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Programs & Volunteer Opportunites

GGMG Volunteer Oportunities and Guidelines for Students and Alumni

Mike Jaskwich fielding garden questionsVolunteer Hours
40 hours of community service is part of the requirement for becoming a master gardener. Mike Jaskwich is pictured answering the phone at the extension center. There are many and varied ways to serve the community while completing the coummunity service requirment. Once graduated, the master gardener becomes part of the ongoing group of volunteers making a difference. The status of our group is enhanced by the number of volunteer hours that students, as well as master gardeners, contribute. As we continue to learn, we also continue to provide time and skills to our community.

Opportunities:

Butterfly Garden - Roper Mountain Science Center
Work dates: Every Tuesday 9:00 am to Noon at the Butterfly Garden and
                   Every Second Saturday at 9 am
                   (will not work if raining)
Contact: Ginger Kopka 963-2245 or gkopka1@aol.com



Children’s Garden
Work dates: Children’s Garden work dates occur the second Wednesday and the fourth Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. (note new time), weather permitting. If the weather is questionable, please contact Deborah.

To get involved, contact Deborah Schneider at 246-5508 or gardenbugs@charter.net

The garden is located on Broad Street near Centre Stage.


Roper Mountain Science Center - Heritage Garden
Work dates: Tuesdays through Thursdays at 9:00 am

Contact: Helen Ellis 288-7026

As with the other mentioned gardens, service in this Roper Mountain herb
garden can count toward anyone’s 40 volunteer hours. The garden
also is open every fourth Saturday, but you must be at the front gate
at 9:00 a.m. SHARP when it is unlocked. Work ends at noon. If you
need even more flexibility, call ahead to see if someone will be
working on the grounds when you are available. Call Helen Ellis at
288-7026 if you would like to work at a different time.

  Project Host Soup Kitchen Garden – on Academy St. in Downtown G’ville
Work dates: Every First and Third Saturday at 9 am.
Contacts:Suzy Seagrave 294-0954 and Kristal Kemppainen at 845-8405


Greater Greenville Master Gardener Plant Sale (April or May of each year)
MG plants are the key to a successful day. Income from the plant sale comprises a significant portion of the GGMG budget.

There will be four convenient drop-off sites available a few days beforehand where you may place the plants you have been dividing and propagating. These locations will be announced later.

Please label all plants, including botanical and common names (we are master gardeners, after all), with indelible markers. Include a brief description as well. Trees, shrubs, perennials, herbs, hanging baskets and dish gardens are welcomed. No ground covers will be accepted.

Many volunteers are needed to pull off a project of this magnitude. Please contact one of our subcommittee chairs to volunteer your time and talents:

As always, wagons, carts and wheelbarrows will be needed the day of the sale.
Note: Master gardeners may NOT purchase plants before the sale this year, though they are welcome to buy them

Don't forget!  Students can count the time spent potting your plants as part of their volunteer hours. (Note: only 5 hours can be counted towards potting plants for the sale. After the sale, no hours can be counted towards next year’s sale, until next year. These hours are in addition to working the sale).


Plant Labeling for sale:
Please label each plant clearly. Even the most basic information is a revelation to some of our shoppers.
Include on the label the name (common is fine), annual or perennial, shade or sun and whether it is a shrub, vine, house plant, tree or ground cover. Other relevant information such as color and bloom time are good. If you can’t resist telling more, all the better!


> Master Gardener Booth – Rutherford Rd. Farmer's Market
May and September (exact date TBA)



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