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Conference Information -2010 MSMG Conference - Southhaven Area Click here for 2010 MSMG Conference Registration Form Click here for MSMG Agenda
13TH ANNUAL STATE CONFERENCE MISSISSIPPI MASTER GARDENERS Southaven Arena, Southaven MS Thursday, June 10 Southaven Arena Southaven, Mississippi - All times are subject to slippage -2:30pm ‘til done State Association MG Board Meeting3:30pm – 5:00pm Early Conference Check-in Conference Center is open for setup of MG displays3:30pm – 7:00pm Vendor Shopping4:30pm – 6:00pm Meet and Greet – pre-conference Hoedown festivities5:00pm – 6:00pm Vittles1 served ($10.00 pre-paid per person - not included with registration)6:45pm Door prize6:00pm – 7:00pm HoedownFriday, June 11 Southaven Arena Southaven, Mississippi - All times are subject to slippage -- Exhibit & Vendor area is open throughout the day -7:30am - 8:30am Registration and MG Exhibit Setup8:30am –10:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks10:00am – 10:25am Break, Shopping, Silent Auction Bidding10:25am – 10:30am In-Your-Seat Door Prizes10:30am – 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 Laundré1:25pm – 1:30pm In-Your-Seat Door Prizes1:30pm – 2:30pm Marc Pastorek – ‘Saving Wildflower Seeds’2:30pm – 2:45pm In-Your-Seat Door Prizes Announcements2:45pm – 3:30pm Vendor Shopping Silent Auction Bidding3:30pm – 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 Prizes6:35pm – 7:00pm Group/District Photos7:00pm – 7:30pm District Caucuses Silent Auction Bidding Vendor Shopping7:30pm – 8:15pm Dinner and Master Gardener Awards8:15pm – 9:00pm Pat Lanza – ‘Going Green with Black, White and Brown’ aka ‘Lasagna Gardening;No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding’ 9:00pm – In-Your-Seat Door Prizes AnnouncementsSaturday, June 12 Southaven Arena Southaven, Mississippi - All times are subject to slippage -- Exhibit & Vendor area is open throughout the day -7:30am – 5:00pm Continuous Vendor Shopping7:30am – 8:00am Check-in Table Open/Vendor Shopping8:00am – 8:05am In-Your-Seat Door Prizes8:05am – 9:00am Bud Donahou – ‘The Dirt on Dirt’9:00am – 9:30am Association Business Meeting Presentation of New Board Members9:30am – 9:55am Vendor Shopping Silent Auction last minute bidding(Bidding ends at 9:45 am) 9:55am – 10:00am In-Your-Seat Door Prizes10:00am – 5:00pm Venue opens to the Public for a $5.00 fee10:00am – 11:00am Greg Grant – ‘Curb Appeal the Heirloom Way’ aka ‘Restoring Big Momma’sDogtrot’ 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 Remarks12:30pm on… On Your Own:Lunch Tours (Maps In Goodie Bag) – Choices: 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 ANNOUNCEDCopy 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.
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