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SUMMARY:Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with 250 lbs of Grow More Give More: Our Challenge
DESCRIPTION:The Challenge\n\n\n\nLet’s celebrate America 250 with the Grow More Give More 250lb challenge. Our goal is for Master Gardeners in every county to grow and contribute donations of fresh food for everyone\, volunteers and non-volunteers alike! We want to contribute 250lb! \n\n\n\nThe donation count begins on Memorial Day\, May 25\, through Labor Day\, Sept 7\, 2026.  \n\n\n\nHow to Participate\n\n\n\nFrom May 25 to Sept 7\, record your donations in both the Master Gardeners Service Report\, and The Grow More Give More Webpage. \n\n\n\nLearn More at Alabama Extension \n\n\n\nFrom Bethany O’Rear\, Ext Agent
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SUMMARY:CEU Opportunities: Urban Green/ Back 2 Basics
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Alabama A&M Home Horticulture Team \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Alabama A&M Home Horticulture team to explore a variety of topics\, including the basics of urban agriculture\, limited space gardening\, and many other home horticulture topics! Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nFirst and Third Wednesdays of Each Month\,  \n\n\n\n10:00 – 11:00 AM CT \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEB 18 – Biochar in the Garden\n\n\n\nMAR 4 – Tips on Getting the Best Experience with Mail Order Plants\n\n\n\nMAR 18 – Wildflowers in Alabama\n\n\n\nAPR 1 – Improving Your Landscape Curb Appeal for Homeowners\n\n\n\nAPR 15 – Houseplants for Homeowners\n\n\n\nMAY 6 – Propagating Perennials for Your Landscape\n\n\n\nMAY 20 – Vegetable Garden Pests\n\n\n\n\nRegistrationFree to attend. Registration is required.Register with the QR Code or the following link:www.aces.edu/go/B2B \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact:Allyson Shabelams0137@aces.edu
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SUMMARY:Mobile Master Gardeners 2026 Tour of Gardens!
DESCRIPTION:Mobile2026FlyerAnnualGardenToursApr\n\n\nThe Mobile County Master Gardeners are excited to invite you to their 2026 Tour of Gardens! Rain or shine\, tours will be held: \n\n\n\n\nMay 15\, 9am-4pm \n\n\n\nMay 16\, 9am-4pm \n\n\n\nMay 17\, noon-4pm \n\n\n\n\nExplore one or all of our eight outstanding gardens\, clustered in three different areas: \n\n\n\n\nDowntown/Midtown \n\n\n\nSpringhill/West Mobile \n\n\n\nSouth Mobile County \n\n\n\n\nTickets are $20 per person. Online ticket sales begin March 1. Tickets may also be purchased at any garden during the event. \n\n\n\nAs most gardens are private homes\, we cannot guarantee that all locations are handicapped accessible. Pets\, strollers\, and smoking will not be allowed. \n\n\n\nVisit the Tour Website
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SUMMARY:CEU Opportunities: Eco-Friendly Fridays Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Alabama Extension and Alabama A&M \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSecond Friday of Each Month\, \n\n\n\n11:00 – 11:45 a.m. CT \n\n\n\nThis free\, virtual webinar series offers effective best management practices (BMPs) aimed at safeguarding human\, animal & environmental health\, and practical solutions to help reduce your ecological footprint. Whether you are an educator\, an environmental professional\, or a homeowner\, join us to discover how you can live more sustainably and protect Alabama’s precious resources. \n\n\n\nRegistration is required. \n\n\n\n\nFEBRUARY 13: Your Phone\, E-waste\, and the Climate: The hidden system accelerating planetary change\n\n\n\nMARCH 13: Hedgerows and Bioswales\n\n\n\nAPRIL 10: Ten Tough Urban Trees\n\n\n\nMAY 8: Edible Native Plants\n\n\n\nJUNE 12: Alabama Invasive Plants Project\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrationFree to attend. Registration is required. Register with the QR Code or the link below. \n\n\n\nwww.aces.edu/go/1603 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact:Allyson Shabelams0137@aces.edu
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SUMMARY:CEU Opportunities: Urban Green/ Back 2 Basics
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Alabama A&M Home Horticulture Team \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Alabama A&M Home Horticulture team to explore a variety of topics\, including the basics of urban agriculture\, limited space gardening\, and many other home horticulture topics! Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nFirst and Third Wednesdays of Each Month\,  \n\n\n\n10:00 – 11:00 AM CT \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEB 18 – Biochar in the Garden\n\n\n\nMAR 4 – Tips on Getting the Best Experience with Mail Order Plants\n\n\n\nMAR 18 – Wildflowers in Alabama\n\n\n\nAPR 1 – Improving Your Landscape Curb Appeal for Homeowners\n\n\n\nAPR 15 – Houseplants for Homeowners\n\n\n\nMAY 6 – Propagating Perennials for Your Landscape\n\n\n\nMAY 20 – Vegetable Garden Pests\n\n\n\n\nRegistrationFree to attend. Registration is required.Register with the QR Code or the following link:www.aces.edu/go/B2B \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact:Allyson Shabelams0137@aces.edu
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SUMMARY:Registration Closed/ 2026 AMGA Annual State Conference
DESCRIPTION:Gardening to the Moon and Back\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Alabama Master Gardeners Association’s 2026 Annual State Conference will be held Wednesday\, May 6 through Friday\, May 8 in Huntsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Closed \n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers\n\n\n\n\nDoug Tallemy \n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker Thursday Evening \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware\, where he authored 114 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 45 years.  \n\n\n\nChief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.  \n\n\n\nHis books include Bringing Nature Home\, The Living Landscape\, co-authored with Rich Darke\, Nature’s Best Hope\, a New York Times Best Seller\, The Nature of Oaks\, winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award. \n\n\n\nIn 2021\, he cofounded Homegrown Natural Park with Michelle Alfandari. \n\n\n\nHis awards include recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association\, Audubon\, The National Wildlife Federation\, Allegheny College\, Ecoforesters\, The Garden Club of America\, The Herb Society\, and The American Horticultural Association. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvey Cotten \n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker Wednesday Evening \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvey Cotten is a garden writer\, designer\, and consultant. After 22 years with the Huntsville Botanical Garden\, most recently as vice president and chief horticulturist\, he retired in 2014. He continues to present workshops for the Botanical Garden\, Master Gardener Associations\, Garden Clubs\, and other botanical gardens and arboreta while lecturing across the southeast on various garden topics. \n\n\n\nHarvey is very active in the industry. He currently serves as president of the Alabama Nurserymen’s Association and is past president of the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) and the Alabama Invasive Plant Council. Harvey co-authored the popular book Easy Gardens for the South published in 2009. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture from Mississippi State University. Prior to joining the Huntsville Botanical Garden staff\, he was general manager of Monmouth Plantation in Natchez\, MS\, and co-owner of Chase Nursery Co in Huntsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdward Pate \n\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\n\n\n\n“Everything grows better with love” Edward Pate\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter retiring from public education where he taught writing and literature to Grade 6 through law school seniors\, Dr. Edward Pate became an Alabama Master Gardener. Since 2022\, through the Master Gardener program\, Pate\, known as “Garden Man” to students\, has applied his love for learning\, people\, and nature to the development of school gardens at Conecuh County Junior High School and Repton Junior High School in partnership with the Conecuh County Extension Service. \n\n\n\nThrough regular Garden Days in the gardens\, students (PreK to 6th Grade) learn diverse lessons about growing plants\, beneficial and harmful insects\, nutrition\, and effects of weather\, among others. Through the Grow More Give More program\, students also help their communities by donating fresh produce from the gardens to those in need- Donations now total almost 400 pounds! \n\n\n\nThe main ingredient of a successful garden? Says Pate\, “Everything grows better with love”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Thompson \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Thompson grew up in Shades Mountain near Birmingham\, Alabama. He graduated with a Masters of Science degree from the Auburn University Department of Horticulture in 2018. He has been employed by the Auburn Department of Biological Sciences’ Davis Arboretum since the year 2000. \n\n\n\nPatrick has curated the Arboretum’s oak collection and deciduous azalea collection since 2008\, and both are now certified by the Association of the Public Gardens of America’s Plant Collection Network.  \n\n\n\nHe is an honorary Lee County Master Gardener\, a climbing arborist\, and the coordinator of Alabama Plant Conservation Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse Akozbek \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook\n\nInstagram\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse is a forager\, and he wants you to be one too! He has taught thousands of students how to bring wild food into their lives through in-person foraging walks and online videos on his page\, Feral Foraging\, and his app\, Gather: The Foraging App. \n\n\n\nObsessed with developing and refining better methods for gathering and processing wild food\, Jesse is always looking for ways to make foraging easier and more accessible for everyone. \n\n\n\nHe helps students build a strong foundation for their foraging journey—emphasizing core skills and guiding them to put it all together\, brick by brick. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarryl Patton \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. Patton has been hunting\, gathering and working with medicinal plants for the past twenty-five years on Lookout Mountain in the Southern Appalachians. He is a Master Herbalist and brings many years of experience to the field of alternative medicine. \n\n\n\nDarryl is the author of\, Mountain Medicine\, The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass\, published by Natural Reader Press and has appeared on Alabama Public Television and the Comedy Channel. Darryl has also been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles relating to the uses of medicinal plants and is in demand nationally as a speaker on alternative medicine. \n\n\n\nDarryl operates a wilderness survival training school in the mountains of North Alabama where he teaches a wide range of subjects including medicinal plant walks and one-on-one apprenticeships for those seeking to further their knowledge in the world of herbs and alternative medicine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCindy Upton \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCindy Upton was born in Decatur\, AL. where she still lives\, and has been an Alabama Master Gardener since 2001. She loves reading gardening books like some people read novels.  \n\n\n\nCindy’s relatives were mostly farmers on Sand Mountain\, and growing up with garden chores made her hate everything about it! It wasn’t until much later when she got her own house and planted her first thing: a hydrangea shrub\, that she realized she loves gardening after all! She barely dug a hole big enough to cram it in\, and her Dad discovered her poor attempt and showed her the right way-while laughing at her! She still has that hydrangea but not her Dad…except that she can go visit that sweet memory anytime she feels like it by looking at that shrub.  \n\n\n\nPlants and gardens have such a wonderful place in our lives\, and she was just hooked after her hydrangea experience. She guesses that gardening was in her blood after all.  \n\n\n\nCindy has worked for NASA for 36 years\, and loves it. She manages the National Space Science & Technology Center\, where fascinating research is done in many areas of earth and space science \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-conference Tours\n\n\nPre-conference Tour Descriptions \n\n\n\nWednesday Tours\, May 6\, 2026: \n\n\n\nTours are at various locations and times. Please note that some tours have a cost associated with the activity. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#1: Walk Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG) with Harvey Cotten\, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM\, check-in Murray Hall\, limited to 35 people. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\nMeet Harvey at the Cherry Circle\, a short walk from the Propst Guest Center\, for an informative and historical walk through the Gardens. Mr. Cotten was the Chief Horticulturist at the Garden from its inception and was featured in the Huntsville Times’ Living section called Dear Harvey\, where he answered gardening questions weekly\, for many years. He also had a weekly TV spot full of gardening tips and pertinent information. Come with questions\, because he’s sure to have an answer! \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#2: Hudson Alpha Greenhouse\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Hudson Alpha GH\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 601 Genome Way Huntsville\, 35806 \n\n\n\nGet a behind the scenes guided tour of Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology’s 14\,000- square-foot glass greenhouse. The highly sophisticated facility is equipped with two lab spaces\, seven grow rooms with fifteen-foot ceilings\, and several technologically advanced features rarely found in other greenhouses. The facility will help researchers in the Hudson Alpha Center for Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture (Plant Center) advance their mission to use genomics to help sustainably feed and fuel our planet. