Author: CFGC President
CFGC Convention Photo Contest!
Enter the CFGC Butterflies, other Pollinators and Bird Photo Contest for 2021-2023!
Always wanted to enter a photo contest and you love butterflies and birds? Now’s your chance!
RULES:
- Photo must be taken between May 2021 and May 2023.
- Photo may be of any stage of their life.
- Butterflies, other Pollinators, or birds must be the focus but any stage of life, other items or people may be included.
- Photo must be no less than 8×10 inches and no greater than 11×14 inches.
- Photo may be black and white or color print (digital or film).
- Photo may not be retouched or “Photo-shopped” for effect.
- Location and date taken must be on entry information on back.
- Photo must be matted: mat cannot be wider than three inches.
- Photo must be sent or delivered to CFGC Chairman for judging before May 15, 2023. Photo Contest Chairman: Audrey Coyle, 484-459-9052 or afloris@stratusiq.net.
- Photo may not have been entered in any other photographic competition.
- Photographer may be any non professional photographer, member of CFGC or non member.
Prizes will be awarded at the 2023 State Convention!
First Prize-Category: Bird
First Prize-Category: Butterfly or other Pollinator
Second Prize-Category: Bird
Second Prize-Category: Butterfly or other Pollinator
Prizes:
First Prize: $50.00
Second Prize: $25.00
The National Gardener Convention
The National Gardener’s winter newsletter is now out!
It’s full of information about their Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida! You can attend a wide variety of workshops, speakers and presentations. Several of the breakout
sessions are hands–on. We have workshops for those who enjoy design and for the horticulture enthusiast, too. There is something for everyone!
To read or download click here. It also includes the registration form!
Master Gardening Educational Series
Jim Hodson of Fast Growing Trees would like to announce their new educational series on Master Gardening. The organization recognizes the need to create additional awareness of the Master Gardener programs offered in each state as well as to provide similar free, self-paced gardening curriculum to those who might not otherwise engage in a formal Master Gardener program due to the cost and time commitments they require. To that end, the organization has created a great resource for both groups of gardening enthusiasts.
To promote awareness and enrollment in formal Master Gardener programs in each state, the Master Gardening Resource answers the most common questions regarding Master Gardeners and the programs required to become one. It includes a comprehensive directory of Cooperative Extension Services in each state so that visitors can get additional information about their state’s Master Gardener program and hopefully enroll. However, the feature we are most excited about is the free Master Gardening Curriculum resource that contains much of the content covered in a typical Master Gardener program while allowing the user to learn at their own pace.
Here are some direct links:
Master Gardener Education Series home page (https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/pages/master-gardeners)
Self-Paced Master Gardening Curriculum (https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/pages/master-gardening-course)