COMMUNITY AND MGV MATERIALS
2008 Summer Tips Community Newsletter
MAMGA creates this community newsletter each season for the residents of Wisconsin. This issue is about sensory plants, buzzing insects and lists some are public gardens to enjoy. Share this newsletter with your neighbors and send the link to your family and friends.
Brochure: Madison Area Nurseries
Map of Dane County, showing the locations of twenty garden centers and nurseries, as well as three public gardens. Contact us at mamgacommunity@yahoo.com if you would like more than 10 shipped to your location. Otherwise, please print off your own copy of this brochure. (Note: This was formatted for legal sized paper, but is legible on letter sized paper.)
If you are a garden center/nursery owner and would be interested in participating in future directories, please contact us at this same email address. Someone will contact you soon. This brochure will not be updated in 2008.
Directory - Diagnostic Links
This INTERACTIVE DIAGNOSTIC DIRECTORY provides MANY links to internet sites--including diagnostic, plant identification and invasive species--from universities and specialized vendors, to name a few.
Directory - Sites for Volunteering in the local area
Check these locations for potential sites to volunteer as a master gardener. If you wish to add additional sites to this list, contact the Community Services Committee.
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE PROJECTS
Accessible Gardens for All
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE Project: Accessible Garden Design Part A
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE Project: Accessible Garden Design Part B
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE Project: Accessible Gardens Supplement
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE Project: Enabled Planting Tables
Here's a handout that demonstrates how John Werblow is building some demonstration tables. These are especially suited for those seated in wheelchairs or other seated gardeners, or for gardeners who have trouble bending over. At this time, you can see a planted table at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.
Watch this website for more information.
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE Project: More Enabled Gardening Tips
EACH ONE-TEACH ONE Project: Sensory Garden Supplement
"IN MY BACKYARD"
Stewardship Information
Please share these handouts with your neighbors. Together we can produce a more biologically diverse and sustainable Dane County.
In My Backyard Series Handout: Wildlife Habitat
What features do you need to create your own backyard habitat? Your neighborhood? Your town? Consider certifying your own backyard through the National Wildlife Federation's program:

In My Backyard Series Handout: Native Plantings for a Wildlife Habitat
From Penn State. Note pages 3 and 4 for a planting chart.
In My Backyard Series Handout: Wildlife Habitat (from the class)
This handout was only available to those who participated in the June 13 class with Christopher Lepczyk, PhD.
MAMGA COMMITTEE AND BOARD INFORMATION
MAMGA 2006 Annual Executive Report
If you know of someone who cannot access this file, but would like a copy, suggest they contact us and we will mail a hard copy to them.
MAMGA 2008 Membership Benefit Flyer
We are adding more benefits as the year goes on. Check the
'About us' webpage for more current information.
MAMGA Annual Directory Cover/Committee Information
This link is only for the covers of the Annual Membership Directory. It does not include any information about the individual members.
MAMGA Bylaws
Bylaws of Madison Area Master Gardeners Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
MAMGA Committee Work in 2006
Learn what your board committees have been doing in 2006. Won't you volunteer in the many programs we are planning to have in 2007?
MAMGA Help Wanted/Volunteer Opportunites (June 2007 Supplement)
MAMGA Member Volunteer-Interest Survey Form
Feel free to forward this form to us at any time, but consider sending it to us when you send in your annual dues. We really need the help of the membership to do wonderful and mundane things. Won't you consider sharing your interests with the Membership Committee?
This is a WORD file. Consider filling it out on line and emailing it back to mamgamembers@yahoo.com, or print it out and mail.
MAMGA Mentor Program Brochure <--NEW PROGRAM
MENTEES:
Each new MG student and any MG graduate who is interested in having a master gardener mentor is encouraged to participate in the program. Even if we can't obtain volunteers to be mentors for all interested mentees, the Community Service Committee will have events that will benefit you.
MENTORS:
Any master gardener who has volunteered a minimum of 100 service hours (and there's a lot in Dane County)and is excited about passing along the "tricks of the trade" are encouraged to help these new students.
Complete this form and mail back the survey and sign up sections to MAMGA. This form can be mailed in at any time, however the class schedule runs from Jan-Jun and Jun to Dec. We'd like to be able to match up mentor pgm teams in January and June, when possible.
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
MAMGA Newsletter submissions...
Our MAMGAupdate newsletter is published monthly. To submit an article, contact MAMGA Newsletter or mamgamail@yahoo.com. (Or, call 224-3721 and mention you want to submit a "MAMGA newsletter article".) Please submit articles by the first Friday of each month (for the following month's issue). Time spent writing and researching articles can be counted as Extension Volunteer time. Information about other plant/nature related organizations can be forwarded for inclusion in our calendar, as well.
HINTS:
Did you know that you can access links listed in our newsletters if you view them on-line?
Just point and click whenever you see a link. It's all about efficiency, education and fun...and multimedia!!
2008
Newsletter - 2008.01 January
Our Guidelines for Graduates Issue - Part 2
See December 2007 Issue for Part 1
Newsletter - 2008.01 January Fun Sheet
Quizzes and "Green" Resolutions for Gardeners
Newsletter - 2008.02 February
Touring the Chicago Flowershow
Newsletter - 2008.03 March
Your Executive Board...and turf!
Newsletter - 2008.04 April
Cleaning everything in Spring!
Newsletter - 2008.05 May
EAB, Farmers Market and Garlic Mustard Issue
Newsletter - 2008.06 June
Summertime Bulbs and Working with Garden Grants
Newsletter - 2008.07 July
See top of page
Newsletter - 2008.07 July - ASH TREES AND EMERALD ASH BORER QUIZ
Turn in your answers by July 19 to win a free pair of Fiskars PowerGear Loppers on July 23
2007
Newsletter - 2007.09 September
Why is Funding important to the community and MAMGA?
Newsletter - 2007.10 October
Our Membershipupdate Issue
Newsletter - 2007.11 November
Phenology, Native Americans and Nature
Newsletter - 2007.11 November Insert
Insert for Nov Newsletter. Chock full of ways to help MAMGA be the association you want it to be.
Newsletter - 2007.12 December
Our Guidelines for Graduates Issue - Part 1