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#3: US Space & Rocket Center\, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM\, $20\, check-in at USSRC\, limited to 45 people. 1 Tranquility Base Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\nTake a self-guided tour of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville\, Alabama\, a museum operated by the state of Alabama\, showcasing rockets\, achievements\, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#4: Bonnie Plants\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Bonnie Plants\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 1601 South Monroe Street Athens 35611 \n\n\n\nTake a guided tour of the Bonnie Plant Farm greenhouse range in Athens\, Alabama\, a short drive from Huntsville. Today\, Bonnie Plants are available in all 50 states (plus Canada) and come in nearly 300 varieties (including Organics!)\, many of which have been test-grown in their own garden in Union Springs\, Alabama. Bonnie Plants don’t travel far to make it to you\, either\, as they now have over 70 growing stations across the country. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#5: Harvest Square Nature Preserve\, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\, $50\, limited to 15 people. 111 Allyson Sadie Boulevard Harvest 35749 \n\n\n\nGo on a guided foraging walk with conference speaker Jesse Akozbek\, founder of Feral Foraging\, an organization dedicated to educating others about safely foraging for wild edibles. Jesse’s website states the purpose of his company is: To create a world with more foragers who are deeply connected with their land and inspired to defend it\, thus carving a path to reverse the loss of natural habitat. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#6: Herb & Terry Lewis’ Garden\, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, check-in at their address\, limited to 25 people. 1709 Montdale Road Huntsville 35801 \n\n\n\nHerb and Terry Lewis\, honorary Master Gardeners\, have turned their backyard into a birding oasis complete with water features\, time tested feeders\, and walking paths all within a carefully curated habitat of ornamental and native plants. Together the Lewis’ have spread their love of gardening and their bird watching enthusiasm to HBG where you can stroll the Lewis Birding Trail and explore Tweetsville\, to Hudson Alpha’s Terry and Herb Lewis Demonstration Garden\, and bird blinds built for the Land Trust of North Alabama. While this is a self-guided experience the Lewis’ will be on hand to answer questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#7: Tram tour of HBG for AMGA Board of Directors\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, limited to 24 people. \n\n\n\nHuntsville Botanical Garden staff will drive the AMGA Board members through the Garden on a narrated tram tour lasting 1 hour. This will be both informative and visually special as you travel to the best of the Garden’s Naturally Delightful environment. Meet your driver in the Atrium of the Prost Guest Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download the Pre-conference Tours \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-conference Demonstrations and Workshops\n\nPre-conference Demonstrations and Workshops \n\n\n\nWednesday Workshops: \n\n\n\nWorkshop space is limited. There is a charge for workshops #1 & #2. The workshops are held at Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG)\, Murray Hall. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM-10:30 AM: *WS#1\, Hydroponics\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 35 people \n\n\n\nDiscover how to take your gardening skills to the next level with hydroponics! This hands-on workshop will introduce the fundamentals of soilless growing systems. Learn how hydroponics can be adapted for both small-scale home use and educational or community garden projects. Participants will also build and take home their own mini deep water culture hydroponic system to continue exploring at home. Whether you’re a seasoned Master Gardener or just curious about innovative growing methods\, this session will equip you with practical knowledge and inspiration to bring hydroponics to life in your own home or garden. Taught by Regional Extension Agent Brian Brown. \n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: *WS#2\, Floral Arrangement\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 30 people \n\n\n\nJoin us for a fun\, flower-filled workshop of creativity! You’ll learn the essentials of floral design from home horticulture agent Lilly Oaks. Experiment with color and texture\, and build your own beautiful arrangement to bring home and enjoy. \n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM-2:45 PM: *WS#3\, Social Media Guidelines for MG\, Free\, 45 people \n\n\n\nHow can you get the word out to your community about what Extension Master Gardeners do\, who we are\, and how they can become involved? Social Media! This workshop will cover purpose\, tips for effective posting\, samples\, and a Q&A time. While the workshop will focus primarily on the use of Facebook\, the information can be applied to a variety of social media platforms. Taught by MGNA Member Anita Reeves. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday Demonstrations: \n\n\n\nDemonstrations are no-charge\, at HBG\, and are all 30 minutes in length and limited to 30 people each. Start times for each are 9:30 AM\, 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\, and 12:30 PM. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #1: Vegetable Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Demonstration Vegetable Garden\, maintained by the Master Gardeners of North Alabama\, showcases various gardening styles like traditional row\, wide row\, raised bed\, and square-footgardening. It features a collection of All America Selections and heirloom vegetables suitable for the region. The garden not only produces a bounty of vegetables donated to local organizations\, but also demonstrates composting techniques\, offering valuable insights for home gardeners. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #2: Fern Glade\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Fern Glade is a serene area showcasing nearly 150 species of ferns along winding paths. This shady oasis\, located at the Nature Trail’s northern end\, features both deciduous and evergreen ferns that thrive in the region. Notable species include the Christmas Fern and the Cinnamon Fern. The glad also features a waterfall\, and\, belvedere\, enhancing the tranquil atmosphere. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #3: Herb Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Herb Garden spans a quarter-acre and features 13 themed gardens alongside a charming herb cottage. Central to the garden is a Knot Garden\, with beds designed for accessibility. Themes range from Culinary to Fragrance\, with a special Tussie Mussie bed conveying messages through the language of flowers. Maintained by the Huntsville Herb Society\, the garden is a living showcase of herbs’ rich history and utility. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #4: Daylily Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden is a display recognized by the American Hemerocallis Society. It boasts more than 700 cultivars\, offering a rich tapestry of colors\, sizes\, and forms. Each plant is labeled with its cultivar name and hybridizer\, and the collection is continually updated with new cultivars. The peak bloom season starts in late May\, reaching its zenith in mid-June\, and continues with reblooms until frost. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #5: Grubbers\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Mathews Nature Trail takes visitors through a southeastern lowland forest\, showcasing a variety of trees\, shrubs\, and herbaceous plants. It’s known for its seasonal beauty\, with spring wildflowers\, summer blooms\, and vibrant fall foliage. The trail is maintained by the “Grubbers.” \n\n\n\n\nClick here to download the Pre-conference Demonstrations and Workshops \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Schedule\n\n2026 AMGA State Conference Agenda \n\n\n\nWestin at Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\nGardening to the Moon and Back \n\n\n\nMay 6 – 8\, 2026 \n\n\n\nHuntsville\, Alabama \n\n\n\nWednesday Workshops and Demonstrations\, May 6\, 2026 \n\n\n\n9:00 AM Registration Check-in Opens at the Westin Hotel \n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 6:00 PM *Free Access to Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG)\, register at Murray Hall \n\n\n\nWednesday Workshops: \n\n\n\nWorkshop space is limited. There is a charge for workshops #1 & #2. The workshops are held at Huntsville Botanical Garden\, Murray Hall \n\n\n\n9:00 AM-10:30 AM: *WS#1\, Hydroponics\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 35 people \n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: *WS#2\, Floral Arrangement\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 30 people \n\n\n\n2:00 PM-2:45 PM: *WS#3\, Social Media Guidelines for MG\, Free\, 45 people \n\n\n\nWednesday Demonstrations: \n\n\n\nDemonstrations are no-charge\, at HBG\, and are all 30 minutes in length and limited to 30 people each. Start times for each are 9:30 AM\, 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\, and 12:30 PM. \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #1: Vegetable Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #2: Fern Glade\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #3: Herb Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #4: Daylily Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #5: Grubbers\, check-in Murray HallWednesday Tours\, May 6\, 2026: \n\n\n\nTours are at various locations and times. Please note that some tours have a cost associated with the activity. \n\n\n\n*Tour#1: Walk HBG with Harvey Cotten\, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM\, check-in Murray Hall\, limited to 35 people. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\n*Tour#2: Hudson Alpha Greenhouse\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Hudson Alpha GH\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 601 Genome Way Huntsville\, 35806 \n\n\n\n*Tour#3: US Space & Rocket Center\, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM\, $20\, check-in at USSRC\, limited to 45 people. 1 Tranquility Base Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\n*Tour#4: Bonnie Plants\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Bonnie Plants\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 1601 South Monroe Street Athens 35611 \n\n\n\n*Tour#5: Harvest Square Nature Preserve\, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\, $50\, limited to 15 people. 111 Allyson Sadie Boulevard Harvest 35749 \n\n\n\n*Tour#6: Herb & Terry Lewis’ Garden\, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, check-in at their address\, limited to 25 people. 1709 Montdale Road Huntsville 35801 \n\n\n\n*Tour#7: Tram tour of HBG for AMGA Board of Directors\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, limited to 24 people. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday Program\, May 6\, 2026 \n\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Vendors and Silent Auction Open \n\n\n\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM *Reception and Harvey Cotten Book Signing \n\n\n\n6:30 PM – 7:00 PM *Welcome and Speaker Introduction \n\n\n\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM *Session 1: Speaker\, Harvey Cotten  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday Program\, May 7\, 2026 \n\n\n\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast on your own \n\n\n\n8:30 AM – 5:30 PM Vendors and Silent Auction Open \n\n\n\n8:30 AM – 9:00 AM *Welcome\, Speaker TBD \n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:00 AM *Session 2: Speaker\, Edward Pate \n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break and Door Prizes \n\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:30 AM *Session 3: Speaker\, Patrick Thompson \n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 12:30 PM *Lunch – BBQ or Vegetarian \n\n\n\n12:30 PM – 2:00 PM *AMGA Business Meeting \n\n\n\n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM *Session 4: Speaker\, Jessie Akozbek \n\n\n\n3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Break and Door Prizes \n\n\n\n3:30 PM – 4:30 PM *Session 5: Speaker Darryl Patton \n\n\n\n4:30 PM – 5:00 PM *Awards \n\n\n\n5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Vendors and Silent Auction Open \n\n\n\n5:00 PM – 6:00 PM *Book Signing: Doug Tallamy \n\n\n\n6:00 PM – 7:00 PM *Dinner – Italian or Vegetarian \n\n\n\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM *Session 6: Doug Tallamy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, May 8\, 2026 \n\n\n\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast on your own \n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:00 AM *Session 7: Cindy Upton \n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Closing Remarks\, Adjournment \n\n\n\n10:30 AM – 12:00 N Pay and Pickup Silent Auction Item \n\n\n\nClick here to download the Conference Schedule \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Brochure\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download the Trifold Brochure \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\nClick here to register online \n\n\n\nClick here to download the Registration Form \n\n\nState2025FormAnnualConferenceRegistrationDec\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\nSpecial Group Rate:\n\n\n\nThe Marriot Westin Huntsville Hotel offers a special group rate of $179.00 USD per night. The last day to book the special group rate is Monday\, April 20\, 2026. \n\n\n\nClick the link below to book your room now! There’s no special code; it’s a direct link to our group rate. \n\n\n\nBook Your Group Rate for the Alabama Master Gardeners Association State Conference 2026 Here \n\n\n\n\n\nOther suggestions for local hotels in proximity to the event:\n\n\n\n\nSonesta Simply Suites\, Huntsville Research Park \n\n\n\n0.58 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n201 Exchange Place\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nSleep Inn & Suites\, Huntsville \n\n\n\n1.78 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n4727 University Drive\, Huntsville\, AL  35816 \n\n\n\n\n\nSurestay by Best Western\, Huntsville \n\n\n\n2.3 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n4404 University Drive NW\, Huntsville\, AL  35816 \n\n\n\n\n\nDrury Inn & Suites \n\n\n\n1.5 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n93 Wynn Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\nHuntsville Marriott Space & Rocket Center \n\n\n\n2.6 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n5 Tranquility Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Express \n\n\n\n2.9 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n5101 Governors House Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Research Park \n\n\n\n1.6 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n5903 University Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nHampton Inn & Suites Huntsville Research Park Area \n\n\n\n0.7 Miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n7010 Cabela Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nHyatt Place Huntsville Research Park \n\n\n\n0.2 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n6860 Governor’s West\, NW\, Huntsville\, AL 35806-3202 \n\n\n\n\n\nClarion Pointe Huntsville Research Park \n\n\n\n1.7 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n4815 University Drive\, NQ\, Huntsville\, AL 35816-1801 \n\n\n\n\n\nHome2Suites by Hilton \n\n\n\n0.6 miles to Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n7010 Cabela Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nMotel 6 \n\n\n\n5.7 miles to Bridge Street Centre \n\n\n\n3141 University Drive Northwest\, Huntsville\, AL 35816 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefund/Cancellation Policy\n\nCancellation and Refund Policy\n\n\n\nCancellation and Refund Policy: Any 2026 Conference Registration Cancellation must be made\, in writing\, no later than April 15\, 2026. 