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Welcome to the Muskingum County
Master
Gardeners Program
Mark Mechling
Extension Educator,
Agriculture &
Natural Resources
All About the
Master Gardeners Program in
Muskingum County
Mission:
The mission
of the Muskingum County Master Gardeners is to serve the community as
volunteers by providing educational opportunities to all through programs
and activities.
Vision:
As Muskingum
County Master Gardener Volunteers, we strive to create awareness in the
community to become responsible and responsive stewards of the earth.
Values:
As Muskingum
County Master Gardener Volunteers, we value -
- Improving our community through horticultural education
- Enhancing the beauty and safety of our community's
environment through research-based information
- Enriching our own lives and the lives of others
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Upcoming Calendar of Events
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Current News
Find Cool Plants, Family Fun at Gateway Garden
Jubilee Aug. 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio
Enjoy family fun at Gateway Garden Jubilee, Saturday, Aug. 5, in Springfield. Held at Clark County
s Gateway Learning Gardens,
4400 Gateway Blvd.,
the program promises education and entertainment for plant lovers of all
ages.
Herbs, vines, annuals, perennials and vegetables will share the spotlight,
as will theme gardens, local vendors, plus clowns and the Loosely Strung
banjo band.
Gateway Garden
Jubilee is one of Clark County s great little secrets, said Pamela
Bennett, an Extension educator in Ohio State University Extension s Clark County office, state Master Gardener
coordinator and one of the event organizers.
Admission is free and open to the public. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. rain
or shine. Hot dogs, popcorn and drinks will be served.
OSU Extension, the Clark County Master Gardeners, and the Ohio Agricultural
Research and Development Center (OARDC) are the sponsors.
Highlights: an Ohio State vegetable research plot, where scientists study
vegetables under various growing conditions; 40-plus containers planted
with new and unusual shrubs and herbaceous ornamentals; mini-workshops;
garden tours; a revamped butterfly garden; a children s garden with a
sunflower hut, interactive projects, and book, fairy, pizza, butterfly and
fabric-dye plants; an Early Ohio Settler s Kitchen Garden with heirloom
plants, a rustic bean tepee and a corner border of willow wattle fencing;
and an Herb of the Year section with scented geraniums.
As usual, we will have tours of the ornamental field trials with 170
varieties, OSU turf research plot, perennial gardens and raised vegetable
beds, Bennett said. Local artisans, merchants and agencies will be there,
too. A vendor will be doing tool sharpening for a small fee,
and produce and crafts will be for sale also.
Activities take place behind the Clark
County Agricultural
Agencies Building
in the PrimeOhio
Corporate Park
(second building on the left).
For more information, contact Bennett at (937) 328-4607 or
bennett.27@osu.edu or Carolyn Allen at (937) 328-4607. Or visit http://clark.osu.edu/hort/events.html.
OARDC and OSU Extension are part of Ohio
State s College of Food,
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
Writer:
Randi Espinoza
randiespinoza@yahoo.com
419-207-9827
Source:
Pamela Bennett, OSU Extension, Clark
County office
bennett.27@osu.edu
937-328-4607
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ohio Agriculture Department Discovers Emerald Ash Borer in Franklin County
Quarantine Prohibits Movement of Ash Tree
Materials and Hardwood Firewood
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (July 6, 2006) Ohio Department of Agriculture Director
Fred L. Dailey today announced a new discovery of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB),
an ash tree-killing insect from Asia, in Franklin County in northeast
Columbus. Officials have quarantined Blendon Township and are working to
determine the extent of the infestation.
Department officials
discovered an infested ash tree in a residential area near Sunbury and Steltzer roads after a local resident reported dying
ash trees. The origin of infestation is unknown but likely resulted from
the movement of firewood, ash tree nursery stock, ash logs, or other ash
tree materials.
This discovery reinforces the importance of vigilant landowners monitoring
their ash trees, Dailey said. Emerald Ash Borer is a statewide concern
because it is so easily moved through firewood and ash tree materials. We
need the help of all Ohioans to detect this insect so we can continue work
to slow the spread of this tree-killing pest.
The department has
quarantined Blendon Township,
making it illegal for citizens to move ash trees, parts of ash trees, and
all hardwood firewood out of the township. Department surveyors will
further investigate the size and origin of the infestation. Similar efforts
are ongoing in Orange Township,
Delaware County, where
officials have recently discovered several additional infested ash trees.
To date, EAB has been identified in Auglaize,
Delaware, Defiance,
Erie, Franklin,
Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Sandusky,
Ottawa,
Wood, and Williams counties. The pest was first
discovered in Ohio
in 2003.
Ash trees infested with
EAB typically die within five years. The pest belongs to a group of
metallic wood-boring beetles. Adults are dark green, one-half inch in
length and one-eighth inch wide, and fly only from early May until
September. Larvae spend the rest of the year beneath the bark of ash trees,
and when they emerge as adults, leave D-shaped exit holes in the bark about
one-eighth inch wide.
For more information about
EAB, go to www.ohioagriculture.gov/eab,
or call 1-888-OHIO-EAB.
Media Contact: Melissa Brewer, ODA EAB Communications, 614-728-6404
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