• Location:  Denton Historic Park at Mulberry and Carroll Streets, Denton
• Supports period-appropriate landscape for the Victorian home and other structures
• Conducts garden tours
• Presents programs
• Year round as needed

• Bags redbud seedlings and distributes to third graders in Denton I.S.D. schools
• Presents Arbor Day program in Denton I.S.D. schools
• April

• Teaches children and their families gardening techniques
• Supports education with hands-on experiences at this garden site
• Encourages families to replicate gardens at their homes
• Harvests from these gardens are entered into the Vegetable, Flower, Herb & Fruit Show competition
• Location: Fair Oaks Sr. Independent Living Community (1950 Lattimore, Denton).
  
• March — June

• Bags tree seedlings and distributes to third-graders in Lewisville I.S.D. schools
• Presents information on tree care
• October

• Distributes seedlings to Denton County residents who have made purchases through the Denton County Soil & Water Conservation District
• February

• Supports county horticulture division for annual competitive event with registering and judging entries
• January — March
• Includes the Horticulture Workshop
  • Teaches 4H members about various horticultural topics
  • Demonstrates these topics using a hands-on component

• Supports school plant sale
• Aides with plant identification
• Answers visitor’s questions about plants
• April

• Works with the Denton City Library to provide library users with selected seeds to promote vegetable and flower gardening
• Provides re-packaging of bulk seeds for individual users, and planting instructions
• Gives talks to encourage the use of provided seeds
• Year round

• Builds and helps to maintain over 50 gardens for senior center which covers 2.5 acres
• Conducts classes, lecture, demonstrations & hands-on activities, for residents and their families
• Hosts and supports DCMGA’s Children’s Garden located here
• Year round

• Provides educational opportunities for the public featuring speakers, demos, and informational booths
• Includes vendor booths for the public to purchase garden-themed items
• Location: Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church (407 @ Morriss Rd, Flower Mound)
• October (traditional date is first Saturday)

• Location: 1901 Timber Creek Rd., Flower Mound (on Morriss Road between FM 407 and Main Street)  (map)
• Plant and harvest fresh produce for donation to CCA and local refugee populations
• Assist church garden volunteers in learning water wise and best choice garden practices to maximize yields
• Educate and assist local area residents who want to grow their own gardens
• Serve as a garden educational and demonstration resource for the area, including with scout troups and the nearby elementary school
• Time of year – year round, work days scheduled as needed

• Supports Denton County Area JMG groups as requested
• Provides educational opportunities as requested
• Trains volunteers to utilize available curriculum
• Year round

• Provides gardening education booths at annual public event sponsored by Keep Denton Beautiful
• April

• Provides to the public opportunities to visit DCMGA members’ and public gardens
• Features gardening demonstrations
• Supports gardens by helping them to become “tour ready”
• Supplies docents on tour day
• 2nd Saturday in May

• Provides commercially grown, “pass-along” plants from Master Gardeners, and Propagation Team plants for sale to the public
• Answers questions by the public about plants
• Educational demonstrations
• Largest DCMGA fund raiser
• Location: Trinity United Methodist Church (Hobson Ln. @ Teasley Ln., Denton)
• April

• Trains teachers and parent volunteers from area Denton County public, private, schools, & home based education programs
• Works with DCMG, Elm Fork Chapter Master Naturalists & 4-H volunteers
• Aligns researched-based curricula with standardized tests to enhance science, reading, & math
• Provides individualized supplemental education for a variety of topics for classrooms and other educational settings
  
• Year round

• Provides opportunities for the public to show vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruits from their home gardens
• June

Committee

Description

Committee Chair

• Coordinates volunteers and materials for “Ask A Master Gardener” booths as requested by the public or DCMGA events, such as the Keep Flower Mound Beautiful Environmental Fair in May

• Trains members and researches to answer questions submitted by the public via the DCMGA Help Desk
• Assures sufficient Help Desk coverage

• Supports planning for annual class to train new Master Gardeners
• Responsible for planning class curriculum, recruiting and interviewing applicants, and working with visiting instructors
• Mentor
  • Responsible for planning and coordinating the mentor program for the new intern class
  • Assigns a mentor from volunteers each intern
  • Plans mentor/intern events such as lunches and other activities throughout the year

• Provides assistance in site selection, preparing the site, installing milkweed and nectar plants, and annual or semiannual maintenance of a monarch butterfly waystation in the Tribute community on Lake Lewisville in The Colony.
• Educates the community on the importance of protecting the monarch migration through the use of milkweed and nectar plants.
• Provides the STEM school in the community a hands-on learning environment.
• May provide assistance with editing grant applications.