50% of the Registration fee will be eligible for refund. No refund will be provided for T-shirts\, workshops or excursions. No refund will be provided for ConferenceAttendee Cancellations once the stated date has lapsed. Written request should be sent electronically to Norris Johnston at h2odocnnj@gmail.com and copied to Susan Steele at ssteele1954@yahoo.com. \n\n\n\nRefund Disbursement:\n\n\n\n– If your cancellation request is approved\, your refund\, in the form of a check\, will be sent to you by the state AMGA treasurer. \n\n\n\n– We are unable to refund your credit card directly \n\n\n\nClick here to download the Cancellation/Refund Policy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizers\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Venue
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/2026-amga-annual-state-conference/
CATEGORIES:conference
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UID:9923-1777971600-1777993200@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Azalea 101 Workshop May 5
DESCRIPTION:Ready to level up your garden? Join us for Azalea 101 at the beautiful Huntsville Botanical Gardens! Hosted by the Azalea Society of America and Alabama Extension\, this workshop is a deep dive into everything from propagation and supporting local pollinators. \n\n\n\nWe are thrilled to feature Buddy Lee along with other guest speakers for a full day of learning; plus\, you can shop the Azalea Plant Sale immediately following the workshop to bring some of that inspiration home! \n\n\n\nPresentations include evergreen azaleas\, native azaleas\, pollinators in the azalea garden\, and propagating azaleas. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-registration is required. Simply scan the QR code on the flyer to grab your spot or click the link below. \n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease contact the Madison County Extension Office if you have any questions.  \n\n\n\n1(256)532-1578
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/azalea-101-workshop-may-5/
LOCATION:Huntsville Botanical Gardens\, 4747 Bob Wallace Ave SW\, Huntsville\, AL\, 35805\, United States
CATEGORIES:CEU Opportunities
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UID:9782-1777294800-1777298400@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:EMG Monthly Update Webinar: April 27
DESCRIPTION:Stay on top of everything Master Gardener related with the Extension Master Gardeners Monthly Update Webinar\, held the last Monday of the months February through April and June through November from 1-2 pm on Zoom.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nYou must register to attend. Registration is free. Register using the link below or the QR code. \n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDates and Time\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApr 27 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\nJune 29 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\nJul 27 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\nAug 31 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\nSept 28 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\nOct 26 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\nNov 30 @ 1-2 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/emg-monthly-update-webinar-april-27/
CATEGORIES:EMG Monthly Update Webinar
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UID:6403-1776765600-1776772800@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:The AMGA Advisory Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The AMGA Advisory Council will hold a meeting on April 21\, 2026 at the Clanton Recreation Center\, 305 1st Street North\, Clanton\, Alabama at 10 am. Everyone is welcome to attend. \n\n\n\nOur Hospitality Chair\, David Daniel\, has suggested a theme of “Earth Day.” If you would like to bring a food item related to that theme\, please do.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/the-amga-advisory-council-meeting-8/
LOCATION:Clanton Recreation Center\, 305 1st Street North\, Clanton\, Alabama\, 35045
CATEGORIES:Advisory Council,AMGA,Meetings
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UID:9657-1776247200-1776250800@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:CEU Opportunities: Urban Green/ Back 2 Basics
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Alabama A&M Home Horticulture Team \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Alabama A&M Home Horticulture team to explore a variety of topics\, including the basics of urban agriculture\, limited space gardening\, and many other home horticulture topics! Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nFirst and Third Wednesdays of Each Month\,  \n\n\n\n10:00 – 11:00 AM CT \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEB 18 – Biochar in the Garden\n\n\n\nMAR 4 – Tips on Getting the Best Experience with Mail Order Plants\n\n\n\nMAR 18 – Wildflowers in Alabama\n\n\n\nAPR 1 – Improving Your Landscape Curb Appeal for Homeowners\n\n\n\nAPR 15 – Houseplants for Homeowners\n\n\n\nMAY 6 – Propagating Perennials for Your Landscape\n\n\n\nMAY 20 – Vegetable Garden Pests\n\n\n\n\nRegistrationFree to attend. Registration is required.Register with the QR Code or the following link:www.aces.edu/go/B2B \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact:Allyson Shabelams0137@aces.edu
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/ceu-opportunities-urban-green-back-2-basics/
CATEGORIES:Alabama Extension,CEU Opportunities
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CREATED:20260408T153650Z
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UID:9709-1775818800-1775821500@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:CEU Opportunities: Eco-Friendly Fridays Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Alabama Extension and Alabama A&M \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSecond Friday of Each Month\, \n\n\n\n11:00 – 11:45 a.m. CT \n\n\n\nThis free\, virtual webinar series offers effective best management practices (BMPs) aimed at safeguarding human\, animal & environmental health\, and practical solutions to help reduce your ecological footprint. Whether you are an educator\, an environmental professional\, or a homeowner\, join us to discover how you can live more sustainably and protect Alabama’s precious resources. \n\n\n\nRegistration is required. \n\n\n\n\nFEBRUARY 13: Your Phone\, E-waste\, and the Climate: The hidden system accelerating planetary change\n\n\n\nMARCH 13: Hedgerows and Bioswales\n\n\n\nAPRIL 10: Ten Tough Urban Trees\n\n\n\nMAY 8: Edible Native Plants\n\n\n\nJUNE 12: Alabama Invasive Plants Project\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrationFree to attend. Registration is required. Register with the QR Code or the link below. \n\n\n\nwww.aces.edu/go/1603 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact:Allyson Shabelams0137@aces.edu
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/ceu-opportunities-eco-friendly-fridays-webinar-series/
CATEGORIES:Alabama Extension,CEU Opportunities
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260131T235959
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UID:9056-1769817600-1769903999@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Upcoming Deadline: Project Funding Applications due January 31
DESCRIPTION:The Project Funding Program Mission\n\n\n\nTo stimulate the love for and increase the knowledge of things horticulture\, and to share voluntarily and enthusiastically with others. \n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Overview\n\n\n\n1. The AMGA allocates monies each year to help support a variety of horticultural projects in the State of Alabama. The number of requests that will be funded depends on the amount of money available each year. Grants will be awarded up to $2\,000.00 per association receiving funds. \n\n\n\n2. Any association requesting funding for their project must complete a written application and provide detailed information regarding the project. If selected for funding\, recipients must sign an agreement with the AMGA stating that the grant recipient will present a Project Status Report to the AMGA Board of Directors or AMGA membership\, and/or provide an article for the State Newsletter\, Pathways. The recipient of AMGA funding must agree to provide financial accountability. All receipts for money spent are to be sent with the Project Status Report to amgaprojectfunding@gmail.com no later than 1 year from date funding is received or before if project completed before 1 year\, including receipts for all electronics and accessories. Recipients shall provide any other requested information and be open to visits by the AMGA Board of Directors and/or its representatives. \n\n\n\n3. The purpose of the project should be educational and should promote and involve the community in gardening. Funds must be utilized for capital (materials/supplies) only. Funding request should not include decorative items such as birdbaths\, statuary\, fountains\, etc. \n\n\n\n4. The project should utilize as many Master Gardeners as possible. \n\n\n\n5. The project should have realistic goals and objectives and the funds granted should make a significant contribution to the project. \n\n\n\n6. The project should make a difference\, even in a small way\, to the community it serves. \n\n\n\n7. The project\, once completed\, should have a regular maintenance schedule to ensure its continued operation\, where appropriate\, \n\n\n\n8. Project funding recipients shall provide a written report on the project to the Project Funding Committee Chair upon completion of the project. \n\n\n\n\n\nCriteria for Evaluation of Proposed Projects\n\n\n\n1. The applicant must be an Alabama Certified Master Gardener and the project must be in the State of Alabama. \n\n\n\n2. Priority will be given to those projects that most clearly meet the mission of AMGA and Master Gardeners\, in general. \n\n\n\n3. Master Gardeners must be directly involved in the project and should be the main force in the initiation and implementation. \n\n\n\n4. The project should be nonprofit and/or charitable in nature. \n\n\n\n5. The project must have the potential to benefit a significant number of citizens.  \n\n\n\n6. The project should have an on-going value and reflect creativity and uniqueness. \n\n\n\n7. The project will be evaluated based on the information submitted. No further contact will be made by the Project Funding Committee to obtain more information. \n\n\n\n8. An applicant may submit only one application per organization. An applicant may receive funding for only one approved project within a two-year period. \n\n\n\n9. Award checks must be presented to a member of the winning association at the AMGA Annual Conference unless prior arrangements have been made with the Project Funding Chairperson. Failure to comply will result in forfeiture of the award money. \n\n\n\n\n\nDEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS JANUARY 31ST of the year in which you are applying.  \n\n\n\nAll applications are to be sent to amgaprojectfunding@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\nApplication Instructions and Forms\n\n\n\nInstructions \n\n\n\nApplication Form \n\n\n\nPresident’s Letter \n\n\n\nAgreement and Status Report
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/9056/
CATEGORIES:Deadline,State
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SUMMARY:Registration Opens: 2026 AMGA Annual State Conference
