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Feb 2009

  • Feb 2: NETMGA meeting - Gray Community Center , 6:00 PM
  • Feb 7: Herbs with Joy Moore and Frugal Gardening with Jean Cope - a winter workshop at the Mize Garden Center in Johnson City, 929 West Watauga Avenue, 10 am - 12 noon. Call 434-1800 to reserve a spot. (CEU),
  • Feb 14-15: Home & Garden Show - Freedom Hall, Johnson City. Hours 9am - 6pm Feb 14 and 11am - 5pm Feb 15. NETMGA Volunteers are needed. To volunteer contactPamela Pope at (423) 571-7673  (Volunteer Opportunity)
  • Feb 19: Vegetable Gardening in Containers; Dr. Wszelaki, UT Vegetable Extension Specialist - SAPS program at Washington County Farm Bureau Bldg on Hwy. 354, Jonesborough at 7pm.(CEU)
  • Feb 19-21: Master Gardener Winter School- Lebanon, Tennessee This is to be a state-wide annual event that will be packed full of classes and activities to help volunteers become better leaders and educators. Attendees will select one of two tracks, leadership or educator, each of which is two days long. (CEU) For addition information and registration click on the link to the Tennessee Master Gardener website: mastergardener.tennessee.edu/NewsEvents
  • Feb 21: Roses with George Poe and Herbs with Joy Moore - a winter workshop at the Mize Garden Center in Gray, 251 Old Gray Station Road, 10 am - 12 noon. Call 467-2300 to reserve a spot. (CEU)
  • Feb 26: Tour of English Gardens with Connie and Larry Dean - Travel tour of a dozen of England's most beautiful gardens as well as the Chelsea Flower show at Toy F. Reid Employee Center (Eastman) Room 219 at 7:00 pm. ERC Passholders no charge, Adult guest ticket $3 at Employee Center front desk.

March 2009

  • Mar 7: Roses with George Poe and Container Gardening with Samantha Loftin - a winter workshop at the Mize Garden Center in Johnson City, 929 West Watauga Avenue , 10 am - 12 noon. Call 434-1800 to reserve a spot. (CEU)
  • Mar 7: Tree Keepers Seminar sponsored by Bristol TN Tree City USA Board - Multiple speakers will be presenting from 9:15am - 4pm at the lodge at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, TN. $5.00 fee will cover snacks and a light lunch. Preregistration is essential and may be paid at the Parks and recreation Dept. at the Slater Center. For more information contact Nancy Estes 423-652-7460.
  • Mar 9: NETMGA Board of Directors meeting - 6pm Appalachian Fairgrounds
  • Mar 21: Planting by the Moon with Valerya Hyrne and
    Perennials with Betty Truman - a winter workshop at the Mize Garden Center in Gray, 251 Old Gray Station Road, 10 am - 12 noon. Call 467-2300 to reserve a spot. (CEU)

April 2009

  • Apr 6: NETMGA meeting - Gray Community Center , 6:00 pm
  • Apr 17 - 19: Mid-Atlantic Garden Faire - Abingdon
  • Apr 17 - 19: Reading the Season Spring Nature Festival - Warrior's Path Park, Kingsport
  • Apr 18: Rare and Unusual Plant Auction - 9am Sycamore Shoals - Elizabethton
  • Apr 23:Climate Change - Is the Garden Sky Falling? - Dick Birr - 7 pm Storytelling Center, 116 W. Main Street Jonesborough
  • Apr 25-26: Spring Garden Fair - Exchange Place, 4812 Orebank Road, Kingsport TN - 10am - 5 pm Sat and 12pm -5pm Sun
  • Apr 25: Sevier County Flower and Garden Show and Sale - Sevier County Fairgrounds - Sevierville, TN

May 2009

  • May 1-2: Gardenfest - Appalachian Fairgrounds, 9am - 4pm, Gray, TN
  • May 11: NETMGA Board of Directors meeting - 6pm Appalachian Fairgrounds
  • May 23-24: 16th Annual Garden Jubilee Festival, Hendersonville, NC

June 2009

  • Jun 1 : NETMGA meeting - Nina Hedrick's home, but if it is raining the Gray Community Center , 6:00 pm - Nina Hedrick - Shade Gardening; directions for Nina's home is on the home page
  • Jun 16-21: Master Gardener College, Blacksburg, VA
  • Jun 20: Garden Views , a regional gardening seminar Renaissance Center Theater, Kingsport. Keep Kingsport Beautiful is presenting an exciting lineup of speakers and timely topics. Tickets are $10 for individuals and $8 for groups of 8 or more. For more information call Keep Kingsport Beautiful at 423-392-8814 or email at clean@kingsportchamber.org.
  • Jun 21-26: Teachers's Conservation Workshop, Knoxville. This is a week-long continuing education course. The goal is to introduce educators to natural resource issues in the forest, the creek, the soil, at sawmills, private lands and more. The class is for county agens, and purblic and private school teachers. For more information contact David Mercker, Extension Forester, UT, 605 Airways Blvd. Jackson TN 731-425-4703 dcmercker@utk.edu.
  • Jun 27: Western NC Annual Daylilly Show, NC Arboretum. Daylilies for show and for sale 11:00 - 5:00 Education Center

July 2009

  • Jul 13 : NETMGA Board of Directors meeting - 6pm Appalachian Fairgrounds
  • Jul 12-17: Teachers's Conservation Workshop, Knoxville. This is a week-long continuing education course. The goal is to introduce educators to natural resource issues in the forest, the creek, the soil, at sawmills, private lands and more. The class is for county agens, and purblic and private school teachers. For more information contact David Mercker, Extension Forester, UT, 605 Airways Blvd. Jackson TN 731-425-4703 dcmercker@utk.edu.

 

August 2009

  • Aug 3 : NETMGA meeting - Gray Community Center , 6:00 pm

Sept 2009

  • Sep 14 : NETMGA Board of Directors meeting - 6pm Appalachian Fairgrounds

October 2009

  • Oct 2 and 3: Bulb Lecture - North Carolina Arboretum welcomes Brent Heath of Brent & Becky's Bulbs of VA for a weekend of expert workshops and seminars and bulbsale. Information at (828)665-2492
  • Oct 5: NETMGA meeting - Gray Community Center , 6:00 pm
  • October 3 – Warrior’s Path State Park 29th Annual Environmental
    Educational Workshop     - “Nature Nearby” led by Marty Silver, Park
    Ranger. Visit their web site for more information. http://state.tn.us/environment/parks/WarriorsPath
  • October 10 and 11: The 14th Carolina Bonsai Expo - North Carolina Arboretum hosts this two day event featuring a juried display of bonsai, marketplace, workshops, free demonstrations, and a popular Ikebana exhibit.
  • Oct 10: Plant Swap with SAPS- 11:00am - 1:30pm at Rotary Park in Johnson City
  • Oct 17 and 18: NC Chyrsanthemum Society Annual Show - NC Arboretum hosts this judged exhibit.
  • Oct 17: Fall Clean Up - 10 am at the Carver Community garden in Johnson City, corner of Watagua and Jackson Street.
  • Oct 31: Deadline for Master Gardnener hours

November 2009

  • Nov 30: NETMGA Recognition dinner and potluck dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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