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Nueces Master Garden Annual Plant Sale Update
Hello All!
First, thank you to everyone who has participated in this year’s sale – from donations to purchases. And speaking of donations, there have been over 700 plants donated to this year’s sale! This is fantastic and I know those of you who have donated, have spent many hours cutting, clipping and propagating for the annual sale – it is much appreciated and so we’d like to thank you.
Home Depot has generously donated $140 worth of plants to the cause as well!
If you did not pre-order, I am quite sure that with over 700 plants available you will still be able to grab some of your favorites plants just in time to put them out for the fall.
The sale will held Saturday,October 9th, from 9am – 2pm,at the following location:
Jewish Community Center
750 Everhart Rd
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
See you all there!
Seville Farms Plant Sale Update
Hello Members and the General Gardening Public.
This post is just to update you that ordering plants for the Seville Farms Plant sale has ended. If you did not get an opportunity to place orders, do know that Seville Farms will be doing it all again next year!
For those of you who did purchase, you will need to pick your plants up between 9am – 1pm at the following location:
Jewish Community Center (JCC)
750 Everhart Rd,
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Please make sure that you have identification and your receipt for your purchase, which should have been emailed to you. You can either show this receipt on your phone or print it out.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the sale this year!
2021 Plant Sale Update
Hello Everyone, I come to you as the Plant Sale Co-Chair and Inventory Committee chair to remind you that as of this next Thursday, 9/9/2021, we are exactly 1 month away from our plant sale. This is Nueces Master Gardeners major fundraiser for the year and we depend largely on our members to make some type of plant contribution to the sale. This year we are standardizing the pots of plants. and will be accepting plants in 1,2 or 3 gallon pots. However, our plant standardizing chairperson has informed me that we will also be accepting 4” pots of herbs and succulents. She is also creating an “Others” category for really nice plants that are in a nice pot. In other words, one of a kind. So, no standardizing there, just lovely plants that you would like to donate.
In the event you have misplaced or lost the inventory sheets I previously mailed out I am attaching them again. One is in excel format and the other in WORD format. Just fill in the pertinent information and return to me via email and I will record your contribution.
The deadline for plant entries is 9/24/2021.
Thank you so much for your contributions.
Gloria VanZante
2021 Texas Master Gardener Conference.
Hello Members!
And in case you missed the 2021 TMG Conference – here’s a few documents they shared from two of the breakout sessions:
The first document contains links for research- based gardening information online. This was presented by Skip Richter. It includes great links to online databases such as Ask an Etymologist and Help Identify My Plant.
This next document contains links to things like mobile phone moisture meters,
weed removers, plant and insect identification apps, such as Picture This, Plant Snap and Flower Checker. Please keep in mind that the links listed in the document will lead to third-party vendors for purchase or download.
This was a great conference with many informative speakers and tons of information all designed to help us become better gardeners and to learn to use technology to assist us in this.
NMG Gazette. April 2021 Issue.
HEB Grant 2021
HEB has graciously provided $500 in gift cards towards the Nueces Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale 2021.
The HEB Gulf Coast Public Affairs Team says:
For over 115 years, H-E-B has contributed to worthy causes throughout Texas and Mexico, and we continue to support our community as strongly as ever. To help us maintain that tradition, we ask that you encourage members of your organization to visit their nearest H-E-B store.
We would like to thank Marie Privott, Chairperson of Fundraising for a great wonderful achievement.
If you have any questions about the HEB grant and/or how the gift cards will work, please contact Marie at: Fundraising.NuecesMG@gmail.com
Keep up the great work Marie!
Walk Across Texas! 2021
image courtesy of HowdyHealth.org
It is time for the annual Walk Across Texas Event!
Walk Across Texas is 8 week community program delivered through a web-based platform and is designed to assist people of various ages and abilities to establish the habit of regular physical activity.
Walk Across Texas! is designed for participants to be encouraged and supported by a team, using a fun and motivating approach. The event challenges teams to track and log mileage to virtually walk across the state of Texas – 832 miles!
Using a system of self-reporting physical activities, a study performed in 2016 found that self-reported physical activity significantly improved from week 1 to week 8, increasing an average of nearly 5 miles per week, which translates to an additional 11,000 steps/week. For a quick teaser on Walk Across Texas activity equivalents, go here
Walk Across Texas has individual, youth and organization team sign ups available. This is a great way to celebrate the new relaxing of CDC guidelines – get outside with friends and family and WALK!
As per Kevin Gibbs, if you participate you can put the hours towards VMS.
The Nueces County Challenge starts on 21 May 2021 and continues through to 15 July 2021.
For more information or to register please visit the Walk Across Texas! webpage. Once you are registered, you will receive your link to create your profile and be notified of any virtual events.
Dates to know:
Opening Ceremony: May 21st, 2021 from 11:45AM – 12:15 PM
Midway Motivation: June 18th, 2021 from 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Celebration: July 23rd, 2021 from 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM