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PAGE 4 -- THE DAYTON TRIBUNE, DAYTON1 OR 97114 -- THURSDAY, JAN 91 2003
Master Gardener Assn.
reports on 2002 activities
Master Gardener volunteers expand Oregon State
University's ability to reach and assist the citizens of Ore-
gon. After receiving extensive training from OSU Ex-
tension Service faculty, MG's are certified to provide
non-biased, science based information. OSU Master Gar-
dener volunteers have achieved a high degree of commu-
nity credibility in two decades of service and currently
there are MG programs in 27 of Oregon's 36 counties.
The Yamhill County Master Gardener Association
was founded to support the educational objectives of the
OSU Extension Service Master Gardener Program. The
association is funded entirely by fund raising activities of
the association and by very generous donations by com-
munity businesses.
The more than 160 member association donates thou-
sands of hours annually to community based programs and
projects that benefit thousands of individuals. In addition
to the primary function of providing assistance to OSU
educational programs including working in the office at
the County Extension Office, and providing free plant
clinics throughout the county, the association also is very
active and supportive in other areas that are frequently
overlooked or not publicized.
The association members assist in the annual training
sessions for new MG's by mentoring students as to the
what, when, why and how of MG volunteer work.
The association purchases the books that are used for
locating answers to he questions that are received from the
public, both in the office and at plant clinics. The library
is maintained by members and cominuously updated to in-
sure accuracy of answers and advice. Up to $1200 per
year is donated to supply these books.
The association has a very active state award winner
for excellence insect committee that identifies insects and
other pests that may cause concern for gardeners and
homeowners. This committee identified several hundred
insects in 2002 and held an advanced insect training semi-
nar that was open to the public.
In 2001 and 2002, the association designed and built a
demonstration garden at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds
that is open to the public all year and that can be used to
view plants and to gain landscaping ideas. The association
spent more than $6,000 and hundreds of volunteer hours
to complete this addition to the Horticulture Pavilion. This
garden was dedicated to the citizens of Yamhill county in
October of last year. The upgrading and maintenance of
this area will be an ongoing project of the volunteers.
After school gardening programs are made available to
all of the schools and home study students in the county
and MG volunteers teach beginning gardening as well as
supply the curriculum, books and materials. Several hun-
dred volunteer hours have and are being donated to this
very worthwhile youth activity.
The front landscape of the Extension Office at 2050
Lafayette Avenue in McMinnville is designed, built,
maintained and changed continuously by season to provide
a pleasing entrance to the building. Also this year, dead
and dying trees were removed from in front of the office
and replaced with eight Acer ginnala amu maple trees.
Bailey Nurseries, Inc in Yamhill very generously
donates and loans plant materials for this continuing
project.
A display of Native Plants has been available for
public education for several years and this display is being
rebuilt this year and next at a cost to the association of
about $1000.
Monthly general meetings, free and open to the pub-
lic, are held that have educational programs that introduce
the public to new plants, techniques and ideas that will
assist them in their gardening activities. It is planned that
these meetings will be broadened in appeal for 2003.
The association also generously supports the OSU
Gardeners Mini-college that is a three-day session held
annually on the OSU campus. This support includes dona-
tions for door prizes, the silent auction, chapter display
and member attendance at the sessions.
In addition to working a great deal, the association
members have several social functions throughout the year
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that allows them to talk about gardening and their volun-
teer activities.
Next year's preliminary planning and budgeting ac-
tivities include the continuation of the above listed pro-
grams, a bus tour to the Northwest Flower and Garden
Show in February and a complete renovation of the MG
office in the Extension office at a cost to the association of
close to $4000.
The primary fund-raiser that supports these activities
is the annual Plant Fair and Sale that is held on the last
Saturday in April. Additional funding comes from mem-
ber dues, small registration fees at some events and dona-
tions from area businesses.
The 2003 classes begin m January and registration in-
formation is available at the Yamhil! County Extension
Office.
sessions to begin
Local residents will learn more about how their wa-
tersheds work, with some taking an active part in the
stewardship of their watershed by investing themselves in
hands-on watershed projects. The Watershed Stewardship
Education Program (WSEP), a program of the Oregon
State University (OSU) Extension Service, is coming to
the Polk County area in January. This program is
co-sponsored by the Rickreall and Luckiamute Watershed
Councils and the Yamhill Basin Council.
The WSEP program was offered in Yamhill County
in 2002 by OSU Extension and the Yamhill Basin Council.
If you missed WSEP last year, this is a second chance to
take the course. One-third of the Yamhill River Basin lies
in Polk County.
WSEP will offer a core curriculum of eight education
sessions that provide practical watershed education to wa-
tershed groups and conservation districts, and individuals
such as farm and woodland owners, nursery growers, al
other interested residents. Taught by combining expertise
from Oregon State University and other natural resource
professionals, the educational sessions include: Watershed
and Stream Processes; Salmonid Biology; Soils, Erosion,
and Conservation; Riparian Area Functions and
Management; Stream Assessment and Restoration;
Wetland Evaluation and Enhancement; Working Together
to Create Successful Groups; and Water Quality
Monitoring. Each session includes an indoor class and
either a field or hands-on class. Sessions start January
29th, 2003.
Participants can attend as Master Watershed Stewards
(complete all education sessions and a 40-hour project),
Watershed Stewards, (complete all education sessions), or
just attend individual sessions. The price is $64 for Master
Watershed Stewards, $85 for Watershed Stewards (both
receive a Learning Guide, the primary resource
"notebook"). Individual sessions are $26, which covers
two indoor sessions and a field day (Learning Guide is
optional at $21).
To register, contact Karen Buell at OSU Extension
Office, Marion County (503) 566-2906 or (800) 718-2668.
Space in limited.
For more information on the program see the WSEP
website at http://seagrant.orst.edulwsepl
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