MCMGA Monthly Meeting
Evening Meeting
Thursday, October 17, 2024
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Note Location, Date , and Time difference
Riviera Club – 5640 N Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN 46208
(Map)
The October 17th meeting of the Marion County Master Gardeners’ Association will be held at the Riviera Club, at 5640 N. Illinois Street, Indianapolis, (map), with a special program featuring a presentation by Laura Deeter, Professor of Horticulture at The Ohio State University in Horticulture and Crop Science and the Sandy and Andy Ross Endowed Director of the Chadwick Arboretum.
Speaker – Laura Deeter
Presentation Topic – Shady Characters: Don’t know what to do with that shady site? Concerned that the only plants available are Hosta? Learn how to manage that shady corner, yard, or garden. Be introduced to some (hopefully) new plants, new ideas, and ways of thinking about design in the shade. Come to the ‘dark’ side; it’s cooler!
Laura Deeter received her PhD in horticulture from The Ohio State University after studying road-salt tolerance in herbaceous perennials under Dr. Steve Still. She is currently a Professor of Horticulture at The Ohio State University in Horticulture and Crop Science and the Sandy and Andy Ross Endowed Director of the Chadwick Arboretum. She has taught a multitude of horticulture classes including: Woody and Herbaceous Plant Identification, Landscape Design, Sustainable Landscaping, Plant Health Management, Landscape Construction, and Ecology, to name a few. She was awarded the ATI Distinguished Teaching Award three times, the OSU Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Perennial Plant Association Teaching Award the American Horticulture Society Teaching Award, Perennial Plant Association Service Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ohio Landscape Association and Professor of the Year from Instructure. She travels extensively speaking on a variety of topics ranging from taxonomy and nomenclature to shade gardens, design, color, and specialty gardens and plants. At home she gardens on her tenth of an acre with her hubby, four dogs, 100 pink plastic flamingos and counts her 300+ species of perennials as dear friends.
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 August 22, 2024 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
Photo Contest Deadline for 2024 Announced
The deadline for this year’s MCMGA Annual Photo Contest will be 11:59 p.m. on Monday September 23. More details will be forthcoming in future Greenerys and on the MCMGA website but I want to give everyone a heads-up now about the deadline.
Here are some quick tips before submitting your favorite photos:
- They must be photos taken by you.
- You will be able to submit up to three photos spread over six different categories.
- Remember good composition. (See July 2022 Greenery)
- Don’t forget good focusing and exposure techniques. (See April 2023 Greenery and February 2024 Greenery)
- Practice, Practice, Practice.
- Edit if you like. (See April 2024 Greenery)
Take lots of photos!
—–Vickie Davis
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 2023 MCMGA Photos Contest and photos submitted by our members in our MCMGA Photo Gallery
2024 MCMGA membership dues
We are now collecting 2024 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 2024
See grants approved for 2023 here.
If you wish to submit an application for your organization to receive a MCMGA Garden Grant for 2024; visit our MCMGA Grants page for application request details and form. Grant requests are due by March 1st. Organizations that were awarded grants for their projects for this year and prior years can also be found here.
MCMGA Gardening 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 Gardening 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.