MG_Membership_2024 – After you complete the Extension Master Gardener recertification process through Volunteer Central, print your receipt and include it with your completed CAMG membership application. (Please note that our membership fee includes both local CAMG and MMGA, Inc. dues.) Mail the following three (3) things to:
1) Completed application
2) Receipt from your 2024 recertification
3) Check for $15.00
CAMG Membership
P.O. Box 262
Haslett, MI 48840
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Project Funding Documents for 2024 – for CAMG Members
This includes the Application, Guidelines, Expense/Reimbursement Form, and Evaluation to download. Click on the document to view and click the down arrow to download. If you have questions, please email.
Applications are due April 15, 2024.
Email the application to: mag.cac@gmail.com OR send to the CAMG mailbox.
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New Location: (see several notes below in black and red)
Meridian Charter Township
Central Fire Station No. 91 – Community Room
5000 Okemos Road
Okemos, MI 48864
Link to Map
On the map to the right: the neon yellow line/arrow indicates the entrance to use off Central Park Dr. The hot pink lines mark parking areas and the blue spot denotes the entrance to be used to get to the Community Room where the meeting will take place.
Okemos Road will be CLOSED north of the fire station – South of Haslett Rd and North of Quarry Rd.
The Fire Station driveway on Okemos Rd. is for fire trucks only. The entrance to the parking lot is on Central Park Drive and is the first driveway east of Okemos Rd., but there is no Fire Station sign to indicate it. We will have an MSU Extension Master Gardener project sign next to the driveway to the parking area.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Building Healthy Soil Year After Year with Christine Currell, statewide Soil Health and Cover Crop Educator for the Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute which is one of four administrative units that comprises the Michigan State University Extension. She has worked in various roles throughout her 28-year career with MSU Extension. She now works with all agricultural commodities as well as consumer horticulture. Her responsibilities have been centered on water quality and soil education for farms; helping farmers, state and federal agencies, and agribusiness to mitigate and reduce risks. Christina is one of the directors and founding members of the North Central Region Soil Health Nexus. She is housed in the Lake County MSU Extension Office where she oversees agricultural and environmental programming for county residents.
This topic is connected with the movie we saw in March.
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This information pertains to our regular monthly meetings (when they are held in person and we meet in the Plant & Soil Sciences Building):
1066 Bogue Street
East Lansing, MI 48824
The parking pay system is now in effect until 10 p.m. for lot 54 (for the 4-H Children’s Garden & Horticultural Gardens). Faculty lots are available after 6:00 p.m. in two places at no charge.
1) One is located in the Large Animal Vet Clinic (Parking Area 27) across Bogue Street on the east side of the Plant and Soil Sciences Bldg.
2) The other is in Parking Area 46 which is the lot on the west side of the Plant and Soil Sciences Building. (It’s the first lot entrance west of Bogue Street on Wilson).
3) You can see both lots by clicking on the map below and zooming in.
The meetings are free to CAMG members. Anyone may attend, but there is a $3.00 non-member fee for our visitors. Snacks start at 6 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Map: Map showing the location of the Plant and Soil Sciences Building and area parking lots
Smart Gardening tip sheets: There are several new Smart Gardening tip sheets are available plus two versions of a pruning video. They are designated with a “New for 2020” label at the Gardening in Michigan website (off the “Smart Gardening Resources” link). Be sure to check out the whole site as things continue to change! Additionally, Smart gardening for kids: How to make your yard bee-friendly written by Diane Brown-Rytlewski in 2019 and not posted until mid-2019 is there.
Protecting and Enhancing Pollinators in Urban Landscapes for the U.S. Central Region (MSU Extension bulletin E3314). The following people from MSU contributed: Dr. David Smitley, Diane Brown-Rytlewski, Erwin Elsner, and Joy N. Landis. Click here to go to an article where you can download it.
Think Environmentally, Plant Responsibly: Three new videos. Three new videos highlight how gardeners and landscapers can protect and foster the environment through their landscapers. The titles are:
Right Plant. Right Place.
Responsible Plant Maintenance
What Should We Know About Invasiveness?
Be informed of the latest research news and events happening in Michigan so you can advise the public. Stay current on topics in:
Agriculture
Lawn & Gardens
MSUE News
MSU Extension’s Website – Educational Resources on Lead
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Capital Area Master Gardener (CAMG) MEETINGS AND EVENTS Membership meetings are generally held at 6:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month (except in January). See the Events link for a schedule. They are generally held in the Plant and Soil Sciences Building on the MSU campus (map) in either Room A149 or Room A155 (in the same hallway next to each other). The speaker will begin at 6:45 p.m. The Plant and Soil Sciences building now has a physical address: 1066 Bogue/Michigan State University/ East Lansing, Michigan 48824. NOTE: You should enter from the Bogue Street entrance (on the East side of the building).
Mission of the Michigan Master Gardener Volunteer Program from the introduction to the Master Gardener Core Manual, 2009. “Biological environments are essential to life. Michigan State University is a primary provider of plant research and education, dedicated to the preservation and enrichment of life. The Master Gardener Volunteer Program, available to to all citizens of Michigan, is designed to develop a cadre of Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) volunteers trained in horticulture. Their knowledge and skills related to basic plant science and home gardening enable these volunteers to improve the quality of life in their communities by increasing people’s appreciation for and use of plants and by providing them with instruction on growing plants using environmentally sound practices.” Purpose The purpose of the Master Gardener Association Capital Area Chapter is to bring together active Master Gardener Volunteers to serve as an educational resource to the MSU Extensions of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, and Shiawassee counties in their common goal of providing horticultural education to the citizens within the community. It will provide its members with up-to-date horticulture information through a variety of educational programs and activities. Program Objectives from the state Master Gardener website
- To provide instruction in basic horticulture science to motivated active gardeners
- To provide Michigan State University Extension with trained gardeners who will educate others in the community through horticulture-related volunteer activities.
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