DESCRIPTION:Gardening to the Moon and Back\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Opens: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Alabama Master Gardeners Association’s 2026 Annual State Conference will be held Wednesday\, May 6 through Friday\, May 8 in Huntsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to register online \n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers\n\n\n\n\nDoug Tallemy \n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker Thursday Evening \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware\, where he authored 114 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 45 years.  \n\n\n\nChief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.  \n\n\n\nHis books include Bringing Nature Home\, The Living Landscape\, co-authored with Rich Darke\, Nature’s Best Hope\, a New York Times Best Seller\, The Nature of Oaks\, winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award. \n\n\n\nIn 2021\, he cofounded Homegrown Natural Park with Michelle Alfandari. \n\n\n\nHis awards include recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association\, Audubon\, The National Wildlife Federation\, Allegheny College\, Ecoforesters\, The Garden Club of America\, The Herb Society\, and The American Horticultural Association. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvey Cotten \n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker Wednesday Evening \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvey Cotten is a garden writer\, designer\, and consultant. After 22 years with the Huntsville Botanical Garden\, most recently as vice president and chief horticulturist\, he retired in 2014. He continues to present workshops for the Botanical Garden\, Master Gardener Associations\, Garden Clubs\, and other botanical gardens and arboreta while lecturing across the southeast on various garden topics. \n\n\n\nHarvey is very active in the industry. He currently serves as president of the Alabama Nurserymen’s Association and is past president of the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) and the Alabama Invasive Plant Council. Harvey co-authored the popular book Easy Gardens for the South published in 2009. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture from Mississippi State University. Prior to joining the Huntsville Botanical Garden staff\, he was general manager of Monmouth Plantation in Natchez\, MS\, and co-owner of Chase Nursery Co in Huntsville. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdward Pate \n\n\n\nFacebook\n\n\n\n\n\n“Everything grows better with love” Edward Pate\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter retiring from public education where he taught writing and literature to Grade 6 through law school seniors\, Dr. Edward Pate became an Alabama Master Gardener. Since 2022\, through the Master Gardener program\, Pate\, known as “Garden Man” to students\, has applied his love for learning\, people\, and nature to the development of school gardens at Conecuh County Junior High School and Repton Junior High School in partnership with the Conecuh County Extension Service. \n\n\n\nThrough regular Garden Days in the gardens\, students (PreK to 6th Grade) learn diverse lessons about growing plants\, beneficial and harmful insects\, nutrition\, and effects of weather\, among others. Through the Grow More Give More program\, students also help their communities by donating fresh produce from the gardens to those in need- Donations now total almost 400 pounds! \n\n\n\nThe main ingredient of a successful garden? Says Pate\, “Everything grows better with love”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Thompson \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Thompson grew up in Shades Mountain near Birmingham\, Alabama. He graduated with a Masters of Science degree from the Auburn University Department of Horticulture in 2018. He has been employed by the Auburn Department of Biological Sciences’ Davis Arboretum since the year 2000. \n\n\n\nPatrick has curated the Arboretum’s oak collection and deciduous azalea collection since 2008\, and both are now certified by the Association of the Public Gardens of America’s Plant Collection Network.  \n\n\n\nHe is an honorary Lee County Master Gardener\, a climbing arborist\, and the coordinator of Alabama Plant Conservation Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse Akozbek \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook\n\nInstagram\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse is a forager\, and he wants you to be one too! He has taught thousands of students how to bring wild food into their lives through in-person foraging walks and online videos on his page\, Feral Foraging\, and his app\, Gather: The Foraging App. \n\n\n\nObsessed with developing and refining better methods for gathering and processing wild food\, Jesse is always looking for ways to make foraging easier and more accessible for everyone. \n\n\n\nHe helps students build a strong foundation for their foraging journey—emphasizing core skills and guiding them to put it all together\, brick by brick. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarryl Patton \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. Patton has been hunting\, gathering and working with medicinal plants for the past twenty-five years on Lookout Mountain in the Southern Appalachians. He is a Master Herbalist and brings many years of experience to the field of alternative medicine. \n\n\n\nDarryl is the author of\, Mountain Medicine\, The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass\, published by Natural Reader Press and has appeared on Alabama Public Television and the Comedy Channel. Darryl has also been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles relating to the uses of medicinal plants and is in demand nationally as a speaker on alternative medicine. \n\n\n\nDarryl operates a wilderness survival training school in the mountains of North Alabama where he teaches a wide range of subjects including medicinal plant walks and one-on-one apprenticeships for those seeking to further their knowledge in the world of herbs and alternative medicine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCindy Upton \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCindy Upton was born in Decatur\, AL. where she still lives\, and has been an Alabama Master Gardener since 2001. She loves reading gardening books like some people read novels.  \n\n\n\nCindy’s relatives were mostly farmers on Sand Mountain\, and growing up with garden chores made her hate everything about it! It wasn’t until much later when she got her own house and planted her first thing: a hydrangea shrub\, that she realized she loves gardening after all! She barely dug a hole big enough to cram it in\, and her Dad discovered her poor attempt and showed her the right way-while laughing at her! She still has that hydrangea but not her Dad…except that she can go visit that sweet memory anytime she feels like it by looking at that shrub.  \n\n\n\nPlants and gardens have such a wonderful place in our lives\, and she was just hooked after her hydrangea experience. She guesses that gardening was in her blood after all.  \n\n\n\nCindy has worked for NASA for 36 years\, and loves it. She manages the National Space Science & Technology Center\, where fascinating research is done in many areas of earth and space science \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-conference Tours\n\n\nPre-conference Tour Descriptions \n\n\n\nWednesday Tours\, May 6\, 2026: \n\n\n\nTours are at various locations and times. Please note that some tours have a cost associated with the activity. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#1: Walk Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG) with Harvey Cotten\, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM\, check-in Murray Hall\, limited to 35 people. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\nMeet Harvey at the Cherry Circle\, a short walk from the Propst Guest Center\, for an informative and historical walk through the Gardens. Mr. Cotten was the Chief Horticulturist at the Garden from its inception and was featured in the Huntsville Times’ Living section called Dear Harvey\, where he answered gardening questions weekly\, for many years. He also had a weekly TV spot full of gardening tips and pertinent information. Come with questions\, because he’s sure to have an answer! \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#2: Hudson Alpha Greenhouse\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Hudson Alpha GH\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 601 Genome Way Huntsville\, 35806 \n\n\n\nGet a behind the scenes guided tour of Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology’s 14\,000- square-foot glass greenhouse. The highly sophisticated facility is equipped with two lab spaces\, seven grow rooms with fifteen-foot ceilings\, and several technologically advanced features rarely found in other greenhouses. The facility will help researchers in the Hudson Alpha Center for Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture (Plant Center) advance their mission to use genomics to help sustainably feed and fuel our planet. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#3: US Space & Rocket Center\, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM\, $20\, check-in at USSRC\, limited to 45 people. 1 Tranquility Base Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\nTake a self-guided tour of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville\, Alabama\, a museum operated by the state of Alabama\, showcasing rockets\, achievements\, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#4: Bonnie Plants\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Bonnie Plants\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 1601 South Monroe Street Athens 35611 \n\n\n\nTake a guided tour of the Bonnie Plant Farm greenhouse range in Athens\, Alabama\, a short drive from Huntsville. Today\, Bonnie Plants are available in all 50 states (plus Canada) and come in nearly 300 varieties (including Organics!)\, many of which have been test-grown in their own garden in Union Springs\, Alabama. Bonnie Plants don’t travel far to make it to you\, either\, as they now have over 70 growing stations across the country. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#5: Harvest Square Nature Preserve\, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\, $50\, limited to 15 people. 111 Allyson Sadie Boulevard Harvest 35749 \n\n\n\nGo on a guided foraging walk with conference speaker Jesse Akozbek\, founder of Feral Foraging\, an organization dedicated to educating others about safely foraging for wild edibles. Jesse’s website states the purpose of his company is: To create a world with more foragers who are deeply connected with their land and inspired to defend it\, thus carving a path to reverse the loss of natural habitat. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#6: Herb & Terry Lewis’ Garden\, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, check-in at their address\, limited to 25 people. 1709 Montdale Road Huntsville 35801 \n\n\n\nHerb and Terry Lewis\, honorary Master Gardeners\, have turned their backyard into a birding oasis complete with water features\, time tested feeders\, and walking paths all within a carefully curated habitat of ornamental and native plants. Together the Lewis’ have spread their love of gardening and their bird watching enthusiasm to HBG where you can stroll the Lewis Birding Trail and explore Tweetsville\, to Hudson Alpha’s Terry and Herb Lewis Demonstration Garden\, and bird blinds built for the Land Trust of North Alabama. While this is a self-guided experience the Lewis’ will be on hand to answer questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Tour#7: Tram tour of HBG for AMGA Board of Directors\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, limited to 24 people. \n\n\n\nHuntsville Botanical Garden staff will drive the AMGA Board members through the Garden on a narrated tram tour lasting 1 hour. This will be both informative and visually special as you travel to the best of the Garden’s Naturally Delightful environment. Meet your driver in the Atrium of the Prost Guest Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download the Pre-conference Tours \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-conference Demonstrations and Workshops\n\nPre-conference Demonstrations and Workshops \n\n\n\nWednesday Workshops: \n\n\n\nWorkshop space is limited. There is a charge for workshops #1 & #2. The workshops are held at Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG)\, Murray Hall. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM-10:30 AM: *WS#1\, Hydroponics\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 35 people \n\n\n\nDiscover how to take your gardening skills to the next level with hydroponics! This hands-on workshop will introduce the fundamentals of soilless growing systems. Learn how hydroponics can be adapted for both small-scale home use and educational or community garden projects. Participants will also build and take home their own mini deep water culture hydroponic system to continue exploring at home. Whether you’re a seasoned Master Gardener or just curious about innovative growing methods\, this session will equip you with practical knowledge and inspiration to bring hydroponics to life in your own home or garden. Taught by Regional Extension Agent Brian Brown. \n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: *WS#2\, Floral Arrangement\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 30 people \n\n\n\nJoin us for a fun\, flower-filled workshop of creativity! You’ll learn the essentials of floral design from home horticulture agent Lilly Oaks. Experiment with color and texture\, and build your own beautiful arrangement to bring home and enjoy. \n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM-2:45 PM: *WS#3\, Social Media Guidelines for MG\, Free\, 45 people \n\n\n\nHow can you get the word out to your community about what Extension Master Gardeners do\, who we are\, and how they can become involved? Social Media! This workshop will cover purpose\, tips for effective posting\, samples\, and a Q&A time. While the workshop will focus primarily on the use of Facebook\, the information can be applied to a variety of social media platforms. Taught by MGNA Member Anita Reeves. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday Demonstrations: \n\n\n\nDemonstrations are no-charge\, at HBG\, and are all 30 minutes in length and limited to 30 people each. Start times for each are 9:30 AM\, 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\, and 12:30 PM. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #1: Vegetable Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Demonstration Vegetable Garden\, maintained by the Master Gardeners of North Alabama\, showcases various gardening styles like traditional row\, wide row\, raised bed\, and square-footgardening. It features a collection of All America Selections and heirloom vegetables suitable for the region. The garden not only produces a bounty of vegetables donated to local organizations\, but also demonstrates composting techniques\, offering valuable insights for home gardeners. