PATHFINDER GREENHOUSE PLANT SALE

Posted on April 5, 2019 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

DATES AND TIMES:

           April 12th,  9 a.m. – 12 p.m.,  Master Gardeners and Pathfinder employees only

                         April 13th, 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
                         April 26th, 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
                         April 27th, 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Large selection and varieties:
•    Ornamentals – perennials and annuals •    Beautiful hanging baskets •    Herbs •    Vegetables •    Pass along plants (hostas, Hellebores/Lenten Roses, Confederate Roses)

Come early, browse, visit and buy.
Support your fellow Master Gardeners’ project.
See below for a list of all plants offered.
Any questions, please contact Theresa Funkhouser at 501-766-1395

Pathfinder Greenhouse Plant Sale
2520 Main Street
Jacksonville, AR

(Take the Main Street Exit in Jacksonville and go west onto Main Street.  At Main Street and Redmond Road, go north onto Redmond Road.  Greenhouse is easily visible at this point.  Take first turn onto Pathfinder’s campus and follow road to parking lot.)

ORNAMENTAL
Agastache
Ageratum
Angelonia – pink and purple
Astra Mix
Celosia
Centaurea
Coleus – sun and shade loving
Coreopsis
Cuphea
Dichondria – Silver Falls
Dracaena
Dusty Miller
Gallardia
Geraniums – red, pink and salmon
Impatience
Lamiun
Lantana – trailing and bush/clumping
Marigold – various
Pentas
Petunias – several varieties plus gorgeous hanging baskets of petunias Purslane Scaevola Sweet Potato Vines – emerald green and black Torenia Vinca Zinnias – various sizes and colors

HERBS
Basil
Catnip
Dill
Marjoram
Parsley

VEGETABLES
Eggplant
Peppers – hot and sweet
Tomatoes – patio and determinant

PASS ALONGS
Confederate Rose
Hostas – various
Lenten Roses

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2019 Master Gardener Spring Sale

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Little Rock Garden Club Program

Posted on March 15, 2019 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

The evening will include a program by author Meryl Gordon who wrote a fascinating book on the ever-famous Bunny Mellon, who was quite the gardener! The evening begins with wine and appetizers followed by the program.

Meryl Gordon on Bunny Mellon AnnouncementDownload

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Holly Garden Series 2019 Schedule

Posted on March 15, 2019 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

3rd Saturday morning (April-Oct), at 9:00 AM

Sponsored by the Downtown Dames

  • April 20, “Azalea….. the Queen of Spring“ Ronnie Palmer
  • May 18, “A Spring Chocolate Tasting” ( History and Trends In Chocolate Making ) Margo Rowe and Pat Luzzi
  • June 15, Mark Gibson “Japanese Koi …. Exotic Fish from an Exotic Land“. ( Mark will also have locally grown, organic blueberries and blackberries for sale )
  • July 20, “The Late Blooming Rose Gardener.“ Cindy Strauss
  • August 17, Susan Rose “Gardening on a Shoestring.“ Money saving tips for your garden.
  • September 21, Holly Wyman “Culinary Herbs, How to Choose, Grow, and Use!”
  • October 19, “Following Thomas Nuttall : 200 Years Later.” Presented by Mr. Theo Whitsell. Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Although Lewis and Clark had traveled this way previously many of their specimens had been lost. Therefore, many of the plants collected by Nuttall on this trip were unknown to science. Come and hear Mr. Theo Whitsell, Ecologist and Botanist, Department of Natural Heritage, as he shares Mr Nuttall’s Arkansas discoveries!

Celebrating 10 years of the Mount Holly Garden Series, the Downtown Dames sponsor the gardening lectures at 9:00 A.M. the third Saturday morning, April through October. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the beauty of Little Rock’s oldest cemetery, dating to 1843. A suggested donation of $5.00 per person, benefits projects at Mount Holly Cemetery. Refreshments and door prizes provided by the Downtown Dames!

Mount Holly Cemetery

1200 So. Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas

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PCMG March Meeting Announcement

Posted on March 15, 2019 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

Our meeting this month will be Tuesday, March 19, at St. James Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock, at 11:30.  Our speaker will be Eric Sundell, a retired biology professor at UAM who will  speak on flowering shrubs native to Arkansas.  Busy Bees will be given out at this meeting and the Master Gardeners with dremel tools will be in Jones Hall afterwards to help you attach them to your name badge.

