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CGMGA Spotlight: Joanne Willis
From July 2024 Joanne grew up in Pennsylvania in a small town named Yardley. Their house was bordered by land that was owned by a local farmer, and the community was sandwiched between the Delaware River and the Delaware Canal – lots of woods, lots of fields. She spent a lot of her childhood exploring…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Jen Munroe
From June 2024 Jen Munroe may be a relative newcomer to CGMGA, but her garden speaks of a seasoned gardener with a flair for blending diverse styles and elements into a harmonious whole. Before I met her, I had the pleasure of “meeting” her garden: an inviting oasis that offers water features, flowering trees, and comfortable…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Jayne Hill
From April 2024 As a Pacific Northwest native, Jayne Hill is grateful to have grown up in a beautiful part of the country with an appreciation of the nature that surrounds us here. Jayne was born in Yakima but moved to Corvallis at nine years of age. After high school she studied biology and then pharmacy.…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Elaine Johnson
From March 2024 Interviewing Elaine Johnson for this Spotlight was challenging. I had to find time between book club, tap, skiing, yoga, and a Superbowl party to sit down and talk. That’s her schedule–not mine. I don’t know what impressed me more: the fact that Elaine is so incredibly busy or the fact that she’s…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Jennifer Harty
From January 2024 As our chapter begins a new year, it seems like an appropriate time to get to know our new president, Jennifer Harty. Jennifer has been involved in CGMGA since 2006, and she values the connections she’s made as a Master Gardener. CGMGA is the perfect place for a person who describes herself as a…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Scott Fitch
From August 2023 In Master Gardener years, Scott Fitch has been a Master Gardener for two and a half lifetimes. In non-MG years, that’s 25 years (so from 1998!). Any way you look at it, that’s a “wow!” As if that wasn’t a big enough deal, Scott has also been awarded MG of the Year…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Mary Corl
From July 2023 And the answer is….Gardening! After the first few minutes interviewing Mary Corl, it became clear that “gardening” was the answer to nearly all my questions. What’s your passion? Gardening. What do you do in your free time? Gardening. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Gardening. Mary Alice Corl is a woman who loves to garden and…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Margo Dameier
From June 2023 In speaking with Margo, one is quickly impressed with her vitality, energy and genuine love of the Master Gardener program. It runs all the way to her core. She is in charge of publicity for our program, oversees social media, started the educational writing crew and works at the learning garden as…