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #2: Fern Glade\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Fern Glade is a serene area showcasing nearly 150 species of ferns along winding paths. This shady oasis\, located at the Nature Trail’s northern end\, features both deciduous and evergreen ferns that thrive in the region. Notable species include the Christmas Fern and the Cinnamon Fern. The glad also features a waterfall\, and\, belvedere\, enhancing the tranquil atmosphere. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #3: Herb Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Herb Garden spans a quarter-acre and features 13 themed gardens alongside a charming herb cottage. Central to the garden is a Knot Garden\, with beds designed for accessibility. Themes range from Culinary to Fragrance\, with a special Tussie Mussie bed conveying messages through the language of flowers. Maintained by the Huntsville Herb Society\, the garden is a living showcase of herbs’ rich history and utility. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #4: Daylily Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden is a display recognized by the American Hemerocallis Society. It boasts more than 700 cultivars\, offering a rich tapestry of colors\, sizes\, and forms. Each plant is labeled with its cultivar name and hybridizer\, and the collection is continually updated with new cultivars. The peak bloom season starts in late May\, reaching its zenith in mid-June\, and continues with reblooms until frost. \n\n\n\n\n\n*Demonstration #5: Grubbers\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\nThe Mathews Nature Trail takes visitors through a southeastern lowland forest\, showcasing a variety of trees\, shrubs\, and herbaceous plants. It’s known for its seasonal beauty\, with spring wildflowers\, summer blooms\, and vibrant fall foliage. The trail is maintained by the “Grubbers.” \n\n\n\n\nClick here to download the Pre-conference Demonstrations and Workshops \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Schedule\n\n2026 AMGA State Conference Agenda \n\n\n\nWestin at Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\nGardening to the Moon and Back \n\n\n\nMay 6 – 8\, 2026 \n\n\n\nHuntsville\, Alabama \n\n\n\nWednesday Workshops and Demonstrations\, May 6\, 2026 \n\n\n\n9:00 AM Registration Check-in Opens at the Westin Hotel \n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 6:00 PM *Free Access to Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG)\, register at Murray Hall \n\n\n\nWednesday Workshops: \n\n\n\nWorkshop space is limited. There is a charge for workshops #1 & #2. The workshops are held at Huntsville Botanical Garden\, Murray Hall \n\n\n\n9:00 AM-10:30 AM: *WS#1\, Hydroponics\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 35 people \n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: *WS#2\, Floral Arrangement\, Murray Hall\, $35\, 30 people \n\n\n\n2:00 PM-2:45 PM: *WS#3\, Social Media Guidelines for MG\, Free\, 45 people \n\n\n\nWednesday Demonstrations: \n\n\n\nDemonstrations are no-charge\, at HBG\, and are all 30 minutes in length and limited to 30 people each. Start times for each are 9:30 AM\, 10:30 AM\, 11:30 AM\, and 12:30 PM. \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #1: Vegetable Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #2: Fern Glade\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #3: Herb Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #4: Daylily Garden\, check-in Murray Hall \n\n\n\n*Demonstration #5: Grubbers\, check-in Murray HallWednesday Tours\, May 6\, 2026: \n\n\n\nTours are at various locations and times. Please note that some tours have a cost associated with the activity. \n\n\n\n*Tour#1: Walk HBG with Harvey Cotten\, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM\, check-in Murray Hall\, limited to 35 people. 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\n*Tour#2: Hudson Alpha Greenhouse\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Hudson Alpha GH\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 601 Genome Way Huntsville\, 35806 \n\n\n\n*Tour#3: US Space & Rocket Center\, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM\, $20\, check-in at USSRC\, limited to 45 people. 1 Tranquility Base Huntsville\, 35805 \n\n\n\n*Tour#4: Bonnie Plants\, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM\, check-in at Bonnie Plants\, limited to 25 people for each tour session. 1601 South Monroe Street Athens 35611 \n\n\n\n*Tour#5: Harvest Square Nature Preserve\, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\, $50\, limited to 15 people. 111 Allyson Sadie Boulevard Harvest 35749 \n\n\n\n*Tour#6: Herb & Terry Lewis’ Garden\, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, check-in at their address\, limited to 25 people. 1709 Montdale Road Huntsville 35801 \n\n\n\n*Tour#7: Tram tour of HBG for AMGA Board of Directors\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\, limited to 24 people. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday Program\, May 6\, 2026 \n\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Vendors and Silent Auction Open \n\n\n\n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM *Reception and Harvey Cotten Book Signing \n\n\n\n6:30 PM – 7:00 PM *Welcome and Speaker Introduction \n\n\n\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM *Session 1: Speaker\, Harvey Cotten  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday Program\, May 7\, 2026 \n\n\n\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast on your own \n\n\n\n8:30 AM – 5:30 PM Vendors and Silent Auction Open \n\n\n\n8:30 AM – 9:00 AM *Welcome\, Speaker TBD \n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:00 AM *Session 2: Speaker\, Edward Pate \n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break and Door Prizes \n\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:30 AM *Session 3: Speaker\, Patrick Thompson \n\n\n\n11:30 AM – 12:30 PM *Lunch – BBQ or Vegetarian \n\n\n\n12:30 PM – 2:00 PM *AMGA Business Meeting \n\n\n\n2:00 PM – 3:00 PM *Session 4: Speaker\, Jessie Akozbek \n\n\n\n3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Break and Door Prizes \n\n\n\n3:30 PM – 4:30 PM *Session 5: Speaker Darryl Patton \n\n\n\n4:30 PM – 5:00 PM *Awards \n\n\n\n5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Vendors and Silent Auction Open \n\n\n\n5:00 PM – 6:00 PM *Book Signing: Doug Tallamy \n\n\n\n6:00 PM – 7:00 PM *Dinner – Italian or Vegetarian \n\n\n\n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM *Session 6: Doug Tallamy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, May 8\, 2026 \n\n\n\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast on your own \n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:00 AM *Session 7: Cindy Upton \n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Closing Remarks\, Adjournment \n\n\n\n10:30 AM – 12:00 N Pay and Pickup Silent Auction Item \n\n\n\nClick here to download the Conference Schedule \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Brochure\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download the Trifold Brochure \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\nClick here to register online \n\n\n\nClick here to download the Registration Form \n\n\nState2025FormAnnualConferenceRegistrationDec\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\nSpecial Group Rate:\n\n\n\nThe Marriot Westin Huntsville Hotel offers a special group rate of $179.00 USD per night. The last day to book the special group rate is Monday\, April 20\, 2026. \n\n\n\nClick the link below to book your room now! There’s no special code; it’s a direct link to our group rate. \n\n\n\nBook Your Group Rate for the Alabama Master Gardeners Association State Conference 2026 Here \n\n\n\n\n\nOther suggestions for local hotels in proximity to the event:\n\n\n\n\nSonesta Simply Suites\, Huntsville Research Park \n\n\n\n0.58 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n201 Exchange Place\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nSleep Inn & Suites\, Huntsville \n\n\n\n1.78 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n4727 University Drive\, Huntsville\, AL  35816 \n\n\n\n\n\nSurestay by Best Western\, Huntsville \n\n\n\n2.3 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n4404 University Drive NW\, Huntsville\, AL  35816 \n\n\n\n\n\nDrury Inn & Suites \n\n\n\n1.5 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n93 Wynn Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\nHuntsville Marriott Space & Rocket Center \n\n\n\n2.6 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n5 Tranquility Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Express \n\n\n\n2.9 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n5101 Governors House Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35805 \n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Research Park \n\n\n\n1.6 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n5903 University Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nHampton Inn & Suites Huntsville Research Park Area \n\n\n\n0.7 Miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n7010 Cabela Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nHyatt Place Huntsville Research Park \n\n\n\n0.2 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n6860 Governor’s West\, NW\, Huntsville\, AL 35806-3202 \n\n\n\n\n\nClarion Pointe Huntsville Research Park \n\n\n\n1.7 miles from Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n4815 University Drive\, NQ\, Huntsville\, AL 35816-1801 \n\n\n\n\n\nHome2Suites by Hilton \n\n\n\n0.6 miles to Bridge Street Town Centre \n\n\n\n7010 Cabela Drive\, Huntsville\, AL 35806 \n\n\n\n\n\nMotel 6 \n\n\n\n5.7 miles to Bridge Street Centre \n\n\n\n3141 University Drive Northwest\, Huntsville\, AL 35816 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefund/Cancellation Policy\n\nCancellation and Refund Policy\n\n\n\nCancellation and Refund Policy: Any 2026 Conference Registration Cancellation must be made\, in writing\, no later than April 15\, 2026. 50% of the Registration fee will be eligible for refund. No refund will be provided for T-shirts\, workshops or excursions. No refund will be provided for ConferenceAttendee Cancellations once the stated date has lapsed. Written request should be sent electronically to Norris Johnston at h2odocnnj@gmail.com and copied to Susan Steele at ssteele1954@yahoo.com. \n\n\n\nRefund Disbursement:\n\n\n\n– If your cancellation request is approved\, your refund\, in the form of a check\, will be sent to you by the state AMGA treasurer. \n\n\n\n– We are unable to refund your credit card directly \n\n\n\nClick here to download the Cancellation/Refund Policy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizers\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Venue
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SUMMARY:2025 Blount County Fall Conference
DESCRIPTION:Gardening for Birds\, Bees\, Butterflies\, and Bugs\n\n\n\n2025FlyerBlountFallConference\n\n\n\nPlease join the Blount County Master Gardeners 2025 Fall Conference: Gardening for Birds\, Bees\, Butterflies\, and Bugs at: \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Blount County Multipurpose Center6700 County Road 1Cleveland\, AL 35049\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd learn about backyard bugs with Jim Jacobi\, from ACES. Allison Shabel from ACES will help gardeners learn how to help honeybees\, and Scot Duncan\, Executive Director of the Alabama Audubon Society\, will help you aid the garden with birds and increasing biodiversity in your space. To wrap things up\, Paulette Ogard\, Author and Butterfly Researcher will teach how to create a wonderful haven for butterflies in your yard. During lunch\, shop for beautiful plants with Heirloom Rose Specialist Jason\, owner of the nursery Petals From The Past. \n\n\n\n\n\nTo register\, print and follow the instructions on the form listed below: \n\n\n\nDownload the Registration Form Here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Sherilyn Osborne at: sherilynosborne@bellsouth.net \n\n\n\n\nOr leave a message at: 205-382-0791\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Blount County Multipurpose Center6700 County Road 1Cleveland\, AL 35049
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SUMMARY:Alabama Extension Master Gardener 2025 Fall Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Date and Venue\n\n\n\nThe Alabama Master Gardeners in association with Alabama Extension will hold the annual 2025 Fall Seminar on September 16 beginning at 8:30 am at the First Baptist Church of Columbiana: 208 N Main Street\, Columbiana\, AL 35051. \n\n\n\n\n\n“All About Pollinators”\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nThis year’s topic\, “All About Pollinators\,” features speakers Debbie Boutelier\, President of the Alabama Master Gardener’s Association\, Jason Powell\, owner of Petals from the Past Nursery\, Allyson Shabel and Dani Carroll\, both from Alabama Extension. \n\n\n\nTopics\n\n\n\nTopics include the benefits of pollinators in your garden\, native plants to attract pollinators\, nighttime pollinators\, and pest control that is safe for our flying friends. \n\n\n\nSeed Swap with the Master Gardeners of Alabama\n\n\n\nEnjoy a Seed Swap by bringing your packaged\, label seeds to share! \n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Register\n\n\n\n\n\nLunch is included in the registration fee of $40. You may choose from a chicken salad croissant or a vegetarian pasta salad. \n\n\n\nThe deadline to register is September 2. Download the registration form below and make your check payable to SCMGA. \n\n\n\nFor questions contact the organizer below. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Form\n\n\n2025AMGAFlyerFallSeminarAugust\n\n\nDownload the Registration Form Here \n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