You may pay your 2019 Master Gardener dues at the meeting.  Please have your check ready and made payable to PCMG in the amount of $20.00. 

If you have an announcement you would like to make at the meeting, please get the information to me by this Friday, March 15.  My email is jlpsbp@gmail.com.

Thanks and hope to see you next week.

Suzanne Potts

PCMG President

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Pulaski County Master Gardener 30th Anniversary Progress Report

Posted on October 16, 2018 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

 

YEAR PCMG# OF MEMBERS PROJECTS PER YEAR
1988 19
1989 59
1990 113
1991 120
1992 130
1993 185
1994 163
1995 181
1996 189
1997 215
1998 236
1999 208
2000 267
2001 276
2002 283 17
2003 296 20
2004 318 23
2005 318 23
2006 361 24
2007 386 24
2008 402 25
2009 385 26
2010 417 27
2011 403 27
2012 418 27
2013 428 27
2014 476 27
2015 465 29
2016 495 32
2017 494 32
2018
2019
2020

 

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PCMG Reminders

Posted on June 20, 2018 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

No General Meetings in July and August.  Our next General Meeting will be Tuesday, September 18.

Travel Committee trip, July 20, Memphis Botanical Garden, Ikebana Class, more information to come.

PNG, Plant Nurture Grow, State Master Gardener Leadership Training, September 18-19.  If you are interested in attending, the Board will pay the registration fee of the first 10 people emailing Suzanne Potts, Look for more information from Constant Contact emails.

October 5, PCMG 30th Birthday Luncheon, 11:30-2:00, guests of honor Beth Phelps and Janet Carson.  The Demonstration Garden and Cabe Hall, C. A. Vines 4-H Center.  More details about registration and prices to come.

Tuesday, October 9, St. James Workday 9:00-11:00, rain date, October 23.

October 13, State MG Birthday Party at Moss Mountain Farm.  More details about registration and prices to come.

October 16, General Meeting, 11:30, St. James United Methodist Church, 231 Pleasant Valley Drive

General Meeting in November is changed to the second Tuesday, November 13, due to the Thanksgiving Holiday!

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The Nature of Crystal Bridges – June 2018

Posted on June 13, 2018 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

The presenter at the June, 2018 PCMG Meeting will be Cody George, Horticulturist, Crystal Bridges Museum.

Description of Presentation:  Since its inception on November 11, 2011, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has welcomed over 2.8 million visitors to “a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature.”  In this presentation, you will discover how art, architecture, education, and nature have and continue to play equal roles in the past, present, and future of this American institution.

 

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2018-MAR – How to Make Your Yard Bird-Friendly

Posted on March 17, 2018 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

Program: Creating a bird-friendly yard

Over the past century urbanization has changed once ecologically productive land into sterile lawns with exotic ornamental plants. We have introduced walls of glass, toxic pesticides, and domestic predators. The human dominated landscape typically does not support functioning ecosystems or provide healthy places for birds. As a result many bird species are in decline. Your yard – and the kinds of plants in it – matters more than you may know. Native plants play an important role in providing the food and cover birds need to survive and thrive in a way that non-native plants cannot. By increasing the number of native plants, decreasing non-native invasive plants, and making other changes, you can greatly improve the value of your yard to birds.

Presenter: Dr. Dan Scheiman is Bird Conservation Director for Audubon Arkansas, a state office of the National Audubon Society, based at the Little Rock Audubon Center.  Dan has a B.S. from Cornell University, M.S. from Eastern Illinois University, and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Since 2005 he has worked to monitor birds, restore wildlife habitat, and help Arkansans improve their local environments. He has been birding for over 25 years.  In the 12 years he has lived in Arkansas he has seen 360 of the 419 bird species documented in the state. His house in Hillcrest features an all-Arkansas native plant yard.

Audubon Arkansas

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February MG Meeting Reminder

Posted on February 15, 2018 by paul.nolte@sbcglobal.net

The Master Gardener General Meeting will be Tuesday, February 20, 11:30, at St. James United Methodist Church on Pleasant Valley Drive. Continue reading →

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