• Makes and distributes latest research on Rose Rosette Disease to DCMGA membership and Denton County residents
• Organizes and shares information about events on RRD
• Shares educational articles on dcmga.com
• Works with Speakers Bureau to share latest information

• Work with Denton County leaders in the formation of a demonstration grove of fruits and nuts
• Educate the community on home fruit production through hands-on classes at the grove
• Present classes, lead tours, and provide educational opportunities for visitors

• Receives speaking requests from the community
• Provides research-based educational presentations and programs to community organizations

• Helps to restore an outdoor learning area at Heritage Elementary School, LISD
• Conducts hands-on activities & demonstrations for the students/teachers
• Teaches & leads in the horticultural area of caring for native plants
• Works in a partnership of Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, Boy Scouts, & the Heritage ES community
• Time of year: As needed

• Coordinates annual Wine Tasting fundraiser

Task

Description

Administrative Committee Chair

• Conducts an audit of the financial records in January and reports to the general membership at the next general meeting
• Reviews the financial records after the first quarter of a new treasurer’s term to assure accounting records are correct

• Responsible for completing the application forms for the State Awards
• Applications are submitted to the CEA-Horticulture after board approval

• Plans and implements a celebration of DCMGA’s 30th anniversary

• Responsible for aiding the design and publication of documents to publicize and promote the association’s activities and objectives to the membership and community
• Assists project managers with advertising of activities (e.g. brochures, flyers, note cards, labels, training materials)

•  Plans and implements celebration dinner for:
  • Annual Awards
  • Latest Class Graduation
  • Installation of Officers

• Aids DCMGA projects in identifying potential funding sources when initiated by the project manager
• Assists in writing and editing grants
• Supports members who need help writing and polishing a grant request

• Responsible for securing refreshments at general meetings and special events
• Purchases needed supplies (receipts to be turned in to treasurer)
• Arrranges setup of the room for monthly association meeting
• Sends flowers and/or cards to members when appropriate

• Documents DCMGA activities though photography
• Provides photographs for the website and publicity
• Maintains historical records of projects through photographs
• Provides a video at year’s end for the annual celebration

• Schedules programs for the monthly membership meeting from March – February (of the following year).

• Responsible for assisting project managers and volunteers
• Assures that new and continuing projects support DCMGA mission
• Reports to board on project status
• Annual approval of ongoing projects

• Responsible for reviewing and approving proper use of logos and legal statements required on documents prepared to apprise the community of the association’s functions

• Publicizes and promotes the association’s activities and objectives to the commmunity though local media outlets

• Maintains the Resource Room for the use by the DCMGA membership

• Reviews the applicants for the Tom Harpool Scholarship and makes recommendations to the board

• Plan annual retreat meeting

• Provides assistance to members in need (e.g. loss or illness)
• May provide a variety of services for their fellow members on their own time
• **this is an unofficial group in which no service hours are earned**

Sandy Faciane

• Organizes all technology equipment stored in Resource Room
• Provides technology-related assistance for membership, as required

• Organizes an event which introduces or advertises projects that members can sign up for
• Usually in February

• Supports organization’s website: dcmga.com
• Creates and maintains web pages
• Researches and writes gardening articles
• Creates and maintains online forms
• Keeps DCMGA members’ calendar up-to-date
• Maintains the DCMGA email subscription list
• Sends (periodically) emails to subscribers with information about upcoming events

Special Interest Group

Description

Group Leader

• Offers landscape planning education to residents of Denton County
• Assists approved organizations with landscape planning
• Provides training for DCMGA members
• Addresses the wide variety of soil types, ongoing drought conditions & capricious nature of our climate using water-wise plantings, low maintenance, Texas natives, and elements of design
• Regular monthly meetings

• Makes presentations to DCMGA members and public on propagating, planting, harvesting and using herbs
• Monthly meetings

• Makes presentations on propagating by air-layering, leaf cutting, stem cutting, seed starting, and root division
• Hands-on training in the art and science of plant propagation

• Provides educational information to DCMGA members and the public on tree planting, care and problem diagnosis
• Assists citizens in diagnosing and treating tree problems at the request of the DCMGA Help Desk or County Extension Agent
• Team members receive focused training on tree diseases and insect damage identification and treatment
• Visits homes in the county whose owners are experiencing problems with their trees
• No regular monthly meetings

• Assists, mentors, advises, and works with the faculty and students of the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, Fiber Studio Arts
• Provides Earth-Kind information and assists with planting, propagating, and maintaining the current dye garden
• Assists with developing, researching, creating, and maintaining a second roof-top dye garden on the newly constructed Visual Arts building
• Members learn about fiber and paper dyeing with natural dyes through lectures, workshops, and tours of the gardens.
• Regular meetings

• Shares water conservation information and techniques with Denton County residents
• Develops presentations and water conservation demonstrations for DCMGA sponsored events, public events supported by DCMGA and in response to requests made through the DCMGA Speaker’s Bureau
• No regular monthly meetings