Conference Information -2010 MSMG Conference - Southhaven Area

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- All times are subject to slippage -

2:30pm ‘til done State Association MG Board Meeting

3:30pm – 5:00pm 􀁹 Early Conference Check-in

􀁹 Conference Center is open for setup of MG displays

3:30pm – 7:00pm Vendor Shopping

4:30pm – 6:00pm Meet and Greet – pre-conference Hoedown festivities

5:00pm – 6:00pm Vittles1 served ($10.00 pre-paid per person - not included with registration)

6:45pm Door prize

6:00pm – 7:00pm Hoedown

- All times are subject to slippage -

- Exhibit & Vendor area is open throughout the day -

7:30am - 8:30am Registration and MG Exhibit Setup

8:30am –10:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00am – 10:25am Break, Shopping, Silent Auction Bidding

10:25am – 10:30am In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

10:30am – 11:30am Richard Underhill – ‘Our pollinators and their role in our gardens’

11:30am – 12:30pm Mariah Smith – ‘Beats a String and a Tin Can by a Mile!’

12:30pm – 1:25pm 􀁹 Lunch

􀁹 Silent Auction Bidding

􀁹 ‘Flight of the Hummingbird’ and ‘2007 Daylily Time Lapse’ videos by Jay Laundré

1:25pm – 1:30pm In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

1:30pm – 2:30pm Marc Pastorek – ‘Saving Wildflower Seeds’

2:30pm – 2:45pm 􀁹 In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

􀁹 Announcements

2:45pm – 3:30pm 􀁹 Vendor Shopping

􀁹 Silent Auction Bidding

3:30pm – 5:00pm Mini-Workshops, Choice of:

􀁕 Hose Wreaths – Joyce Haslip ($10.00 pre-paid charge per person to cover supplies)

􀁕 Living Wreaths – Paul Little ($35.00 pre-paid charge per person to cover supplies)

􀁕 Row Markers and Bamboo Vases – Tate County Master Gardeners (no charge)

􀁕 Tire Planters – Felder Rushing (no charge)

􀁕 Bonsai – Memphis Bonsai Socirty (no charge)

􀁕 Growing Plant Camp – DeSoto 4-Hers (no charge)

􀁕 Seed Collecting – Marc Pastorek (no charge)

􀁕 Flower Arranging – By a local florist (no charge)

􀁕 Out of the Garden: Surviving Public Speaking – Mariah Smith (no charge)

􀁕 Hemerocallis: Hybridizing, Planting and Dividing – Frank Huckaby (no charge)

􀁕 Photography Skills in the Garden - Scott Allen Corey (Bring your digital camera)

6:30pm In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

6:35pm – 7:00pm Group/District Photos

7:00pm – 7:30pm 􀁹 District Caucuses

􀁹 Silent Auction Bidding

􀁹 Vendor Shopping

7:30pm – 8:15pm Dinner and Master Gardener Awards

8:15pm – 9:00pm Pat Lanza – ‘Going Green with Black, White and Brown’ aka ‘Lasagna Gardening;

9:00pm – 􀁹 In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

􀁹 Announcements

- All times are subject to slippage -

- Exhibit & Vendor area is open throughout the day -

7:30am – 5:00pm Continuous Vendor Shopping

7:30am – 8:00am Check-in Table Open/Vendor Shopping

8:00am – 8:05am In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

8:05am – 9:00am Bud Donahou – ‘The Dirt on Dirt’

9:00am – 9:30am 􀁹 Association Business Meeting

􀁹 Presentation of New Board Members

9:30am – 9:55am 􀁹 Vendor Shopping

􀁹 Silent Auction last minute bidding

9:55am – 10:00am In-Your-Seat Door Prizes

10:00am – 5:00pm Venue opens to the Public for a $5.00 fee

10:00am – 11:00am Greg Grant – ‘Curb Appeal the Heirloom Way’ aka ‘Restoring Big Momma’s

11:00am – 12:00pm Pat Lanza – ‘Lasagna Gardening with Herbs’

12:00pm – 12:30pm 􀁹 MG Grand Prize

􀁹 Public Grand Prize

􀁹 Claim and Pay for Silent Auction Items

􀁹 Closing Remarks

12:30pm on… On Your Own:

􀁕 School Gardens

􀁕 Quality Landscape & Garden Center

􀁕 The Dabney Nursery

􀁕 Homestead Farms Greenhouse & Nursery

􀁕 Brussel's Bonsai Nursery, LLC

􀁕 Memphis Botanic Garden

􀁕 The Dixon Gallery and Gardens

􀁕 Trees by Touliatos

􀁕 Gardensoyvey

􀁕 PLUS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Copy of Registration Form

2008 MSMG Conference 

Where did all these people come from? With 229 registered for the Conference, including many of our new Master Gardeners, it was our largest MSMG Conference.  Click here for additional pictures and other information about the conference  and some of the planning for 2009 Conference. This will be the Conference Information page and new items will be added...check it out!

2007 MSMG Conference

Here are some pictures from the MSMG 2007 Conference in Gautier...click on image for larger picture.

Conference Guidelines for MSMG Conferences

Survey Critiques of Conference 2007

Survey Critiques of Confernce 2008

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