Projects & Activities

Current & Prior Year Master Gardener Projects

• Bay Aging Adult Daycare
  • Gloucester Master Gardeners advised and assisted Bay Aging from the planning to the execution of two large beds on either side of their parking area of their new adult daycare center.
• Daffodil Festival (PDF) Opens a New Window. 
  • Booth: Chairman - Henry ‘Hurricane’ Thompson. Gloucester Master Gardeners work a booth at the Daffodil Festival in groups of two or more individuals. They are there primarily to answer gardening questions from the festival attendees. They offer for sale a number of plants hand-grown and donated by Gloucester Master Gardeners. They offer handouts from VT Extension Office concerning various topics ranging from grasses and woody plants to herbs and vegetables which are best suited for growing locally. They provide information on how members of the public community can become Gloucester Master Gardeners themselves. Lastly, they typically set up a small craft table for attending youth with a gardening theme, such as growing sunflowers, attracting butterflies and so forth.
  • Tours: Chairwoman - Rose Sullivan.
• Gateway to Gloucester
  • Chairwomen: Brenda Booth, Peg Cooney and Kay Williamson.
  • In 2006 Master Gardeners began planning for the planting of troughs to be located at each tollbooth at the northbound side of the Coleman Bridge. Each year beginning in 2007 the troughs have been replanted each season.
• Gazette Journal Articles
  • Chairwoman - Susan Camp.
• GMG Roster List
  • Chairman - Bill Walker.
• Guinea Jubilee
• Help Desk
  • Chairman and Chairwoman: Jim Newton and Wanda Eberle.
  • Gloucester Master Gardeners man the phones and make themselves available to assist with Horticulture related questions.
• Horticulture Therapy (PDF) Opens a New Window. 
  • Chairwoman Walter Reed Convalescent Center: Susan Camp.
  • Chairwoman Gloucester House: Belinda Hicks
  • Master Gardeners meet weekly with residents of the Walter Reed Convalescent Center and Gloucester House for horticulture related education and projects.
• Library Speaker Series
  • Chairman: Henry "Hurricane" Thompson.
  • In jointly sponsored events, the library and the Master Gardeners have planned monthly horticulture lectures at the Main Street Library. See also, Calendar of Events.
• Master Gardener Training Class
  • Chairmen: Bill Blair and Bill Walker.
• Native Plant Sale
  • Read about of all the plants that will be available.
  • Learn more information about the native plant sale.
  • Pre-Order plants until May 2nd. Plant pick up will be on May 4th at 7400 Carriage Court from 11am to 1pm.
• Newsletter
  • Chairwoman: Janet Gomez.
• Pictorial Directory
  • Chairwoman: Rose Sullivan.
• Plant Extravaganza
  • Chairwomen: Debbie Bartok-Newton, Ann Gentry and Belinda Hicks.
  • Held in September each year in the Main Street Library parking lot.
• Ready, Set, Grow
  • Chairwoman: Anne Markwith
• Rosewell Cemetery Living Wall
  • Chairwoman: Sandy Pait.
• Teaching Gardens
  • Water-Wise Teaching Garden at Beaverdam Park (PDF) Opens a New Window. .
  •  Opens a New Window. Gloucester Extension Master Gardeners' Water-Wise Teaching and Demonstration Garden brochure (PDF) Opens a New Window. 
• Website
  • Chairman and Chairwomen: Bill Walker, Patricia McGrath and Ruby Gardner.
• Woodville Park Demonstration Gardens
  • Chairman: Jim Newton.