Meeting Dates

Our next few meetings will be in the gardens!

June-

Topic: Tour Sego Lily Gardens

Date: Thursday, June 19^th, 2014

6:30 Tour and discussion

Location: Sego Lily Gardens

1472 East Sego Lily Drive (10200 South)

Sego Lily Gardens is an educational garden designed for the public to observe and learn how to use water conservation principles and practices to create a beautiful and water-wise landscape. Take a springtime stroll through the gardens.

July-

Topic: Landscape Design

Date: Thursday, July 17^th 2014

6:30 Garden Tour / 7:00 Meeting

Location: Conservation Garden Park

8275 South 1300 West

West Jordan, UT

We will walk through the garden then meet in the classroom to discuss landscape design using water-wise plants.

August-

Topic: Summer BBQ

Date: Thursday, August 21st, 2014

6:30 

Location: Murray Park, Pavillion #5

 5130 S State

Join us for our annual summer BBQ.  It will be full of fun and surprises!

Murray Park Iris

Golden Reeves is taking care of the iris at Murray Park.  It was a great display!  If you didn't make it to the park, here is what you missed:

 The original bed was all hybrid iris, but had a severe quack grass infestation. Karen Crook and Becky Hansen decide to remove all the iris, spray the grass, then replant the iris. Unfortunately, the iris dried out before we could replant them. Karen had visited an iris garden in northern Utah called Zebra Gardens. She contacted the owner who agreed to donate new iris in exchange for helping him put together a large order for the USU Botanical garden. We spent a good part of a day helping him clean and label irises and received lots of gorgeous hybrid irises in return. Last year, Golden adopted the garden after seeing how lovely the blooms where. He also added some of his own. He has weeded and fertilized the garden the last two years.

Meeting Dates

May-

Topic: Plant Diagnostics

by JayDee Gunnell, USU Salt Lake County Extension Agent

Date: Thursday, May 15^th, 2014

6:30 Social / 7:00 Meeting

Location: USU Extension Classroom (room S1008)

Salt Lake County Bldg., 2100 S State

** remember to sign in/out with security in north building **

“Master Gardener” carries an expectation that anyone associated with the program is an expert on anything to do with plants, insects, diseases and any other maladies that might be connected with anything that goes wrong in the landscape. However the “art” of diagnosis is not always easy. JayDee will walk us through the diagnostic process and discuss common and uncommon plant problems.

June-

Topic: Tour Sego Lily Gardens

Date: Thursday, June 19^th, 2014

6:30 Tour and discussion

Location: Sego Lily Gardens

1472 East Sego Lily Drive (10200 South)

Sego Lily Gardens is an educational garden designed for the public to observe and learn how to use water conservation principles and practices to create a beautiful and water-wise landscape. Take a springtime stroll through the gardens.

New State Tree

Farewell Colorado Blue Spruce; Colorado can have you as their state tree now (oh wait, they already do). Welcome Quaking Aspen! After 81 years of blue spruce, the 2014 Utah legislative session voted to change Utah's state tree from Picea pungens (commonly known as the Colorado Blue Spruce) to Populus tremuloids, the beautiful Quaking Aspen.

Meeting Dates

We hope you will join us at an upcoming meeting!  Please bring plants to the plant exchange!

April-

Topic: Annual Plant Exchange

Date: Thursday, April 24^th 2014

(note this is the 4^th Thursday)

6:30 Meeting and plant exchange

Location: Murray Park

Pavilion #5

It's time to swap plants! Do you have some extra starts from all your indoor seed starting experiments? Did you thin some plants in your yard? Bring your extras and take home something new.

May-

Topic: Plant Diagnostics

by JayDee Gunnell, USU Salt Lake County Extension Agent

Date: Thursday, May 15^th, 2014

6:30 Social / 7:00 Meeting

Location: USU Extension Classroom (room S1008)

Salt Lake County Bldg, 2100 S State

** remember to sign in/out with security in north building **

“Master Gardener” carries an expectation that anyone associated with the program is an expert on anything to do with plants, insects, diseases and any other maladies that might be connected with anything that goes wrong in the landscape. However the “art” of diagnosis is not always easy. JayDee will walk us trough the diagnostic process and discuss common and uncommon plant problems.

2013 Awards Banquet

The Salt Lake Master Gardener's annual awards banquet was held Friday, November 22nd, 2013. It was a great evening to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our members. We recognized volunteers tor their outstanding commitment to the Master Gardener program and for achieving great things:


Volunteer Hour Recognition

100 Hours: Sandy Silletto, Paula Lediard, Debbie Stevenson, Sara Anderson

250 Hours: Gigi Brandt, Terry Curling, Cheri Schulzke, Diane Curtz, Illene Mirabella, Tony Mirabella, Barbara Andrade, Peggy Watson

500 Hours: Jan Konold

750 Hours: Jerry Milne

1000 Hours: Ron Jones, Sandy Burgess

1250 Hours: Peggy Call

Awards

Silver Trowel Award – Nominated by project leaders and awarded to master gardener's who demonstrate extraordinary enthusiasm in a project by putting in extra hours, either hands-on or in research.

• Sandy Silletto for Gilgal Gardens. Sandy has been a terrific asset to the garden. She is enthusiastic, cheerful, and always contributing great ideas. Graduating in 2012, she came almost every week to the garden last year and most days brought along her husband John (a whirling dervish with a shovel!) to help. They are both hard workers and fun to work with. Sandy was a career school teacher but now retired as a Master Gardener she prefers to just get her hands dirty and gain gardening knowledge from those around her. 

• Amy Hargreaves-Judzis for Garden Patch Newsletter. Amy has been instrumental in getting the Garden Patch Newsletter back on its feet. She took a jumbled mess of information and format and organized it into a readable, mailable form. Her efforts greatly improved the communication of our group! 

Outstanding Volunteers Award – A SLMGA Master Gardener who goes above and beyond in volunteering many hours at our projects and demonstrating extra dedication during the year to the Association and community.

• Tony and Ilene Mirabella. Tony and Ilene take great care of our organization. They can always be counted on to help with monthly meetings, big events or anywhere that there is a need. Thank you for your hard work! 

• LeeAnn Ehrhart. LeeAnn demonstrated a great willingness to help this year but heading up the Garden Patch Newsletter and maintaining our blog. Her eagerness to help is greatly appreciated! 

Don & Bev Sudbury Award – This award is given periodically to a Master Gardener who exemplifies the spirit of the Sudbury's in his/her dedication demonstrated by long-term service to the Association.

This year, Judi Short exemplified the Sudbury's love of gardening and serving the community by her extraordinary dedication to Gilgal Gardens. She kept the garden running and volunteers coming in, as well as spear headed memorials to our dear friend Bev Sudbury. Thank you for your service Judi!


Master Gardener of the Year Award – This annual award recognizes outstanding dedication and service of a SLMGA Master Gardener. Congratulations to Terry Curling!