LCMGA

PAST ACTIVITIES

An Overview

· Gardening Newspaper Articles – Herald Ledger newspaper
· First Annual Plant Sale - May 2017, with an emphasis on Native Plants.
· 4-H Mothers Day Pots project.
· Annual Make Your Own Wreath event
· Vegetable High Tunnel seminar by 3 UK specialists, held at KY Dam Village - nominal fee.
· Fruit Tree & Grape Pruning seminar & demonstration at the Lyon County Demo Garden and Lake Barkley Vineyard - no charge.
· Waterfalls of KY seminar by Dr. Tom Barnes, UK Specialist
· Master Gardener trip to Missouri Botanical Gardens.
· Master Gardeners visit Eddy Grove Winery, Princeton, KY.
· Make Your Own Herbal Teas Workshop
· Nashville Lawn and Garden Show – attended by Master Gardener Association members
· Grape Pruning Workshop with Patsy Wilson, UK Extension Viticulture Specialist. Open to the public - nominal fee.
· Garden to Table Kick-Off Meeting. Planning session for an educational series. Open to the public at no charge.
· Apple & Pear Tree Grafting Workshop with Dr. Strang, UK Specialist. Demonstration open to the public at no charge.

· Garden Ponds Class with Forrest Wynn, KSU Aquaculture Specialist, and Richard Montgomery, Montgomery Gardens, Paducah. Open to the public at no charge.

· CEC Extension Open House, with Akridge Farm Supply. Various educational activities. Open to the public at no charge.

· Climate Change Seminar with Dr. Paul Vincelli, UK Specialist. Open to the public at no charge.

· Garden to Table Seminar/Organic Vegetable Gardening with Dr. Tim Coolong, Extension Vegetable Specialist. Open to the public at no charge.

· Vegetable Insect & Disease Pests Seminar with Dr. Doug Johnson, Extension Entomology Specialist and Dr. Kenny Seebold, Extension Vegetable Pathologist. Open to the public, no charge to attend.

· Garden to Table - Lean To Preserve Green Beans, Squash

& Pickles with Angie York, FCS Extension Agent

· Demo. Garden Groundbreaking. Showcasing fruit trees and raised bed vegetable gardening

· Phase I - Landscaping Project - Lyon County Judicial Building and Courthouse

· Donation of a children's gardening book and a gardening magazine to the Lyon County Public Library

· Seminar - HERBS, Culinary & Medicinal, open to Master Gardeners and the public
· Hypertufa Leaf Casting Workshops·
· Pruning Workshop – free of charge to the public

· Less-Stress Gardening - a series of three seminars available to the public free of charge
· Lyon County Home Energy & Recycling Exposition –
coordinated children’s activities and staffed information
booths for the Master Gardener Program and the County Extension Office
· Eddyville City Park Planting Project – expansion of scree garden, design and installation of additional planting area around the new Eddyville sign
· Diagnosing Plant Problems & Diseases – educational
seminar attended by Master Gardener Association members
· Development of new Lyon County Master Gardener
Association Website: lcmga.yolasite.com
· Tour of Jimmy Williams, Paris, TN Garden, featured in
Fine Gardening Magazine – toured by Master Gardener Association members
· Tour of Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Fulton, KY by Master Gardener Association members
· Lawn Care Seminar - open to Master Gardener Class and the public
· Disaster Preparedness Expo, - Master Gardener booth highlighted gardening in small spaces, seed collecting and storing, and distributed seeds donated by Ferry-Morse Seed Company
· Wildlife Foodplot Seminar, June 18 - The Lyon County Master Gardeners and National Wild Turkey Federation sponsored a seminar on how to grow, and what to grow, for a successful wildlife food plot. The seminar was for hunters, gardeners, and wildlife enthusiasts alike
· UK Field Day, - Information booth to promote Master Gardener Programs in Western Kentucky. This project is sponsored by the Lyon County Master Gardener Association, to disseminate horticultural information and invite residents to become Master Gardeners
· Kuttawa Farmers' Market Plant Clinic . Answered questions, provided information
· Designed and installed a Prairie Garden at the new Lyon Convention Center, Lee S. Jones Park, Eddyville·
· Importance of Trees in the Landscape Seminar – free of charge to the public
· The Right Tree for the Right Place Seminar – free of charge to the public
· Spring Garden Tour (Karen Thacker's Iris Garden) – free of charge to the public
· Eddyville City Park Planting Project – installation of a scree garden
· Tour of Black Oak Winery (now Eddy Grove Winery) , Princeton, KY - attended by Master Gardener Association members
· Patti's Restaurant (Grand Rivers) Garden Tour - free of charge to the public·
· Backyard Habitat Tour (Journey’s End Bed & Breakfast) - free of charge to the public
· Vegetable Garden Tour – free of charge to the public
· Do-it-Yourself Home Vegetable Gardening Seminar – free of charge to the public
· Do-it-Yourself Landscape Design Seminar – free of charge to the public
· Opryland Hotel Gardens – toured by Master Gardener Association members· ··
· Cheekwood Botanical Garden – toured by Master Gardener Association members·
· Eddyville Founder's Day Festival – information booth
· Fredonia Festival – information booth
· Princeton Black Patch Festival – information booth
· Kuttawa Senior Citizens’ Fair – assisted Lyon County
Extension Office with information booth
· Bright Life Farms (home for developmentally challenged
adults) - planting project

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