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A Publication of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County Master Gardeners

CONTENTS

P1-4 Committee News

P4 Food Drive

P5 Evy Roberts Interview

P6 MG Tours

P7 Critter Corner

P8-9 Euphorbias

P9 MG Home Gardens

P9 Gardening Tip

P10 Calendar of Events

P11-12 Executive Board List

Editor-Ruth Tomlinson

Layout- Kathleen Yurwit

Editorial Staff:

Sheryl Shupel

Mary Whitlock

Linda Pickering

Dottie Prudhomme

Cooperating Agencies: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and County Boards of Chosen Freeholders. Rutgers Cooperative

Extension, a unit of the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station, is an equal opportunity program provider and employer.

The Newsletter October 2012

Volume 19, Number 8

COMMITTEE NEWS Our many committees are the heart of the Master Gardener organization; our

work is done within these groups; our story is told . Here are reports on what's

going on and what is planned by some of the committees.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

We’ve been busy planning the Calendar of Events for 2013, with

an eye toward offering a wide range of horticultural programs as

well as getting folks out to MEG throughout the gardening season.

Mark your calendars for our fall 2012 events at Extension:

1. Thursday evening, October 11— Catherine Horgan will show

and tell how to force spring-blooming bulbs into early flower-

ing indoors. You’ll be inspired to gather some bulbs and pot

them up for display in your own home.

2. Thursday, November 15— Carol Bencivengo and friends will

demonstrate terrarium planting. Both programs start at

7:00PM and will count for one continuing education credit.

Now is the perfect time to join the Community Education Com-

mittee and help plan and implement the 2013 events. Call or e-

mail Barbara Anuzis or Linda Pickering to join the team!

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October 1 Meetings

10:00 AM Executive Board Meeting

11:00AM General Meeting

12:30 PM Program: “Forcing Bulbs” by Catherine Horgan

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COMMITTEE NEWS edited by Mary Whitlock

COTTAGE GARDEN

As we think about and put our garden to bed for the winter, we will be ordering, assembling,

painting, and installing a new arbor. This will involve removing and replacing bricks and

stones, as well as digging up and potting the clematis for storage over the winter. After prelimi-

nary work has been done, we will work as a committee on the October 11th MEG workday. Join

us if you are interested. Stay tuned for pictures and an update. Come see us.

HELPLINE

Many thanks for super-staffing over the summer months. Remember that you should

only sign up for two slots per month, although you are welcome to step in when there are

SOS calls on Onelist.

HISTORICAL COMMITTEE NEWS

MGs might wonder what the Historical Committee is doing besides nagging other committees

to write their histories (due December 31, 2012) and to keep good records of their activities.

During the past several months we have submitted to the newsletter a series of historical facts

and trivia called Betcha Didn’t Know. We are now starting a new series featuring condensed

versions of interviews that various members of the committee have held with MGs from early

classes. (You may remember that a surprise February 2012 edition was entirely devoted to our

founder and advisor, Barbara J. Bromley). We are also working on the creation of a 20 year

timeline, a special edition of the February 2013 newsletter, and a celebratory PowerPoint about

MEG. In addition, we are digitizing many of the photos taken by Virginia Link, tracking down

committee annual reports, and having a lot of fun laughing and gossiping about the past.

ID & D

The ID and D meeting was held at MEG on 20th September from 10-12. The topic was " Fall

Weeds" and the session was led by Cin-

dy Dixon. The group was split into seven

small teams and each team given a list of

seven weeds to locate, collect and identi-

fy. Also some additional unknown weeds

were brought in from members’ gardens

or collected from MEG during the

search. The group reconvened and Cindy

gave an excellent talk on the large num-

ber of weeds collected , including rag-

weed, nightshade, moth mullein, yellow

hawkweed, mugwort, Indian mock

strawberry and ground ivy. It was a

good opportunity to see weeds growing

in their natural habitats, and a wonderful

time was had by all.

Kneeling: Linda Ward and Calleen Parson

Standing (left to right): Mary Ippolito, Guinn Roberts, Ruth

Tomlinson, Mike Gliddon, Nada Hyman, Catherine Horgan,

Joyce Bush, Kathleen Yurwit, Sally Flynn, Susan Jellinek,

Kay Danbury, Cindy Dixon, Louise Witonsky

Photo by Theodora Wang

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COMMITTEE NEWS continued

The next ID&D Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 17 from 10am to

noon at the Extension. The subject will be “Happenings and Misshappenings of the 2012 Gar-

den Season.” We will discuss successes and problems with new plantings, problems with in-

sects and diseases (with positive or not so positive remedies), as well as other topics of interest

to Master Gardeners. All are invited to participate in or listen to lively conversations about the

gardening experiences of our members. Please join us.

INSECT FESTIVAL 2012

This was our 10th annual insect festival! Can you believe how wonderful this event is? It

evolved from an idea that Evy Roberts (see the interview with Evy on page 5 of this newsletter)

developed as a way to educate children in a fun way about insects. We started out small---just

us MGs and our imaginations. Over the years we encouraged other insect-oriented organiza-

tions and county and state agencies to participate. It is now so popular that this year we had

825 attendees, including 357 children and 102 MGs. This year the attendance was up about

200 over last year AND they started arriving at 12:30pm, no doubt anticipating the bad weather

predicted for the late afternoon. I would like to think that they wanted a jump on getting their

very own BEE to take home. New participants this year were Bill Malloy with his wonderful

live honey bees, the Invasive Insects Agency (luckily no live Asian long horned beetles!), and

the Conserve Wildlife Foundation who came with live bats--THE best insect predator but be-

coming endangered.

We had so much fun and were exhausted by the end of the day. Fortunately it didn’t start

raining until 5:10pm, just as we were finishing loading up the sheds! THANK YOU TO EVE-

RYONE WHO HELPED IN ANY WAY BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER! Nancy and

Heidi couldn’t have done it without you.

INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

The revised annotated version of Barbara Bromley's Horticultural Activities and Expections has

been been uploaded by Tom Miller in the "Members Only" website. The document is found in

the "MG Useful Info" under Helpline as Barbara Bromley's Monthly Gardening Expectations,

08/12.

PROGRAMS Next month’s General Meeting speaker will be Catherine Horgan with her presentation on bulbs. Mary

Lee Eldridge, Carol Bencivengo, and Harri Nowrey will do a presentation on terrariums! Our Decem-

ber program will be decided by our Officers.

SYMPOSIUM If you haven’t heard already (!?), Symposium 2013 will be March 16, 2013, and is entitled “Gardening

for the Future.” Speakers are Michael Dirr, PhD (for two lectures), Heidi Hesselein of Pleasant Run

Nurseries, and the inimitable Barbara J. Bromley. Registration is set to open in October.

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COMMITTEE NEWS continued

PERENNIAL GARDEN During the September 5 meeting, Maureen Amter

led a tour of bed 5 and mentioned some key plants:

a gas plant (Dictamnus albus) which produces a

methane-like gas while in bloom that can be lit with a lighter

a hyssop well-loved by the bumblebees, who

were in full force

a fall blooming deep pink Japanese anemone

a self-seeding purple verbena, which appeared

from nowhere

a Blackbird Euphorbia which requires “kid-

glove” handling to avoid the toxic latex sap.

We played a round of Good Guys/Bad Guys in prep-

aration for the insect festival game in the PG. Many new insects were added to each category and we

were stumped more than once! The game board, magnetic cards, and information sheets are in perfect

condition thanks to the efforts of Suzanne Keeler. Suggestions were made for the game for next year

including having photos of each insect in immature and mature stages, as well as having a chart indicat-

ing the size of the insect in comparison to others. Ann Summer graciously

agreed to help out with these changes for next year. That’s what happens

when you kindly make suggestions.

