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	MASTER GARDENERS Santa Rosa County UF/IFAS County Extension Service

Greetings, Master G's!
Welcome to the Master Gardener Website for Santa Rosa County.
The MG Class of 2008 has started their project for this year. At the bottom of this page is the link to the Class Project page...stay tuned to the big event. Last meeting is described there and next meeting day, as well as the project information as it unfolds.
Look for the introductions of our new co-web masters, Lorraine H. and Nelly H., this month.
Anyone who has photos of MG events, please get up with Cathy H. or Lorraine H., so they can archive those photos.
Check out the New EDIS Publications. Not too many this month
Your webmasters,
Pat Ann & Nelly H.
Our membership meetings in the south end of the county are held at the Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church Community Life Center. It is located at 4115 Soundside Drive, off of Highway 98, on the south side. If you are coming from the west on Hwy 98, it is approximately 1 mile east from the intersection of 281 (Walmart/Garcon Point Bridge area). Coming from the east, it is approximately 10.5 miles west of the intersection of Hwy 98 and Hwy 87. It is across the highway from Sherwin Williams Paint Store. Directly to the east (across the street on Soundside Drive) is the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
The meetings held at the Extension Office in Milton are on Dogwood Drive. Take Hwy 90 and turn on Dogwood Dr. going North. Turn left at the USDA sign on Maid Marion St. Turn left behind the USDA building and follow it to the Extension Office parking lot.

Right People in the Right Place

by Pat Ann and Nelly H.

New Co-Webmasters

Originally from Argentina, Nelida H. has lived in California and Florida for the past thirty plus years. She and her husband, Al, currently live in Milton, love it, and never plan to leave. Three of their sons live in the Tallahassee area and a fourth son lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. Other family members include her kitties, Melanie (Himalayan Persian) and Heidi (a Birman) .

Nelida, or Nelly as she likes to be called, is a born nature lover, enjoying both plants and animals, particularly in their natural habitat. She loves gardening and likes to keep the many plants and flowers living in her own yard at home in their natural environment, as much as possible. Also, she does her best to make her yard comfortable and safe for birds and butterflies.

She has degrees in Spanish/English translation, accounting and law, with an advanced degree in tax law. Her work experience includes over 20 years as a Spanish/English court interpreter and she still maintains current license to practice law in the state of California.

Nelly’s hobbies include SCUBA diving, hiking, camping, crocheting, and photography (both underwater and above).

Lorraine Hubbard has lived in Santa Rosa County for three years. She retired from the federal government with 30 years of service in finance and administrative policy.

Her gardening interests include butterfly and wildlife gardening, landscaping, bugs (good and bad), and working with children. Her other interests include dancing, cycling, scrap booking and knitting (but only when it is too hot to go outside), swimming, reading, the Pensacola Symphony and all the local concerts and most of all she loves just hanging out with her son, Chris, daughter-in-law, Marcie, and her two grandsons, AJ and Matt all who live in Maryland.

Lorraine currently volunteers as a docent at the Panhandle Butterfly House and is the chair person for the Master Gardener 2008 class project as well as training to be a co-webmaster for the master gardener webpage.

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For new EDIS Publications, download this pdf file.

New EDIS Publications

Santa Rosa County is located in the western Panhandle of Florida. The state of Alabama borders us to the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. We have a rather unique situation in regard to gardening because of our soil, our climate and our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.

UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Residential Horticultural Agent Theresa Friday conducts Walk-in Clinics periodically at the South Santa Rosa Service Center. See the Walk-in Clinics section for the schedule and location of these clinics, and for information on how to contact your Santa Rosa County Extension Agentshorticultural information.

Master Gardeners....Schools in Santa Rosa County require that their volunteers submit a volunteer application prior to working at the school. Several projects that involve Master Gardeners visiting school grounds including Garden Mosaics and Growing Gardeners. If you think that you may wish to participate in either of these projects this school year, please complete the form located at http://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/parents/vol/VolApplPrefChklst.doc.
Theresa Friday will be gathering the forms and submitting to the schools. Without a completed and approved form, you will not be allowed to participate in school projects.
For those that might volunteer as a guest speaker, please complete the form at http://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/files/GuestSpeaker.doc at least 2 weeks prior to the lecture.
Both forms will be checked by the school by FDLE.

MASTER GARDENERS

Santa Rosa County

UF/IFAS County Extension Service