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Lowcountry
Master Gardener Association
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Events
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Buckwalter Traditional Farmer's Market
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 The
Buckwalter Traditional Farmer's Market in Bluffton
is looking for a few good men & women. CES in
partnership with the Buckwalter Place development
team have started a market every Tuesday from 4 -
7 p.m. We've been going a month now and
average between 500 - 600 regional consumers a
week. We need volunteers for market management,
parking coordination, and long-range planning. We
are going to have a strong educational component
with area middle schools and would like to start a
demonstration vegetable garden for the kids to
observe and even help with as time goes on.
Call Larry Hughes at 836-3134 if you would like to
be involved in this worthy project.
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Helping the Planet/ Recycling Water |
Okatie Elementary School has paired up
with Callawassie Garden Club and Laura
Lee Rose of Clemson Extension Service to
use water runoff from the school roof as
the way to keep the “Monet Garden” beds
properly moist.
The rain barrel, donated by Laura Lee
Rose was installed this week at the
school- just in time to recycle the
water for Earth Day!
Mrs. Julie Ann
Aaron’s second grade boys worked with
the Callawassie volunteers planting
flowers, making hanging baskets,
weeding, mulching the beds and pruning
shrubs.
This hands-on approach has been a joyful
time for the boys now that they can see
how beautiful the gardens are growing.
With the continued efforts of our
wonderful Callawassie volunteers, and
generous donations such as the rain
barrel from Laura Lee Rose, Okatie
students have become an active part of
saving our planet.
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Students from Mrs. Aaron’s second grade class with Callawassie
Garden Club members (Sandy Loudenslagel in blue shirt, Patti
Wurtzbacher in stripped shirt, and Mary Harris in red shirt).
Laura Lee Rose (center) Clemson Extension Agent.
Actual rain barrel installed in Okatie’s “Monet Garden
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Nature by the Sea: Lowcountry Tides, Estuaries
and Pluff Mud |
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Dear Master Naturalists and Master Gardeners,
Since our conference has not sold out, we are
offering you this unique opportunity to come
'play' with us for a single day or more!
The conference is a jam-packed two days of field
trips, exciting talks, silent auctions and social
events. This year's conference is held at Palm Key
in the lowcountry of SC near Beaufort. Billed as
"The Nature Getaway", Palm Key has numerous
cottages and other buildings that are surrounded
by salt marsh and upland forests.
Be sure to visit the Master Naturalist website
first to download your copy of the conference
program. It can be found here:
South Carolina Master
Naturalist program
Find the registration address either in this email
below or on the conference program. Register for
the whole conference OR just for a day! The cost
is $165.00/person for the whole conference or
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We look forward to sharing Nature with you, By the
Sea!
Kind regards,
Karen Hall, Ph.D.
South Carolina Master Naturalist program
carlson@clemson.edu
864-656-4859
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9th Annual Lexington County Master Gardener
Volunteers Garden Tour
Being held on May 20, 22, and 23, 2010
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Springtime in the Northwest
Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver
with
LAURA LEE ROSE
Consumer Horticuture Agent for
Clemson Extension & Beaufort County; Master
Gardener Educator
April 20-24, 2010
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Lasagna Garden Demonstration
at the Community Garden
February 13, 2010
Beaufort Buffer Garden Work Day
Beaufort County Government
Complex, Beaufort
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Our Buffer Garden workday is scheduled at the
Government Center at Ribaut Road and Highway 21 in Beaufort.
This will be a clearing, pruning, lopping and
weeding workday, so bring your favorite tools, and don't forget your
gloves. We could seriously use someone with a strong weed whacker and a
small chain saw. Wear appropriate footwear. The fire ants are out in full
force.
We are so appreciative of those volunteers who
show up every workday, but we really need more hands. It's only three
hours, and you'll get to know and exchange ideas with your fellow
gardeners. We hope to see you there!
Carolyn Adelman and Sandra Educate
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Heyward House Project
Town of Bluffton
MG volunteers will meet on Thursdays at 2:00
pm.
For more information contact: Alice Fraser |
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HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY LANDSCAPING
City of Beaufort
For more information call:
Pat Lauzon or Sue Lawrence 470-8459 |
All Rights Reserved @ 2010 Lowcountry Master Garden Association
Website Maintained by Kathy Owens / Parkshoppe.com
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