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SUMMARY:Jackson County Extension Master Gardeners Destination Gardens Tour Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Jackson County Extension and Master Gardeners Association presents A Destination Gardens Tour Fundraiser on May 24\, 2025 from 8 am to 3 pm. \n\n\n\nTour 3 of our Master Gardeners beautiful gardens and Gorham’s Bluff where you will stroll through the neighborhood to see the beautiful gardens. Lunch and a presentation on raised bed gardening and goat farming are included in the tour. \n\n\n\nTickets are available for purchase at the Mountain Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Jackson County Extension Office. \n\n\n\nPlease make checks payable to Jackson County Master Gardeners \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, call Gail Horning at:\n408-219-5598\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Purchases due by April 30\, 2025.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/jackson-county-extension-master-gardeners-destination-gardens-tour-fundraiser/
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Jackson County Master Gardeners Association
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UID:7502-1747573200-1747587600@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Lee County Master Gardeners Garden Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Lee County Master Gardeners of Alabama Garden Tour will be held of May 17\, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm and May 18\, 2025 from 1 pm to 5 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets go on sale April 7\, 2025 and are available to purchase at: \n\n\n\n\n\nwww.leemg.org or  \n\n\n\nLCMGA Facebook
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/lee-county-master-gardeners-garden-tour-2/
CATEGORIES:Garden Tour
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UID:7483-1747476000-1747501200@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Lee County Master Gardeners Garden Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Lee County Master Gardeners of Alabama Garden Tour will be held of May 17\, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm and May 18\, 2025 from 1 pm to 5 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets go on sale April 7\, 2025 and are available to purchase at: \n\n\n\n\n\nwww.leemg.org or  \n\n\n\nLCMGA Facebook
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/lee-county-master-gardeners-garden-tour/
CATEGORIES:Garden Tour
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UID:7439-1746259200-1746273600@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:East Central Alabama Master Gardeners 18th Annual Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:The East Central Alabama Master Gardeners 18th Annual Plant Sale will be held on May 3\, 2025 from 8 am-12pm at the Kiwanis Park\, Wedowee. \n\n\n\nVeggies\, Hostas\, Native Azaleas\, Herbs\, Trees\, and Shrubs will be available to purchase. \n\n\n\nTool sharpening will be available for your garden tools such as shovels\, hoes\, spades\, loppers and shears! \n\n\n\nMaster Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions. \n\n\n\nFind out more about the East Central Alabama Master Gardeners here.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/east-central-alabama-mga-plant-sale/
LOCATION:Kiwanis Park\, 654 Main St S\, Wedowee\, AL\, 36278\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Central Alabama Master Gardeners Association,Local Master Gardeners Associations,Plant Sale
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UID:7595-1745654400-1745676000@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Cullman County Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Many Unusual Tomato Varieties! Hard-to-Find Herbs! Many Bee and Butterfly-Friendly Flowers! Plant pictured are ‘Red Snapper’ hybrid tomato\, Thai Basil\, and Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun.’ Master Gardeners Sale Plants are shared plants from our yards and gardens to yours!\n\n\n\n\n\nCullman County Master Gardeners will hold a Spring Plant Sale on April 25\, 2025 from 8-6 and April 26 from 8-2 at the Cullman County Fairgrounds\, 1501 Sportsman Lake Road in Cullman\, Alabama. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCullman County MGA
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/cullman-county-master-gardeners-spring-plant-sale-6/
CATEGORIES:Cullman Master Gardeners Association,Plant Sale
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T180000
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CREATED:20250325T201106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250330T162520Z
UID:7569-1745568000-1745604000@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Cullman County Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Many Unusual Tomato Varieties! Hard-to-Find Herbs! Many Bee and Butterfly-Friendly Flowers! Plant pictured are ‘Red Snapper’ hybrid tomato\, Thai Basil\, and Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun.’ Master Gardeners Sale Plants are shared plants from our yards and gardens to yours!\n\n\n\n\n\nCullman County Master Gardeners will hold a Spring Plant Sale on April 25\, 2025 from 8-6 and April 26 from 8-2 at the Cullman County Fairgrounds\, 1501 Sportsman Lake Road in Cullman\, Alabama. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCullman County MGA
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/cullman-county-master-gardeners-spring-plant-sale-5/
CATEGORIES:Cullman Master Gardeners Association,Plant Sale
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UID:7504-1743984000-1744070399@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:Ticket Sales Open April 7: Lee County Master Gardeners Garden Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Lee County Master Gardeners of Alabama Garden Tour will be held of May 17\, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm and May 18\, 2025 from 1 pm to 5 pm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets go on sale April 7\, 2025 and are available to purchase at: \n\n\n\n\n\nwww.leemg.org or  \n\n\n\nLCMGA Facebook
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/ticket-sales-open-lee-county-master-gardeners-garden-tour/
CATEGORIES:Garden Tour
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UID:7220-1743670800-1743854400@alabamamga.org
SUMMARY:2025 AMGA State Conference and Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:First Baptist Church138 South Washington StreetPrattville\, AL 36066 \n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\nApril 3-5\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers\n\n\nJoe Lamp’l – Thursday Speaker – The Ecological Gardening Blueprint: 10 Essential Steps That Matter Most\n\n\n\n\nJoe Lamp’l’s (aka joe gardener®) infatuation with gardening and nature began as a child. After a run-in with his parents’ favorite shrub\, he panicked and jammed the broken branch into the ground. A few weeks later\, it had taken root. Joe was not only relieved; he was also hooked on horticulture. \n\n\n\nAs one of the country’s most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and green-living\, Joe’s passion for living a greener life is evident to a nationwide audience who turns to him for gardening advice through his new joe gardener Online Gardening Academy™ and watches him in his current role as Creator\, Executive Producer and Host of the Emmy-award-winning PBS series\, Growing a Greener World® and\, previously\, as host of Fresh from the Garden on DIY Network and more. Joe also shares his know-how on NBC’s TODAY\, ABC’s Good Morning America\, The Weather Channel and through his popular books\, podcast series – The joegardener Show\, and more. \n\n\n\n\nPast awards include: The American Horticultural Society selected Joe as the recipient of the Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award\, which recognizes effective and inspirational communication—through print\, radio\, television\, and online media. Multi-award winner for Best On-Air Talent for Television by the Garden Writers Association\, and The Taste Awards for Breakout Storyteller of the Year\, Best Environmental Television\, Series\, Film or Video\, Best Branded Television Series in 2016 and their coveted Pioneer Award in 2017. In 2018\, Growing a Greener World was awarded a Daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Program. \n\n\n\nJoe is the founder and “Joe” behind joegardener.com – a gardening-intensive website with a focus on how-to videos\, podcasts\, online courses\, and blog posts around the most popular topics gardeners want to know. \n\n\n\nOverseeing these endeavors and more is Agrivana® Media\, LLC\, a company devoted to creating quality broadcast and online content to inspire and promote environmental stewardship around the world. Joe is deeply committed to “growing a greener world” through his television series\, courses\, websites\, podcasts\, how-to videos\, books (including The Green Gardener’s Guide)\, and more. When not filming\, speaking or writing about gardening and living green\, Joe can likely be found in and around his organic garden and spending time with his family on their Atlanta\, GA farm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWesley Anderson – Friday Speaker – Bluebirds And Their Habitat\n\n\n\n\nWesley M. Anderson is an assistant professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife\, and Environment at Auburn University. He is also a wildlife specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. He earned his B.S. from Davidson College and M.S. from Texas Tech University. Prior to arriving at Auburn\, he earned his Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida where his dissertation focused on wild pig impacts to wetlands\, herpetofauna\, and other aquatic organisms. Broadly\, he is interested in nongame conservation\, citizen science\, environmental education\, and invasive species management. He is currently the program coordinator for the Alabama Master Naturalist program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetsy Smith – Friday Speaker – Opening the Gift of Herbs With Kids\n\n\n\n\nBetsy Smith and her husband Darin live on ten acres in Clanton\, Alabama with their 5 dogs and 1 cat. They have 5 children and 8 grandchildren. She holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Samford University and retired in 2018 from a 32-year career in public education as a teacher and elementary school principal. \n\n\n\nAfter retiring\, Betsy enrolled in the Extension Master Gardener Program. She has served as Chilton County Master Gardeners Association Vice President and attended Alabama Master Gardener College Leadership Training. She assists in leading the intern class for new interns and is a part of the Chilton County Master Gardeners Conservation Group that works to promote education and awareness of rare native plant species growing in\, or around Chilton County\, Alabama. The group propagates plant material\, works on plant site identification and community education. \n\n\n\n\nIn addition to being a Master Gardener\, she teaches English as a second language virtual to students in other countries\, teaches yoga and quilts. \n\n\n\nBetsy is especially fond of herbs. She has her Advanced Master Gardener Certification in Herbs and serves as the President of The Herb Society of America. Betsy’s motto is\, “Growing Learners\, Growing Leaders\,” to promote the mission to encourage the knowledge\, use and delight of plants through education. She believes kids can also be learners and leaders in the garden.  \n\n\n\nOne of her favorite ways to use herbs is to take fresh herbs from her garden to the yoga classes she teaches so her students can delight in the fresh scent of the herbs while practicing yoga. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrover Plunkett\, M.A. – Friday evening speaker – Agribusiness\, Where We Have Been And Where We Are Going\n\n\n\n\nGrover Plunkett received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama in 1980 and enjoyed a 30-year career in business. In 2008\, he received his master’s degree in post-secondary education with emphasis in history from Troy University and pursued his love for teaching. He taught history at Faulkner University and Alabama State University\, as an adjunct instructor\, until 2012\, while pursuing a master’s degree in liberal arts at Faulkner University. He earned a master’s degree in political science from Auburn University Montgomery in 2013. While at Auburn University Montgomery\, he was named Khalid bin Sultan Research Fellow and researched American Foreign Policy initiatives for Cuba\, as well as the effects of democratization in American society. \n\n\n\n\nIn January 2012\, he became assistant professor of history and political science at Faulkner University. He is presently earning a Ph.D. in international relations and economics at Auburn University and his research efforts include studies in the growth of capitalism in state-controlled markets\, as well as the role of government in reversing the economic decline in American cities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason Reeves – Friday Speaker – Friends in the Shade and Keeping Your Hostas Company – Saturday Speaker – The Making of a Garden\n\n\n\n\nJason Reeves grew up on a farm in West Tennessee\, where he fell in love with the plant world. He received his Master’s degree in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design from the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville. In 2002\, he became a research horticulturist and curator of the University of Tennessee Gardens located at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson\, Tennessee. Jason’s colorful plant combinations and unique garden art\, made by recycling everyday objects\, draws several thousand people to the Center’s annual lawn and garden show\, Summer Celebration. His past experiences include work at the Opryland Conservatories in Nashville\, Missouri Botanical Garden\, Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania\, and in private gardens in New Zealand. \n\n\n\n\nWhen he’s not bringing the grounds to life with his imaginative garden displays\, he’s evaluating hundreds of new and unique plants for the state’s green industry. He also speaks at gardening symposiums\, travels the world leading gardening tours\, and serving as a contributing editor for Fine Gardening magazine. Additionally\, he is a landscape designer and consultant\, and his influence can be seen in landscapes across Tennessee through distinct plant combinations. You can follow him on Facebook at Jason Reeves – In the Garden. