GUADALUPE COUNTY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Contact Carol Calentine Volunteer Chairman, for questions at carol.calentine@ag.tamu.edu To help you fulfill your volunteer obligations for the year, here is a list of Guadalupe County Master Gardener volunteer projects.  Some have a chair or coordinator listed so that you can ask questions or volunteer. Others have no chair or coordinator; you are welcome to take the project.  Remember, all of these projects need you to help.  Even if you do not want to be the chair, you can still volunteer and help make Guadalupe County a better place.

 Master Gardeners Library/Office/Support Staff, 210 East Live Oak, Seguin, TX 78155, 830-303-3889Chairman- Betty Hughes, ehughes5@satx.rr.com; Co-Chairman-Esther Pinter Date: Every Monday 9:00am-12:00 except County Holiday. Task:  Helpers always needed for filing, coping handouts, sorting seeds and bagging seeds for up coming presentations.

 KWED Lawn & Garden Show-Seguin, TX 78155 every Saturday 905 East Court Street, Seguin, TX 78155   KWED1580AM Bob Grafe, alaskagrafe@yahoo.com\Ryla Cottingh m/Janet Grafe Task: Master Gardeners, Master Gardener interns & students talk on garden subjects: 

 Landscape at Texas AgriLife Extension Office 210 East Live Oak, Seguin, TX 78155 Chairman -Liz Romero, lromero16@satx.rr.com   Co Chairman -Betty Hughes, ehughes5@satx.rr.com Task: Maintenance of garden done by volunteers on scheduled workdays —notified by email, newsletter and at Master Gardener’s Annual meetings

 Green Team, In Seguin  205 North River Street,  Meet @ Seguin City Hall Annex,  Seguin, TX 78155 Contact person Hughlene Micheli, clifmic@axs4u.net  (try to email if location changes) Date: 1^st & 3^rd Monday of each month 8:00- 10:30am. Except for holidays and none in July, Task: Bring your pruner, bucket, gloves and other tools.  Just show up ready to work

 Guadalupe County Finance Center 307 West Court Street, Seguin, TX 78155 Chairman- Pat Schultz, clydepat6@aol.com Task: Volunteers assist in maintenance of flower beds at the Court Street & side of the building, pulling weeds, watering and replanting of new flowers & roses.

 Speakers Bureau – Treva Hicks, hickslt@lycos.com Task: Finds opportunities where Master Gardener’s can talk to groups about garden related topics; matches speakers with groups that have same interests; keeps the Speakers’ calendar. If you have a topic and feel you can talk with med to large groups, contact Treva she will try to find an origination for you. And if you would like to talk with an other Master Gardener specialist to assist email Treva you subject. 

 Refreshment Coordinator: Treva Hicks, hickslt@lycos.com, this project is open for a new coordinator \coordinators Task: Master Gardener’s monthly meeting sign up to bring refreshments,  involves taking sign-up sheet to the Master Gardener’s meeting, confirming volunteer’s week before meeting and assisting the volunteers thirty minutes before meeting. 

 Guadalupe County Community Garden (GCCG)Guadalupe County Annex Building in Schertz, 1101 Elbel Road, Schertz, TX 78154 Chairman Linda Bruno, jlbruno@gvec.net Date: Workdays scheduled Every Mondays and Thursdays 9:00am, and 2^nd Saturday of each month Task: Volunteers will monitor – maintain, repair, plant. This teaching garden as well as maintain raised beds that provides produce for Food Banks and other needy programs.  Contact Garden committee if you would like to work in the garden another day or time.  All volunteer workers welcome.

 Texas Agricultural Education & Heritage Center, Big Red Barn - Educational/Herb & Butterfly Garden  390 Cordova Road, Seguin, Texas 78155Contact person for Master Gardener volunteers:  Gretchen Ricker. gricker@satx.rr.com Date: Every Friday Mornings, Duties of the vegetable garden are weeding and trimming, mulching, re-planting, Re-creating new beds. The garden is maintained for the sole purpose to use as Educational Presentations for Master Gardener programs, Ag Awareness Fairs, Pecan Festival and Ag Festival.  This education garden is also open to the public for the Big Red Barn tours; contact the Big Red Barn for tour dates and time, (830) 379-0933

 Guadalupe Junior Master Gardener  Coordinator Lo-Ra’ Dick, lorawdick@yahoo.com Task: Guadalupe County Master Gardeners present to teachers and students the gardening concept and work with teachers with displays. Programs and trainings for teacher to get CEU’s and assist with developing the gardening plans for their schools.

