Pulaski County Master Gardeners

To all PCMGs:

Beginning at 10:30 prior to the May 21st Master Gardener meeting at St. James and ending at 11:30 when the regular meeting begins, in Jones Hall upstairs the Busy Bee Committee will be delivering Busy Bees at no cost to PCMGs who were awarded a Busy Bee for project work completed in 2018 and 2017and offering for sale Busy Bees to replace cloth Busy Bees awarded in earlier years.  The Dremeling team will also be there to install Busy Bees on badges.  Please try to stop by to get your Busy Bees.  

PLEASE NOTE that there are no further dates planned this year for this activity.  After this, PCMGs wanting to pick up a Busy Bee, purchase a replacement, and/or get one installed on a badge will need to make arrangements to meet individually with a member of the Busy Bee Committee at a mutually convenient time and place by calling Kathleen Reynolds at 920-9906.  While every effort will be made to accommodate such requests, of necessity it will be dependent upon the availability of a Busy Bee Committee member.

Kathleen Reynolds
PCMG Chair Busy Bees

Pulaski County Master Gardeners,

Our May meeting will be Tuesday, May 21, at St. James Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock, AR at 11:30.  Our speaker will be Jennifer Gibson who will speak on “Arkansas Diamonds,  plants that have been carefully selected by local growers that consistently perform well  in Arkansas.  Jennifer  has worked as a landscape designer for The Good Earth Garden Center for over 10 years. 

If you have an announcement you would like to make at the meeting, please get the information to me by this coming Friday, May 17,  so I can make a PowerPoint slide for your presentation. 

I hope to see you at the meeting next week as we discover new plants for a successful garden.

Suzanne Potts

PCMG President 

The Travel Committee is postponing the tour of Pine Ridge Nursery and Gardens, 832 Sycamore Rd in London, AR because of stormy weather predictions that had been scheduled for this Friday, May 3rd.

The tour has been rescheduled to next Friday, May 10. 

A car caravan will be leaving Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Dr. in Little Rock at 8:30. 

The tour is free . Lunch is on your own in nearby Russellville after the tour.   Wear sensible, sturdy shoes for the tour.

Contact Susan Reasoner at susanreasoner2@gmail.com to let her know to expect you.

For Pine Ridge Garden information, Click Here.

Due to torrential rain last weekend the Little Rock Greenhouse will be open to master gardeners this Friday April 19th, 8:00 am till 10:00 am and Saturday April 20th, 8:00 am till 11:00 am with plants for sale.

We are at the corner of S.Palm and 7th St. behind the Arkansas State Hospital. 

Hope all can come.

Chris

Our meeting this month will be Tuesday, April 16, at St. James Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock, at 11:30.  We look forward to welcoming 15 brand new Master Gardeners who have just completed our online course. 

The speaker for our  meeting will be Lori Monday,  regional educator for the Witt Stephens Nature Center, who will speak on “Snakes, Friend or Foe?”

This is the last meeting where you can pay your 2019 dues.  Please have your check ready and made payable to PCMG in the amount of $20.00.  Starting May  1, dues will go up to $30.

If you have an announcement you would like to make at the meeting, please get the information to me by this Friday, April 12.  My email address is jlpsbp@gmail.cim.

Thanks and hope to see you next week.

Suzanne Potts

PCMG President

PCMG Meeting Presentation – April 16, 2019

Lori Monday is a Regional Educator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. She is the outreach arm for seven counties in Central Arkansas providing educational opportunities in hunting, fishing and conservation-oriented activities. Lori works as part of an education team with the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.

Lori has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and a Master’s in Biology with a focus in Herpetology. She has devoted the last 6 years to the field of conservation education with a focus on reptiles and amphibians.

Lori began her career as an education specialist at the Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center helping to care for live snakes, alligators, turtles, owls, eagles and opossums.  She is an NAI certified interpreter and has experience in program planning and facilitation, community outreach, and live animal care and maintenance. She is a passionate conservationist working to promote public understanding and sustainable use of all wildlife and their habitats.

To View and/or Print Lori’s PowerPoint slide show, Click Here.

We will now accept guests.    
Please include the name of your guest with your payment.

SPRING LUNCHEON AT MARLSGATE PLANTATION

Friday, May 17th
11:30 – 2:00
Marlsgate Plantation
2695 Bear Skin Lake Road
Scott, Arkansas
Introductory Welcome at 11:30

Lunch
Tours of the Garden
Menu

Chicken Salad, Green Salad
Plantation Bread Pudding
Tea, water, glass of wine
$35.00 per person

Please send your check made payable to PCMG by May 1, 2019 to:

Pulaski County Extension Service
2901 W. Roosevelt Road
Little Rock, AR 72204