What’s going on?

If any of these working groups interest you, please contact the chair of that group.  Their contact information is in the JCMGA Chapter Directory and on the JCMGA website.

 

Community Outreach Working Group –

Our meetings are held on the third Friday of each month.

In February we discussed:

• Medford Open Streets Project
• Speakers’ Bureau
• Friends of the Master Gardener program
• Articles for The Garden Beet

Fundraising Working Group and the Spring Garden Fair Working Group–

In February we discussed:

• Sale of the JCMGA Garden Guides
• Spring Garden Fair on May 6^th from 9-3 p.m.
• Fall Festival on October 14^th
• Will start working on creating a priority list of items for possible grants

 

Garden Working Group –

Our meetings are held on the 4^th Monday of each month.

At the February meeting we discussed:

• Status of the Native Plant Nursery
• Irrigation for the gardens
• Practicum update
• Water Catchment update
• Garden Enhancement Committee update
• Janine Salvatti is now the Chair of this Working Group.

 

Marketing and Technology Working Group —

Our meetings are held on the second Monday of each month unless it works out to be a national holiday.  In February, we discussed many topics such as:

• The focus of the Garden Beet
• Working on QRL codes for gardens
• Exploring Google Workspace for Nonprofits
• The Marketing Brochure
• Updating the website

If you are interested in joining our group for a discussion or to lend a hand or if you want more information, please contact Sandy Hansen, Chair at sandyhansen08@gmail.com or 707-332-4934.  All are welcome.

 

Member Services Working Group –

We are continuing to work on updating the Chapter Directory for 2023.  Our goal is to have the directory ready for you by the end of March.   We are starting to work on a possible Field Trip later this year – details to follow.  In trying to meet the needs of our members, we are creating a survey to email later in March.  Please take the time to complete it for us.  We are also going to be surveying our past members to find out how we can serve them.   If you are interested in being a part of our group, contact Barbara Low at barbaralow@msn.com .

 

Program Support Working Group –

The Program Support Working Group has been focused on restarting engagement and learning

activities. We have held the first Practicum sessions since the shut down and are building a

Community Education Class schedule! The Plant Clinic has been busy with updates and

preparing mentors to train all our new Master Gardener Students. We will soon have a current

list of reportable pests. The Plant Clinic loves puzzles so much that we have been holding a

scavenger hunt through the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of

Forestry websites to update our reportable pest list.

 

 

Winter Dreams Summer Gardens Working Group –

Our group has started meeting on a regular basis to plan for the WDSG 2023!  We have brainstormed possible presentation topics and speakers.

If you are interested is being a part of this group, please contact Colet Allen coletallen1@gmail.com , Susan Koenig srkoenig@aol.com or Barbara Low barbaralow@msn.com .