Indiana Lyme Connect – Evidence-based Lyme Education
LeAnne Barta is co-founder and president of Indiana Lyme Connect (ILC). LeAnne and her husband know first-hand the difficulty of Lyme diagnosis and its devastating effects on their children. After completing her masters in Communication Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin, LeAnne moved to Indianapolis. After working in a variety of medical and academic settings, LeAnne devoted her energy to raising and homeschooling her five children as well as serving in a variety of local and international organizations and churches. LeAnne has not only had the privilege of caring and advocating for her own children with Lyme disease, but also advocating for others with tick-borne illnesses. She and her husband live in Indianapolis.
Events Calendar – Check it out !
Looking to see what events are going on around us. Looking for a garden class to attend. This is the place to check.
Please check with the event organizer if their event has been cancelled, postponed, or modified before you go to an event.
To see what was talked about, watch and listen to the March 10, 2025 MG Member Meeting.
Garden Centers listing
MCMGA Master Gardeners 22 garden centers offering 10% discount for your garden projects and purchases. See the list here.
MCMGA Photos
Photos from our members and the MCMGA Photo Contest are in our Photo Gallery. Click on link below.
MCMGA Members, see the winning photos and all photos submitted for the 2024 MCMGA Photos Contest and photos submitted by our members in our MCMGA Photo Gallery
2025 MCMGA membership dues
We are now collecting 2025 MCMGA membership dues. For membership form, payment options, or to check to see if you have already paid, click here. There is also a form on the last page of the Greenery that you can print and mail in. If you have questions, please contact me at memb@indymcmga.org.
MCMGA Garden Grants for 2025
See grants approved for 2025 here.
If you wish to submit an application for your organization to receive a MCMGA Garden Grant for 2026; visit our MCMGA Garden Grant page for application request details and form. Grant requests are due by February 15th. Organizations that were awarded grants for their projects for this year and prior years can also be found here.
MCMGA Youth Education Grant
MCMGA is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote good gardening practices to the community in cooperation with Purdue Extension – Marion County. This grant is to be used to support youth gardening education initiatives which help support and sustain hunger-relief efforts in the Marion County hunger-relief system. Not-for-profit [ie 501c(3)] organizations involved with farming, community gardens, food pantries, food desert initiatives, and nutrition programs that include demographically targeted education programs are encouraged to apply for this grant. If interested and wanting more information click below:
MCMGA Youth Education Grant
Purdue University Diversity Statement
The MCMGA is under the auspices of Purdue University; thus we follow the PU Diversity Statement: See the link here: https://www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.php
In addition, on behalf of the Board of the Marion County Master Gardener Association, we see and acknowledge the tremendous pain and suffering happening right now in our country. It is heartbreaking. We want to be clear that we welcome all people to this association because we are all an integral part of our natural world. We welcome everyone and do not discriminate against anyone because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, disabilities, age or national origin. We know we cannot solve racial inequality and injustice here. We value the dignity of every person and we strive to foster tolerance, sensitivity, understanding, and mutual respect among our members.
To purchase Master Gardener Merchandise visit our Purdue MG merchandise website.
Now available: Purdue Plant Doctor Apps help you diagnose and solve problems found on trees, annual and perennial flowers. You can find information about the Purdue Tree Doctor, Purdue Perennial Flower Doctor, and Purdue Annual Flower Doctor at this website.