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Refreshing the Perennial Bed at the
Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center
June 12, 2023
Spruced up, refreshed perennial bed
Palmer Pioneer Home Planting
June 6, 2023
The (Master Gardener) gang's all here!
Cheerful flower planter at the entrance
Master Gardener Plant Sale
Palmer Pavilion
June 3, 2023
Tour of the State Fair gardens, led by Head Gardener Becky Myrvold (July 12, 2022)
Palmer Library Planting
June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022
Palmer Pioneer Home Planting
June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022
2022 State Alaska Master Gardeners Conference
Saturday, April 2, 2022 - Evangelo's Restaurant
This year's Master Gardeners Conference was a fun, educational and rewarding event for gardeners from all around Alaska. It was also the first in-person meeting of this type in 3 years, hooray!
Thank you so much to all the attendees, conference committee members, speakers, vendors, and restaurant staff for helping make this a memorable, successful meeting!!
The following photos were contributed by Donna Dewhurst of AKpix.smugmug.com. Thank you, Donna!
Thank you so much to all the attendees, conference committee members, speakers, vendors, and restaurant staff for helping make this a memorable, successful meeting!!
The following photos were contributed by Donna Dewhurst of AKpix.smugmug.com. Thank you, Donna!
The following photos were contributed by Eva Cohnen-Brown:
Floral Arrangement Class
(Nov. 1, 2021)
Tonja Hall, owner of Fleurish floral shop in Wasilla, was our guest speaker at this very informative and enjoyable class. She shared how to create lovely arrangements with flowers and grasses, including baby's breath, lilies, Chinese lantern flowers, eucalyptus, rosemary, and several other varieties of plants. Many lovely bouquets were created by club members, all to be taken home for continued enjoyment!
Alaska State Fair Parade - August 21, 2021
Congratulations to MatSu Master Gardeners on their inspiring "Seeing is Believing" float entry, which won first place! Kudos to Curt Mueller, who designed and planned the float for the Alaska State Fair parade. Many thanks to those who helped complete the float: Curt and Marge Mueller, their daughters Marta and Dawn, Debra Caillouet, Deb & Ken Blaylock, Eva Cohnen-Brown, and Chuck & Lenita Deda. Thank you to those who shared photos.
Palmer Pioneer Home & Library - July 2021
Thank you to Sue Glenn for these photos of the Pioneer Home and Library flower beds
in their full summer beauty!
in their full summer beauty!
Palmer Pioneer Home Planting - 6/7 & 6/10/21
Palmer Library Iris Division ("Big Bertha") - 6/7/2021
Palmer Library Planting - 6/7/2020
Palmer Pioneer Home Planting - 5/30/2020
The planting gang's all smiles!
JUNE GARDENING EXTRAVAGANZA - 2018
The first week of June (2018) saw the Master Gardeners involved in several community projects, including planting events at the Pioneer Home and Palmer Library Planter (not to mention the annual plant sale and working on home gardens). Nice job, everyone!
The annual planting at the Palmer Library saw lots of Master Gardeners helping out!
Images below are from the 2016 June planting events, held at the UAF Experiment Farm, the Pioneer Home, and the Palmer Libray:
Pioneer Home Garden Project
Several Mat-Su Master Gardeners met on Saturday, February 13th at the Pioneer Home for an overview of this upcoming spring and summer garden project.
Several Mat-Su Master Gardeners met on Saturday, February 13th at the Pioneer Home for an overview of this upcoming spring and summer garden project.
Bumper Potato Crop
Lenita Deda had a good harvest of potatoes this fall. Seed potatoes were purchased from Gregory Kalal, a member of the Master Gardeners Club. Lenita suggests members may want to check with him for seed potatoes next spring.
Tour of the State Fair gardens, led by Head Gardener Becky Myrvold (August 4, 2014)
