Author: CGMGA

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…