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President’s Corner

By September 30, 2025Beet 2025 10 October
Barbara Low
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It has been a very productive month!

We are a volunteer organization, and we can accomplish a great deal towards accomplishing our mission to educate our community regarding home gardening/horticulture issues.

The Articles of Association describe the JCMGA mission in this way:

The organization’s mission is to learn, practice and teach the art and science of gardening in the Rogue Valley. This Association is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

As volunteers we are a necessary part of JCMGA.  Here are some of the activities which we have been involved in:

  • Volunteers working weekly in our Demonstration Gardens. Our Garden Mentors are teaching our Class of 2025 Master Gardeners about the specific gardens.
  • Plant A Row Project is continuing to be successful in providing food to our Medford Access Program. The JCMGA Vegetable Garden has donated approximately 400 pounds this year.
  • OSU Plant Clinic has been open four days a week this month. Our JCMGA volunteers work at this clinic under Grace’s leadership.  We have helped many home gardeners by answering questions concerning insects or plant problems.
  • We have 7 working groups who meet monthly to help JCMGA work effectively and creatively to meet our members’ and associations’ needs. Our working groups include Community Outreach, Fundraising, Gardens & Grounds, Marketing & Technology, Member Services, Spring Garden Fair, and Winter Dreams/ Summer Gardens.
  • Our JCMGA Board of Directors meets once a month to conduct association business. It also meets for three retreats during the year for in-depth discussion of a variety of topics which are determined by the Board.
  • The OSU Master Gardener class has JCMGA members who are Garden Buds, Practicum Mentors, and general support for Grace.

If you are interested in being a part of any of the above, please check your JCMGA Membership Directory or the JCMGA website to see who to contact to find out more about the activity.

For those of you who are involved with any of the above activities, THANK YOU for your service and leadership.