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaura Perry Johnson\, Associate Dean for Extension\, University of GeorgiaSaturday Speaker – Leadership Presentation\n\n\n\n\nLaura Perry Johnson is Associate Dean of University of Georgia Cooperative Extension\, the outreach arm of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. UGA Extension is a federal\, state and local partnership that makes an impact at the county level\, enacting the university’s research discoveries to foster a healthy and prosperous Georgia for farmers\, families and communities. \n\n\n\nJohnson has helped to facilitate UGA Extension’s outreach initiatives for more than 30 years\, including her current tenure as head of the organization. UGA Extension’s Agriculture and Natural Resources\, Family and Consumer Sciences\, and 4-H Youth Development programs propel the state’s economically important industries and serve the needs of residents across generations. During her time as head of the organization\, both rural and urban programs have flourished\, communication and funding have increased\, and impact assessments have hit major strides. \n\n\n\n\nJohnson has won numerous honors\, including the National Annie E. Casey Award\, the National 4-H Program of Distinction\, and the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Diversity Award. In addition to the continuous in-state presentations that have come to define her career in outreach\, Johnson has been invited to speak at dozens of national conferences\, including talks on Extension’s relevance in the 21st century\, AmeriCorps VISTA programs\, leveraging county dollars and diversifying resources\, and finding success in volunteer-led organizations. She co-chaired the strategic planning process for the college and serves in a leadership capacity in numerous organizations. \n\n\n\nJohnson began working with UGA Extension as the statewide 4-H livestock specialist in 1993. Through her work with Georgia 4-H\, Johnson realized her passion for public service\, and the state’s 4-H livestock and horse programs thrived as a result. While in this position\, Johnson was recognized with the Outstanding New State Staff Award from the Georgia Association of 4-H Agents\, and she went on to become the 4-H program development coordinator for UGA Extension’s Southwest District in 2002. From there\, she was appointed to lead the Southwest District Extension programs for 41 counties\, comprising the biggest row crop agriculture area of Georgia. Under Johnson’s direction\, the Southwest Districttopped the state in new agent recruits and increased both state and county funding. She was appointed director of UGA Extension in 2014 and began leading the organization at the start of the following year. \n\n\n\nJohnson is a three-time graduate of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. She has earned bachelor’s\, master’s and doctoral degrees in animal science\, specializing in meat and muscle biology. As a part of a seventh-generation cattle and row crop farm in Moultrie\, Georgia\, agriculture has always been a part of her life. Laura and her husband Scott have two young adult children\, Bill and Libba\, both of whom work in agricultural related careers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\nTo Register: \n\n\n\n\n\nOn-line registration is preferred. To register and pay on-line by credit card\, click on link: \n\n\n\nAMGA Conference Registration 2025 \n\n\n\nNOTE: A personal PayPal account is NOT required to register on-line. PayPal is the credit card processing service and will accept VISA and MasterCard. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo Register and Pay by Check: Please make checks payable to AMGA and mail along with this completed form to: \n\n\n\nAMGA Conference Registration139 1st StreetPrattville\, AL 36067\n\n\n\nPlease allow two weeks to receive an email confirmation of your registration. It is your responsibility to confirm receipt of your registration. \n\n\n\nPlease email: alabamamga.conference@gmail.com\n\n\n\nor phone/text: (334)462-1383\n\n\n\nif you have not received confirmation of your registration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellation and Refund Policy\nCancellation and Refund Policy\n\n\n\nPlease take a moment to review the following Cancellation and Refund Policy. This policy applies to all 2025 AMGA State Conference registrations\, and by registering for the conference\, attendees agree to comply with this policy. \n\n\n\nCancellation Periods:\n\n\n\n–  If you cancel on or before March 1. We will refund all conference fees except t-shirt orders or any PlanetReg and PayPal processing fees incurred at the time of registration.– If you cancel after March 1\, we will review your refund request on a case-by-case basis. The ACMGA Conference Committee reserves the right to assess each cancellation request individually and make refund decisions accordingly. \n\n\n\nNo-Refund Scenarios:\n\n\n\n\nIf you are a no-show\, we will not consider you for a refund.\n\n\n\nWe cannot refund registrant or guest meal costs\, tour fees\, or workshop fees after March 1.\n\n\n\nT-shirt orders cannot be refunded. Your t-shirt will be given to one of your association members who attend the conference so that it can be delivered to you.\n\n\n\n\nProcess for Cancellation:\n\n\n\n\nIf you need to cancel. You must formally submit a cancellation letter and request a refund by contacting alabamamga.conference@gmail.com.\n\n\n\nPlease include “Registration Cancellation” in the subject line.\n\n\n\nInclude a short explanation of the situation necessitating your need to cancel.\n\n\n\nWe will review your cancellation request within 14 days of receipt of and notify you via email of our decision and the refund amount due to you.\n\n\n\n\nRefund Disbursement:\n\n\n\n\nNote:If your cancellation request is approved\, your refund\, in the form of a check\, will be sent to you by the state AMGA Treasurer.\n\n\n\nNote:We are unable to refund your credit card directly.\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto Policy\nPhoto Policy\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos will be taken periodically of participants during our tours\, workshops\, Meet and Greet reception\, and at the church facility throughout this Conference. These photos are intended for use by AMGA and ACMGA and may be included in flyers\, brochures\, or on our websites. If you have any questions regarding this policy\, contact: \n\n\n\nSondra Henley \n\n\n\nalabamamga.conference@gmail.com\n\n\n\n(205)567-3333\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Accommodations\nHotel Accommodations\n\n\n\nThe following hotels have reserved blocks of rooms for conference attendees. All hotels are located near the event. Restaurants\, shopping\, Walmart\, and Publix are near the hotels. All hotels are located off Interstate 65 at the two Prattville / Millbrook exits. Most are located off Interstate 65 at Exit 179\, Prattville / Millbrook exit. The Conference rate is available until March 3\, 2025. All block dates are April 3 – 4\, 2025. \n\n\n\nShould you need additional dates\, the discount rates may not be available. Some hotels may extend their discounted rates. You will not be able to extend your date via the hotel links below. Your best option is to make your reservations for the block dates and call our hotel assistance line at (334) 430-5838 or email any questions to tandimitchell1@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n\nAvid Hotel by HIG\n\n\n\n\n\nAvid Hotel by HIG802 Boardroom Dr.Prattville\, AL 36066United States\n\n\n\nRate $149.00 Per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 280-9070 Booking code (AL Gardening Assoc.) group block. \n\n\n\nBreakfast included. \n\n\n\n\nBooking link: AL MASTER GARDENING \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourtyard by Marriott\n\n\n\n\n\nCourtyard by Marriott2620 Legends PkwyPrattville\, AL 36066United States\n\n\n\nRate $149.00 Per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 290-1270 For reservations by phone – booking code NGASSC.\n\n\n\nBreakfast included. \n\n\n\n\nBooking link: Courtyard by Marriott \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDays Inn\n\n\n\n\n\nDays Inn600 Old Farm Lane SouthPrattville\, AL 36066\n\n\n\nRate $140.00 Per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 285-5312 for reservation by phone – booking code (AL Gardening Assoc. group block) \n\n\n\nBreakfast Included. \n\n\n\nA booking link is not available at this hotel. Reservation by phone only.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHampton Inn & Suites by Hilton\n\n\n\n\n\nHampton Inn & Suites by Hilton2590 Cobbs Ford RoadPrattville\, AL 36066\n\n\n\nRate $159.00 Per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 285-6767 For reservation by phone – booking code AGA\n\n\n\nBreakfast included. \n\n\n\n\nBooking link: Hampton Inn Prattville AL \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Express\n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Inn Express203 Legends CourtPrattville\, AL 36066\n\n\n\nRate $140.00 Per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 290-2970. For reservation made by phone – Booking code (AL Gardening Assoc. group block.) \n\n\n\nBreakfast included.  \n\n\n\nClick on the link below. Scroll down till you see Dates “View prices.” Put in the block dates of 4/3/25 – 4/5/25. FYI: You must put in the dates. The dates showing will be today’s current dates. \n\n\n\nYou must change the dates to 4/3/25 – 4/5/25 unless you are only staying one night within these dates. Put in the one-night date according to your stay. Click\, “View prices.” The page will refresh. Double-check your dates to make sure they are correct. Click on room type and “Select.” The page will refresh. Fill in the reservation information. \n\n\n\n\nBooking link: Holiday Inn Express \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHome 2 Suites\n\n\n\n\n\nFYI – Home 2 Suites is the only hotel that offers rooms via the booking link for Thursday\, Friday\, and Saturday nights in case you are staying an extra night. \n\n\n\nHome 2 Suites2505 Legends Dr.Prattville\, AL 36066\n\n\n\nRate $155.00 per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 551-2900 – For reservations by phone – booking code. (Alabama Gardening Assoc.)\n\n\n\nBreakfast included. \n\n\n\n\nInstructions for Home 2 Suites booking link only. Click on the link below: \n\n\n\nClick on the link below. \n\n\n\nBooking link: Home 2 Suites \n\n\n\nClick on the $159 rate box. FYI\, you do not need to click on check out dates on this page. Page will refresh. Click on Edit stay unless you are staying 3 nights Thurs. Fri. and Sat. You must change the dates if you are not staying all 3 nights. Click on your check in date and check out date. Click Done Click update. Page will refresh and take you to the reservation information page. Please look at the top of the page to double check dates are correct. Fill in all the information that applies to your stay. FYI – the email address you provide is where you email confirmation will be sent. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaQuinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham\n\n\n\n\n\nLaQuinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham261 Interstate Hwy Park LoopPrattville\, AL 36066\n\n\n\nRate $139.00 per night plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 358-5454 for reservations by phone – booking code. (AL Gardening Assoc. Group block)\n\n\n\nBreakfast included. \n\n\n\n\nA booking link is not available at this hotel. Reservation by phone only. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpringHill Suites by Marriott\n\n\n\n\n\nSpringHill Suites by Marriott100 Hospitality LaneMillbrook\, AL 36065\n\n\n\nThis hotel is located on the other side of the Interstate. It is the same exit as the other hotels. Rate $169.00 per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 285-9549 For reservation made by phone – Booking code NGASSC\n\n\n\n\nBooking link: SpringHill Suites by Marriott \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTru By Hilton\n\n\n\n\n\nTru By Hilton2633 Legends Dr.Prattville\, AL 36066\n\n\n\nRate $149.00 Per night\, plus tax \n\n\n\nPhone (334) 595-5300 For reservations by phone – booking code – NGASSC\n\n\n\n\nBooking link: Tru By Hilton \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRV Accommodations:\n\n\n\n\n\nGunter Hill – Montgomery \n\n\n\n\n Gunter Hill – Montgomery561 Booth Road Montgomery\, AL 36108\n\n\n\n(334)269-1053\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFt. Toulouse – Wetumpka \n\n\n\n\nFt. Toulouse – Wetumpka2521 W. Fort Toulouse RoadWetumpka\, AL 36093\n\n\n\n(334)567-3002\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-Conference Tour Descriptions\nPre-Conference Tour Descriptions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWilderness Bamboo Park800 Upper Kingston RoadPrattville\, AL 36067\n\n\n\n\nSelf-Guided \n\n\n\nHidden away in Wilderness Park\, located in Prattville\, is a beautiful bamboo forest that was once used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam era. And in 1982\, it became the first park of its kind developed inside city limits in the United States. Many areas of this park have bamboo stalks as tall as 60 feet\, and with a trunk diameter of 6 inches. Besides bamboo\, several other varieties of plants can be found within the forest\, including Alabama’s second largest beech tree. It is open from sunrise to sunset. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nACMGA Demonstration Garden254 Doster StreetPrattville\, AL 36057\n\n\n\n\nSelf-Guided \n\n\n\nThis garden site is leased from the City of Prattville by ACMGA. All produce grown here is donated to AICC (Autauga Interfaith Care Center) It is open during daylight hours. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nACMGA Prattvillage Garden143 First StreetPrattville\, AL 36067\n\n\n\n\nSelf-Guided \n\n\n\nA historic chapel stands prominent in this garden. The circa 1840’s flower and herb gardens are maintained on Tuesday mornings. This garden site is privately owned and leased by ACMGA. It is open during daylight hours.  \n\n\n\n10:00 am – Jane McCarthy\, Horticulturist and a Master Gardener\, will be in the Prattvillage Garden\, demonstrating the use of natural elements in the garden. Demonstration of one or more arbors\, fencing\, ladders\, obelisks\, etc. from natural elements. There is no charge for the class and is limited to 25 participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLanark Wildlife Tour3050 Lanark RoadMillbrook\, AL 36054\n\n\n\n\nMaria Pacheco – Guide \n\n\n\n10:00 am – 11:30 am Tour of Historic House and heirloom garden. Limit 25 – $5.00 per person \n\n\n\n1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tour of Historic House and heirloom garden. Limit 25 – $5.00 per person \n\n\n\nDirections: Follow E. Main Street/Cobbs Ford Road over I-65 to S. Edgewood Dr. turn Left; Turn Right onto Edgewood Road; Turn Left on Lanark Road; Go straight down Lanark Road to white gate at end of road; Stay on paved road\, go through gate; Drive downhill to the big white house on Right. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPetals from the Past 16034 County Road 29Jemison\, AL 35085\n\n\n\n\nPetals from the Past Inc.\, a premier nursery in the Southeast\, specializes in antique roses\, heirloom shrubs and difficult to find perennial flowers and herbs. \n\n\n\nThe tour is approximately 45 minutes from the First Baptist Church in Prattville. Plan accordingly as the tour and travel time will require approximately 3.5 hours. Also\, if you have lunch there\, add at least 30 – 45 minutes to your travel time. \n\n\n\n10:00 am- 12:00 pm Tour of Display Gardens with an option for lunch. The tour is limited to 50 participants. There is no charge for the tour. You may purchase lunch when you register. The lunch fee is $20.00. Lunch is served with fresh fruit\, oatmeal crisp cookie\, sweet or unsweet tea. You will have a choice of Chicken Salad Croissant\, Club Sandwich\, or Salad Trio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-Conference Workshops Descriptions\n\n\n\n\nPainted Apron\n\n\n\nJanelle Diggs (AMGA Member at Large/Capital City MGA) \n\n\n\nTwo Sessions: 10:00 am – 11:30 am and 1:00pm – 2:30 pm. 12 participants each session – Class fee: $30 Room: 208 Upstairs (elevator access) You will decorate a hand-sewn apron by filling terra cotta inspired pockets with stamped flowers and leaves. Learn how to use fabric ink and extra-large stamps to create your own one-of-a-kind wearable masterpiece. All materials will be provided. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMagnolia Blossom\n\n\n\n Diane Wonderly (ACMGA) \n\n\n\nTwo Sessions: 10:00 am – 11:30 am and 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. 25 participants per session\, Class fee: $20.00 Materials provided. Room: 210 Upstairs (elevator access). You will learn to make one lovely magnolia blossom from latex balloons. An instruction sheet will be available to take home to make more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFloral Design Techniques\n\n\n\n Mallory Kelley (ACES Regional Extension Agent) \n\n\n\nTwo Sessions: 10:00am – 11:30 am and 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. 25 participants per session. Class fee: Free. Floral Techniques Demonstrated. Room: 212 Upstairs (elevator access) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtwork: Resin Butterfly\n\n\n\n Jesaca Wilson (Conference Artist) \n\n\n\nOne Session: 10:00 am – 11:30 am. 50 participants\, Class fee: $45.00. Materials provided. Held at Pzazz Art Studio\, 1812 Glynwood Drive\, Prattville. Please arrive 15 minutes before start time. Resin takes 24+ hours to dry and cannot be moved. Your dried artwork will be ready to be picked up Saturday at Pzazz between 11:30-1:30. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhimsical Garden Art\n\n\n\n Elaine Densmore (Ret. ACES Admin. Support Assoc./ Chilton) \n\n\n\nTwo Sessions: 10:00 am -11:30 am and 1:00 pm -2:30 pm. 20 participants per session. Class fee: $20.00. Materials provided\, extra glue to take home. Room: 214 Upstairs (elevator access). You will be provided a “kit” with items to make a glass garden art flower. Individual E6000 glue and a small glass jar that adheres to the back of the flower will be provided. Your flower can be hung on a fence post or pipe or displayed on a table. (Pipe/rebar not provided) Other art creations will be displayed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCounty Treasurers Networking Time \n\n\n\nSherri Davidson\, Facilitator (CAMGA Treasurer) \n\n\n\nOne Session: 1:00 pm- 2:30 pm. Room 217 upstairs (elevator access.) Networking opportunity for current\, former\, and future Treasurers. In this roundtable – style facilitated discussion we will share accounting methods used\, experiences with becoming 501(c)(3)s\, and additional resources identified. Bring your knowledge and/or questions for the group. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Agenda\n\n2025 AMGA State Conference Agenda\n\n\n\n\n\nFountains of Knowledge: Learn\, Share\, Grow\n\n\n\nApril 3 – 5\, 2025\n\n\n\nPrattville\, Alabama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 3\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:00 a.m. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration check in open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:00 – 12:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nTours – Off campus \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00 – 3:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshops – Second Floor and off campus \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00 – 3:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nVendors and Silent Auction openTours – Off campus \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nTours – Off campus \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nSilent Auction closes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 – 4:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Lamp’l Presentation – The Ecological Gardening Blueprint: 10 Essential Steps That Matter Most \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:00 – 6:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nMeet and Greet at Prattvillage – Celebrating 30 years as a Public Garden-Designed and Maintained by Autauga County Master Gardeners \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 4\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:00 a.m. \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration/Vendors/Silent Auction open \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:50 \n\n\n\n\n\nSilent Auction closes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nConference Opens – Master of Ceremonies \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n-Welcome from Mayor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n-Welcome from FBC Pastor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nWesley Anderson\, PhD Presentation – Bluebirds and their Habitat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:30 – 11:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak/Vendors/Silent Auction \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:00 – 12:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBetsy Smith – Open the Gift of Herbs with Kids \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nLuncheon Prayer and Instructions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00 – 1:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nLunch/Vendors/Silent Auction \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 – 3:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nAMGA Business Meeting \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:00 – 3:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak/Vendors/Silent Auction \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 – 4:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nJason Reeves – Friends in the Shade: Keeping Your Hostas Company \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:30 – 5:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak – Vendors and Silent Auction \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nSilent Auction closes – Last bids taken \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:00 – 6:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nDinner \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6:30 – 7:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nGrover Plunkett – Agribusiness /Regenerative Farming \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, April 5\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:30 a.m. \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening remarks \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:00 – 10:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nJason Reeves – The Making of a Garden \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 – 10:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak or Pre-pay for Silent Auctions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:30 – 11:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Speaker- Laura Thompson Perry\, PhD Leadership Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 am  \n\n\n\n\n\nInstructions for Silent Auction and Door Prize pick ups \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAdjourn
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/2025-amga-state-conference-and-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 138 S Washington St\, Prattville\, AL\, 36067\, United States
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SUMMARY:2025 Mobile County Master Gardeners Spring Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Mobile County Master Gardeners Spring Festival will be held on Saturday\, March 29\, 2025 from 9am to 2 pm at the Mobile Botanical Gardens\, 5151 Museum Dr.\, Mobile\, Alabama. \n\n\n\nThis Vegetable and Plant Sale will include thousands of container-compatible vegetable plants including: tomatoes\, squash\, cucumbers\, eggplants\, peppers\, and herbs. \n\n\n\nAdmission to the Mobile Botanical Gardens is free and Nita’s Plant Marketplace will be open. \n\n\n\nFor vendor information\, send an email as soon as possible describing what you would like to sell to: \n\n\n\n\nEmily Arellano edparel70@gmail.com or\n\n\n\n\n\nDiane Anthony\, jda002@aces.com
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/2025-mobile-county-master-gardeners-spring-festival/
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SUMMARY:2025 Cullman County Native Azalea and Wildflower Sale
DESCRIPTION:Cullman County Master Gardeners will hold a Native Azalea and Wildflower Sale on March 22\, 2025 from 8 am to 2 pm at Cullman County Fairgrounds\, 1501 Sportsman Lake Road\, Cullman. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNative Azaleas available include: Admiral Franklin\, Angie’s Red\, Appalachian Gold\, Father Ryan\, Frontier Gold\, Angel’s Lace\, King’s Wizard\, Camilla’s Blush\, Cotton Candy\, Admiral Semes\, Sunrise\, Stonewall Jackson\, and Red Pepper. \n\n\n\nWildflowers available include: Purple Coneflower\, Wild Columbine\, Sweet Joe Pye Weed\, Coneflower\, Coreopsis\, Jacob’s Ladder\, Shasta Daisy\, Black-Eyed Susan\, Butterfly Milkweed\, Bee Balm\, Motherwort\, and Chamomile.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/2025-cullman-county-native-azalea-and-wildflower-sale/
LOCATION:Cullman County Fairgrounds\, 1501 Sportsman Lake Road NW\, Cullman\, 35055\, United States
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SUMMARY:Calhoun County Master Gardeners 2024 Program and Lunch Schedule
DESCRIPTION:The Calhoun County Master Gardeners will have an Awards Banquet on December 6\, 2024 at Cane Creek Gardens in Anniston\, Alabama.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/calhoun-county-master-gardeners-2024-program-and-lunch-schedule-6/
LOCATION:Cane Creek Community Gardens\, 77 Justice Ave\, Anniston\, 36205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local MGA Meetings
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SUMMARY:AMGA Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The AMGA Board Meeting will be held at Petals From the Past\, Jemison\, Alabama on December 3\, 2024 from 10am to 12pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/amga-board-meeting-8/
LOCATION:Petals from the Past\, 16034 County Road 29\, Jemison\, Alabama\, 35085
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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SUMMARY:Blount County Master Gardeners Lunch and Learn
DESCRIPTION:Blount County Master Gardeners will host a Lunch and Learn on November 20\, 2024 from Noon to 1pm at the County Line Town Hall. Speaker Donna Avery will present Milk Jug Seed Starting. \nWe would like to share a lunch hour and good gardening information with you. Come join us every third Wednesday of the month for a short program. Bring your lunch. We’ll bring some drinks and gardening ideas and tips. \nQuestions? Contact skhagen@centurytel.net
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/blount-county-master-gardeners-lunch-and-learn-9/
LOCATION:County Line Town Hall\, 2843 County Line Drive\, Trafford\, 35172\, United States
CATEGORIES:events,Lunch and Learn
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Hagen":MAILTO:skhagen@centurytel.net
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SUMMARY:Calhoun County Master Gardeners 2024 Annual Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Calhoun County Master Gardeners will have the Annual Business Meeting on November 13\, 2024 at Cane Creek Gardens in Anniston\, Alabama. \nThe Luncheon Theme will be “Bring Snacks.”
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/calhoun-mga-2024-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Cane Creek Community Gardens\, 77 Justice Ave\, Anniston\, 36205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local MGA Meetings
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SUMMARY:Lee County MGA Native Azalea Sale
DESCRIPTION:The LCMGA Native Azalea Sale will be held on Saturday\, November 9\, 2024 from 9 AM until Noon\, or when all plants are sold. This event will be held at the southwest corner of Glenn and S. University in Auburn. \n\nBelow are pictures of a few of the Azalea varieties that will be on sale that day. Some will be in 3-gallon pots ($30) and some in 1-gallon ($15). Other varieties will also be available. \nNo cash. Credit Cards only.
URL:https://alabamamga.org/event/2024-nov-lcmga-azalea-sale-cal/
CATEGORIES:plant sale
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