15th Annual "High on the Desert"
High Desert
Gardening &
Landscaping Conference
Our 15th Annual High Desert Gardening &
Landscaping Conference has come and gone. From all reports everyone had a
great time and learned so much. It is with great pleasure that we say,
“Thanks! Job well done!” to all the dedicated volunteers of the Cochise
County Master Gardeners Association!
Special thanks to our
sponsors
De & Ceci Lewis
EuroFresh Farms
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative
Program Advertisers
Ace Garden Place, Ron Scott Ameriprise Financial, Felice Dayhoff Birdlegs
Pottery & Yard Art, Cathy Stuckey Butterfly Gardens, Candles & Scents,
Castle & Cooke, Cochise Stone, LLC, Clint’s Haircuts, Vicki Gilbert Farmer’s
Insurance, Felice Dayhoff Leaves in the Wind, Long Realty Company (Deb
DeShae, Lee Knaeble, Bev Mahlmann, Barbara Pursell, Phyllis Puckett, Jess
Valentine, Kye Welker, Amanda Weller), Lori Kovash Stalwart Designs,
Mountain View Koi Fish Nursery & Aquatic Plants, Angel Rutherford Nature
Photography, Romisco Sign Systems, Sierra Remodeling, Southwest Desert
Images, LLC, Whetstone Pottery & Fountains, Wild Birds Unlimited.
Exhibitors
Arizona Revegetation & Monitoring Co., Birdlegs Pottery & Yard Art, Candles
& Scents, Diamond JK Nursery, EuroFresh Farms, Kazzam, Stalwart Designs,
Mesquite Gourds, Mountain View Koi Fish Nursery & Aquatic Plants, Oasis
Water Harvesting, U of A South Bookstore, Wild Birds Unlimited
Non-Profit/Non-Selling
Exhibitors
Cochise County Master Gardeners Association, Ft. Huachuca WaterWise &
Energy Smart, Sierra Vista Area Garden Club, U.S. Forest Service-Sierra
Vista Ranger District, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, WaterWise
Door Prize Donors
|Ace Garden Place, Sierra Vista, Pat Anderson, Azida, Inc., Birds and
Bloom Magazine, Birdlegs Pottery & Yard Art, Bloom Country, Butterfly
Gardens, Inc, Robert E. Call & Family, Candles & Scents, Cochise County
Master Gardeners Association, De Lewis & Family, Desert Oasis Soap Company,
Fry’s Food Stores, Ft. Huachuca WaterWise & Energy Smart, Hastings
Books, Music & Videos, Kazzam, K-Mart Stores, Lee Valley Tools, Ltd, Lowe’s,
Mesquite Gourds, Mountain States Wholesale Nursery, Mountain View Koi Fish
and Nursery, LLC, The Nature Conservancy Ramsey Canyon, Oaks of the Wild
West Nursery, Oasis Water Harvesting, Ortega’s Boot & Shoe Repair, Angel
Rutherford, Safeway, Sally Beauty Supply, Sierra Vista Area Garden Club,
Sierra Vista Flowers and Gifts, Southwest Desert Images, LLC, Southwest
Native Landscapes & Irrigation, Stalwart Designs, Sunset Magazine,
Target, Wal-Mart, WaterWise, We Frame It, Wild Birds Unlimited
Businesses
and Organizations that made the registration gift bags possible
City of Sierra Vista, Cochise County Cooperative Extension, Dewitt Landscape
Products, Ferry-Morse Seeds, Gardeners Supply, High Country Gardens, Lee
Valley Tools, Ltd, Nature’s Control, Park Seed Company, Select Seeds, Sierra
Vista Chamber of Commerce
Speakers
A great big THANK YOU! We couldn’t have done it without you!
Committee
chairpersons and CCMGA Members
Thanks to all the committee chairpersons and members who gave so much of
their time, energy, and talents to make our 14th Annual High
Desert Gardening & Landscaping Conference successful: Rob Call,
Extension Agent and Program Chair, Dave Barry, Conference
Coordinator, Rosemarie Burke, Jim Byrum, Facilities Chair, Dave
Crandall, Felice Dayhoff, Deke & Peggy Descoteaux, Gift
Bags, Terrie Gent, Anita Gollwitzer, Finance Chair, Jeannine
Grabowska, Carolyn Gruenhagen, Gary Gruenhagen, Registration Chair,
Karl Hallsten, Larry Kovarcik, Merriane Lange, De Lewis, Cheri Melton,
Publicity Chair, Helen Morgan, Angel Rutherford, Sponsor Chair,
Doug & Eleanor Templeman, Sarah Turan, Joan Wakefield, Artist, Robert
Welton, Centerpieces, Rob Call, Felice Dayhoff, and Lori Kovash.
Thanks also to the Cooperative Extension Staff in Willcox and Joyce
Williams in the Sierra Vista office. A special thank you to Master of
Ceremonies Jan Groth!
Thanks
to all of you!
YOU made it happen!
The wonderful world of
gardening has unique opportunities and challenges.
The High Desert Conference benefits all gardeners, novice and seasoned,
with over
20 sessions focusing on food production,
landscaping with native plants,
and environmental stewardship.
Click here to sign-up for an E-mail Registration Form notification
for the 2009 High Desert Gardening & Landscaping
Conference
scheduled for February 12 and 13, 2009!
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