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Social Events and Tours
Plant Exchanges
Spring and Fall Plant Exchanges provide a social event with the opportunity to share plants with other Master Gardeners. Receive tickets for the plants you bring based upon condition, labeling and perceived value. All plants are acceptable: house plants, perennials, vegetables, shrubs, bulbs, etc. Additional tickets may be purchased. A pot luck luncheon is supplied by those attending.
The 2008 Spring Plant Exchange & Potluck (flyer) was held on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., at the Kiwanis Pavilion behind the Independence Civic Center (map).
Tours
Whether by bus or car caravan, Master Gardener tours are periodically organized to interesting destinations for educational, social and/or plant purchase opportunities. Advanced training hours may be offered. Tours usually include a nursery visit and a fun eatery.
2008 Summer Tour to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, August 26, 2008, meeting at Main Gate at 9:15 a.m., features a tram tour of the Zoo by a member of the Horticultural Department. Includes Zoogate Commons and information about the new elephant crossing, African Savanna, Rhino, Oak openings, Steffie Center, Butterfly Greenhouse, Primate, cat and Aquatics, working greenhouse and the ever-popular composting facility. Over twenty specialty gardens, and the tram will stop at about three locations. Approximately two hours long. See flyer.
The 2008 Summer Bus Tour, also called the Grand and Glorious Garden Get Away, was June 18-20, 2008. The tour visited Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh; Longwood Gardens and the Nemours Mansion and Gardens in eastern Pennsylvania; and Winterthur Museum and Estate Gardens in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. See flyer.
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The 2007 Summer Tour by car caravan featured The Culinary Vegetable Institute, Corso’s Nursury and Granny Joe’s ice cream. The Vegetable Institute, in Milan grows its own food for visiting gourmet chefs. They grow organic vegetables and greens for 5 star restaurants and top chefs around the country. Owner Mary Jones gave a brief talk. Corso’s in Sandusky was the next stop to get something special there for fall planting. Then a stop for ice cream at Granny Joe’s in Vermilion on the way back. See flyer
Pictures from the 2007 Summer Tour to The Culinary Vegetable Institute:
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Recognition Dinner
The annual Recognition Dinner serves the purposes of recognizing Master Gardeners' accomplishments over the prior year and introducing the new Master Gardeners who have completed their basic training requirements, as well as being the major social event and gathering of Master Gardeners during the year.
The 2008 Recognition dinner was on April 3, 2008. Click for flyer.
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Year-End (Halloween) Party
The annual year-end Halloween party provides an opportunity for Master Gardeners to socialize as the growing season draws to an end.
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