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CGMGA Spotlight: Katie Schmidt
Katie Schmidt Finds Her Roots with a Hügelkultur raised bed “I’m a peasant,” she says quite seriously. Then she smiles and explains. Her family’s history has been rooted to the earth for centuries—farmers in Germany and in Catherine the Great’s Russia—and the family continued their craft when they immigrated to the United States, settling in…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Lynda Ontiveros
From May 2022 Lynda cares deeply about building and contributing to a thriving community on behalf of youth and future generations. Family, ancestral connections and harmony are values that she has upheld in her gardening, educational and professional pursuits. Lynda is the descendent of the Yaqui and Tarahumara people and she is embracing a newfound…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Kelsey Soltysiak
From April 2022 Kelsey is one of the twenty-six new Master Gardener trainees this year that will be highlighted in these Spotlight articles……..for the next couple of years by my count! Kelsey is truly a PNW woman. Raised in Seattle, she has lived a good part of her life in Oregon and now calls Hood…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Jewel McKenzie
From February 2022 Jewel McKenzie is living proof that the excitement is in the journey and not in the destination. She began our interview by telling me that her life was “not an exciting” one. Ninety minutes later I concluded that excitement is in the eye of the beholder, because I found her story fascinating. …
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CGMGA Spotlight: Paul Matalucci
From August 2021 If you’ve been active as a Master Gardener for the past several years, you’ve undoubtedly met Paul so this isn’t so much an introduction……more a peek into the life behind the smile. Born in Ruislip, England, due to his father serving in the U.S. Air Force, Paul is the oldest of four…
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CGMGA Award Recipients
CGMGA Awards Recipients from 1996 to now. Thank you to all our volunteers for all the wonderful work you do! ** Updated December 2024 Master Gardener of the Year* ‘Behind the Scenes’ Golden Trowel Recipients Impact Award / Projects Award 2021: Pat Morrison, Ellen Penswick 2022: Sandi Rousseau Community Outreach Award 2021: Elaine Johnson, Anny…
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Garden Gathering Workshops
Your Central Gorge Master Gardeners offers monthly gardening education workshops . The first workshop will be offered second Saturday of the month at 10am and the second workshop will be offered on a moving day the following week. 2025 Workshop Schedule: Central Gorge Master Gardener volunteers provide free beginning gardening classes and continuing education to…
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2025 CGMGA Plant Clinic Schedule
Your Central Gorge Master Gardeners are here to help answer your local home garden questions. CGMGA hosts in person plant clinics locally throughout our Gorge community from April to October. You can also always SUBMIT your questions online through our Plant Clinic Question Form for the fastest response year round. CLICK HERE to submit your…