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November 2023 UME Master Gardener
State Office Announcements
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As the autumn leaves fall and gardening tasks shift to putting our beds to rest for the winter, we hope you will enjoy a lovely Thanksgiving with friends and family. Whether you're tending to your last harvest, cooking up a new pie recipe, or planting some cover crops, this month we celebrate the joys our fall gardens can bring.
Our newsletter this month includes the Master Gardener pop-up shop, GreenScapes Symposium, featured surveys, new HGIC resources, and more!
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Master Gardener Pop-Up Shop | |
There is still time to shop the Master Gardener store. New items and colors are available. The deadline to order is November 19th. | |
Statewide Meetings and Continuing Education | |
We have one more statewide continuing education opportunity for 2024, and tickets are still available! Please see below for more information | |
Winter Wonders Wreath Workshop
Friday, December 8, 2023 | 12:00 AM - 2:00 PM Washington County Extension Office
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UME Agents Annette Cormany, Ashley Bachtel-Bodkins, and Sarah Llewellyn will begin our program with an educational session about our native evergreen plants. Following the presentation, we'll channel our new appreciation for these hardy trees and shrubs by creating our own holiday wreaths!
Most supplies will be provided, but please bring your own pair of gloves and hand pruners.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact Stephanie Pully at pully@umd.edu or (410) 531-1754 on or before November 24, 2023.
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Catch Up on Continuing Education | |
To Rake or Not to Rake?
Join Maddie Potter, Howard County Home Horticulture Agent, to learn abut sustainable fall gardening practices.
Watch Here
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Please allow us a few days after a webinar has taken place to get the recording uploaded. It takes several hours for the video to process. | | | |
Friday, February 16, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Live Zoom Event
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Integrating native plants and designing for biodiversity is becoming more of a common practice than an industry trend. This symposium will offer new and innovative sustainable design and maintenance strategies to take your home garden or professional work to the next level. Join industry experts as they share practical and scalable lessons from the field representing a diverse range of natural landscapes and human environments.
- Early Bird Fee: $50 (ends Friday, January 12, 2024)
- Standard Fee: $60
This event counts as 5 hours of continuing education
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Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance | |
The Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance (Ujamaa) is a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)-led collective seeking to increase grower and crop varietal diversity in the United States. In partnership with the University of Vermont, we are conducting a research study to examine how food and agriculture can better enhance access to culturally meaningful seeds and food. This information will support farmers and other participants in the seed value chain to expand regionally adapted, sustainably grown and less commercially available varieties of seed (and the crops that come from these seeds).
To do this, we need your help! As an essential participant in the seed value chain, you are being invited to participate in a survey entitled Market opportunities for culturally meaningful seed and food. Completing the survey will take about 20 minutes.
Participating in the survey is completely voluntary, and your responses will be kept confidential. If you do participate, you can opt into a raffle for one of 50 $100 gift certificates.
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Maryland Invasive Plants Survey | |
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The Maryland Native Plant Coalition is conducting a short survey to determine which invasive plant species Marylanders find most problematic. We're asking people from various constituencies around the state to list their top 25 invasive plants. The survey is easy to complete and has over 100 invasive plants from which you can choose, and you can also write in names if we've missed species you'd like to mention.
We are looking to gather information from all parts of our state as well as from individuals dealing with invasives in places such as natural areas, home gardens, commercial landscapes, and farmland. Please complete the survey by November 27 (Maryland Invasive Plant Survey). Also, feel free to share it with others. Thank you for helping us learn more so we can educate Marylanders and help solve this issue.
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CCBC Sustainable Horticulture Program | |
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The Sustainable Horticulture Program at the Community College of Baltimore County has a great lineup of Spring classes! The spring semester starts January 29th and runs 15 weeks, to May 17th.
There is also a Winter class being offered: HORT 228 Sustainable Landscape Planning (pre-requisite is HORT 230 Landscape Design or with permission from Program Director Dr. Brad Thompson) . It runs January 2nd-January 25th, 8:30am to 12:15pm at CCBC Dundalk, Mondays-Thursdays.
If anyone is interested in taking a Spring class, please ask them to contact Winny Tan in the CCBC Sustainable Horticulture office. Winny will gladly answer questions and help with registration! Her office number is 443-840-3787. Email is wtan@ccbcmd.edu
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Home and Garden Information Center | |
Web Content
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Video Content
Check out these videos:
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We are still alive! How to protect pollinators in the slow season
By By Anahí Espíndola, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park
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Cleaning Up the Fall Vegetable Garden
By Erica Smith, Montgomery County Master Gardener
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S4:E Stinging Caterpillars
Hey Listener,
This year, we are taking a break from our spooky plant list to instead talk about a spooky, cute group of insects STINGING CATERPILLARS! Don't let their cuteness fool you; these incredible insects can string if touched, so BEWARE and keep your hands to yourself.
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Stephanie Pully
UME Master Gardner State Coordinator
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Kaitlyn Baligush
Program Management Specialist
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The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to any person and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression. | | | | |