 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo January thru February Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, TX       Dale Odvody, Volunteer chair with Bexar County, odvodyd@swbell.net Volunteers assist Bexar County Master Gardeners in Pre-construction phase starts January includes the entire building. February is the start date to work booths. Great way to get volunteer hours and work with Bexar MG’s

 Wilson County Gardening Day March     Saturday In Floresville Chairman Peggy Jones, pljones@swbell.net  Two shifts 7:45am to 4:00pm Task: Volunteers take materials and free seeds to give out at the booth and answer questions (also a good source to buy plants, see other demonstrations and ideas for our future programs.)  Great to promote our upcoming class with our booth.  

Earth Day in Seguin at the Square on April 27 2013 8:30 to 2:30 Committee Chairman: Randy Rye,randy.rye@gmail.com Task: In February, a committee of volunteers come up with a theme for recycle, and selects a chairman. Set up three booths and volunteers carry materials, set up display, talk to town’s people about plants and gardening, answer questions, and possible demonstrations. This is a great Location to recruit for next Master Gardener class.

 Ag Festival – on May 2 Texas Agricultural Education & Heritage Center, Big Red Barn 390 Cordova Road, Seguin, Texas 78155, Volunteers take materials and free seeds, set up display, and talk to town’s people about plants and gardening.

 Master Gardener Summer Social June 20, 2013 need Chairman, Co Chairman and Assistant Coordinators for June 2013 social (plans party, finds location, set up and clean up with volunteers) Contact by email Treva Hicks hickslt@lycos.com

 Guadalupe County Fair on second week in October, City of Seguin Coliseum 950 South Austin Street, Seguin, TX 78155 need Chairman ____________ co Chairman __________________ Kids Table_________________ Master Gardeners are responsible for acceptance of Horticultural and other related entries to be judged. During the Fair, Master Gardeners operate an information and demonstration booths where they talk to the public and answer questions and give seeds and handouts.  

Water Fairs, October_________ and October __________ and November ___________ Volunteers set up Rainfall simulator and or Water Cycle display this is a shorter time demonstrating than the Ag Fair and Ag day for Kids. 

Ag Awareness Fair-The Big Red Barn – in October (three weeks) Texas Agricultural Education & Heritage Center, Big Red Barn 390 Cordova Road, Seguin, Texas 78155 Chairman _________________, Volunteers talk to 3^rd 4^th or 5^th graders about importance of gardening and produce in 15-20 minute increments around 12 times during the day. Master Gardeners schedule volunteers for only three days. Master Gardeners are approved to volunteer the other days thru the Big Red barn by calling (830) 379-0933.

 Pecan Festival in October Texas Agricultural Education & Heritage Center, Big Red Barn 390 Cordova Road, Seguin, Texas 78155 Chairman _________    Volunteers will man the vegetable garden at the Big Red Barn answering questions — we need folks in the garden, volunteer shifts (ideally, two volunteers per shift; volunteers are welcome to serve on more than one shift) Also at other stations in the Barn and still get credit hours (helping with kids activities)

 Ag Fair-Texas A&M AgriLife – Schertz/Cibolo/Universal City, in November Location Cibolo FFA Barn, this is a 2-day event. Chairman ______________ Co-chairman________________ Volunteers set up display, with gardening/produce, horticulture and water shed stations during 15 to 20-minute presentations around 12 times each day, to 3^rd or 4^th grade elementary students. There is no garden at this location to walk thru Master Gardeners use the Raised Bed Display and the Jr. Master Gardener travel displays to introduce teachers and students the square foot gardening concept.

 Christmas tree decorating contest in Seguin at the Square, end of November or December Chairman __________________ co-chairman Betty Hughes,    2012 plan, and create a theme, make decorations, decorate and take down tree in Seguin’s Central Park. 

Master Gardener Social December 2013 need  Chairman, co chairman andAssistantCoordinators; for Christmas socials (plans party, finds location, set up and clean up with volunteers) 

Revised 3-11-2013