Rabbits have been dining in Bed 5, and the cottage shed groundhog has

made his way up to the PG. The word is out- we

have good stuff. A banded argiope spider is provid-

ing fall decoration.

Please note the change in time for the October meet-

ing, which will be on October 10 from 10 to noon.

The tour will be of Bed 1. The talk is on the Fruits

of Fall by Kay Danbury. All are invited.

(meeting and game photos by Theodora Wang; spider photo by LanJen Tsai)

FOOD DRIVE

Dear Fellow Master Gardeners,

Thank you to all the MGs who so generously brought something for the third quarter 2012 food

drive. We collected 312 lbs. of food.

Thanks again for your continual support of this worthwhile project.

Pat Lagunas/Theodora Wang

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INTERVIEW WITH EVY ROBERTS by Nancy Putnam and Meg Rich

Evy Roberts graduated in 1994 in the first class of

Master Gardeners of Mercer County. She recalls

that she and Pat Begel

had seen an ad for the

program together and

decided with one accord

to apply. At the time,

Evy and Pat lived on

neighboring farmland on

the outer edge of

Hopewell Township.

Evy and her husband

Pete raised flowers and vegetables and, at Pat’s

prompting, some sheep as well, so she had a back-

ground in horticulture, but wanted to know more.

Evy’s strongest recollections of that first year of

training were of Barbara Bromley’s fabulous lec-

tures and charismatic personality. She says that she

came to realize that as a group, the Master Garden-

ers were such a collection of strong personalities

that they greatly benefitted from having the leader-

ship of someone like Barbara, who was outspoken,

ready to teach, but also always open to suggestions.

Evy remembers three aspects of the Master Gar-

dener program especially vividly – doing Helpline,

organizing MEG, and developing the Insect Festi-

val. She and Pat Begel staffed the very first day of

Helpline, known in those days as Hotline, and

came away at the end, shaken by their sense of in-

adequacy. She says that the bottom line at the time

was making chemical recommendations based on

paper resources. She’s glad that Rutgers has al-

lowed the program to move more towards organic

management practices. MEG, of course, began as a

compost education site, but when someone joked

that they’d built it and so people would come, her

response was, “Field of Dreams? Nah!! We need a

garden to make that happen.” She remembers how

hard people worked to cultivate each of the seven

gardens, starting with the butterfly garden and end-

ing with the native plant garden, made possible by

memorial funds for Karen Coulihan, a Master Gar-

dener from the Class of 1995 who had passed away

and had loved native plants. Evy says how glad she

is that the water situation at MEG is now so effi-

cient. In those first days, people had to collect wa-

ter in containers from Rosedale Park and bring

them to the MEG gardens on her pickup truck! The

first Insect Festival took place in 2002, originally

planned as a Fall Gardening Festival. Evy remem-

bers the founding group meeting at her house.

They modeled it on a similar event at Penn State,

geared towards children, although, as Evy says, it’s

become much more than that. The key is to listen

and make changes and keep it fun, or people will

disappear. She commended Bonnie Blader for

keeping these guidelines so clearly in focus.

What mattered most to Evy, as a full-fledged vol-

unteer in the program, was that she was always

both learning and having fun. She treasured the

fact that it enabled her to “give back,” something

that she found to be especially true of Helpline.

The seed starting workshop that Marge Steinberg

now offers was first offered by Evy. She held lead-

ership roles of all kinds as a Master Gardener, in-

cluding being the first chair of the Annual Garden

and for only one year a Sergeant-at-Arms for the

group to keep order at meetings, a role soon

dropped after being copied from the Ocean County

program. She emphasizes that she got more out of

the program than she ever put into it. When asked

what she’d like to see for the future, she thought a

minute and replied that she’d like to see more initi-

atives for the Trenton inner city, along the lines of

what Isles does but more. The main thing, she add-

ed, is that each year brings thirty new people with

lots of skills and ideas, so things will always be

changing and growing, no matter what.

