Master Gardener 1992-2009
Jan Shannon attended the second Master Gardener class held in Nueces County in 1992. She was forced into a brief hiatus after a heart attack in 1994 but continued as a MG. She currently has 4243.75 volunteer hours with 218 of them being this year.
Activities for the past 17 years:
- Instrumental in the early & visible Master Gardener beautification projects in Nueces County
- Master Gardener Speakers bureau
- Teaches MG intern classes on Rose Care and Internet Resources
- Volunteer hours committee chairman
- Organizing Master Gardener “Tip of the Week” for Corpus Christi Caller Times
- Reorganizing and coordinating Master Gardener help line
- Member of Nueces County Extension Horticultural Advisory Committee as Nueces MG representative
- Spring and Fall Home and Garden Show regular Q&A volunteer
- Member of Nueces County Leadership Advisory Board as Nueces MG representative
- Member and current Treasurer of Nueces Leadership Advisory Board as Nueces MG representative
- Serves as Vice President of S. TX Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in the capacity of Nueces MG representative
- Devised the mentor program to provide direct access for MG interns with an experienced MG
- Created the GEM (Going the Extra Mile) award given annually to a Nueces MG volunteer who exemplifies the best the program has to offer
- Frequent instructor for several adjacent county MG programs
- Well-versed in entomology, propagation, vegetable gardening, IPM and gives numerous lecture series on those topics along with short programs in plant identification, safe pesticide spraying habits and native landscaping
- Corpus Christi Area Garden Council chair of Horticulture exhibits at the annual flower show as a Nueces MG representative
- Spends numerous volunteer hours at the Extension Office assisting the Horticulture agent
- While serving as State President of TMG, was instrumental in upgrading the state awards procedures
Awards
- Received the Golden Trowel (100+ hours per year) award since inception
- G.E.M. (Going the Extra Mile Award) 2004 by NMGA
- Received 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 NMG hours badges
Local and State Offices held:
- Nueces County Vice-President 2003
- Nueces County President Elect 2007
- Nueces County President 2008
- Nueces County Ex-Officio 2009
- Member of Nueces County Finance Committee 2008-2009
- Texas Master Gardener 2nd Vice President 2004
- Texas Master Gardener 1st Vice President 2005
- Texas Master Gardener President 2006
- Texas Master Gardener Past President 2007
- Co-Chair State Master Gardener Convention 2004
Specialist Training:
- Texas Master Gardener Entomology Specialist 2003