“Field of Dreams?

Nah. We need a garden

to make that happen.”

The Historical Committee is now starting a new series featuring interviews with MGs from

early classes. Here is our first installment.

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GARDENS OF BAMBOO BROOK TOUR

On August 14 the Master Gardeners toured the Lee’s Turkey Farm in East Windsor. The Lee

Farm is very rich in history. Its farmhouse dates back to 1802 and all the original barns are

beautifully painted and

still in use. The Lee Fami-

ly has farmed the same

land for six generations,

since 1868. Owner Ron-

ny Lee led us on a tour of

this historic farm.

Pictures of Lee's Turkey

Farm have been added to

our MG photo galleries at

www.mgofmc.smugmug.com. The gallery

can be found under Tours / 2012. Photos by

Joe Scarlata.

On September 12 the Master Gardeners had a tour of the Gardens of Bamboo Brook in Far Hills,

NJ. These gardens were designed by Martha Brookes Hutcheson, one of the earliest female land-

scape architects in the U.S. Author of popu-

lar The Spirit of the Garden, 1923, this was

her home for many years . Known for

bringing water into garden design, she de-

veloped an extensive storm water recovery

system for this property. There are ponds

and vistas from ponds radiating out like

spokes. The property is now a part of the

Morris County Park Commission. Plantings

are generally low maintenance with very

few flowers in bloom. Shrubs and trees are

carefully labeled.

These two photos are by Eunice

Wilkinson. To see more photos, go

to www.mgofmc.smugmug.com.

LEE TURKEY FARM TOUR

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CRITTER CORNER: The Tachinids by Doris Petruska

When someone spots a fly, often the first thought is,

“Where’s the flyswatter?” Since many members of the order

Diptera draw blood, carry filth and disease, or just plain an-

noy, the nasty reputation is not without merit. We never even

think of flies as good guys, but the family Tachinidae earns

that rating.

The Tachinidae make up the second largest family of Diptera

(Tipulidae is first), with over 1,300 species in 303 genera,

located in virtually every corner of North America. The best

news is these are all parasites in their larval stage. As many

resemble the common housefly or other insect, however,

these flies usually go unnoticed.

An adult tachinid fly ranges from 1/8” to ½” long, depending on species. The single pair of

wings sports well developed lobes (calypters) at the base. Many are black or dark grey, robust

with a swelling under the thorax, hairy, and resemble house and flesh flies. Others can show

yellow, orange, red, or brown markings and are bee-like or even wasp-like in appearance. The

tachinid is sometimes called a bristle fly due to overall stout bristles. In fact, the bristle patterns,

along with facial conformation and antennal shapes help identify the genera.

The adult tachinid lays one or two white, oval eggs in or on a host or on foliage, which the host

will eventually eat. Larvae hatching from eggs on the host will immediately burrow in to feed.

The legless larvae (maggots) feed and develop inside until mature, when they will leave the

dead host to pupate nearby. Pupae are oblong and dark reddish. Some species have only one

generation a year, while others have more.

Some tachinids are host specific, but the majority are not too fussy. While caterpillars are a fa-

vorite food, larvae have been found infesting beetle or stinkbug larvae, earwigs, sawflies, grass-

hoppers, or others chosen from eleven insect orders plus centipedes, spiders, and scorpions.

As the adult fly feeds on nectar or honeydew, encourage more of these good guy parasites by

including favorites in your gardens. Known attractants include buckwheat (a big favorite), crim-

son thyme, golden marguerite, lemon balm, parsley, pennyroyal, and tansy.

Good guy flies—who knew?

http://bugguide.net/node/view/197

www.gardenguides.com/98907

http://ipm.msu.edu/natural-enemies/flies-tachinid.htm

Ogden Nash said, “God in his wisdom made the fly and then forgot to tell us why. “

Editorial staff says, “And now we know!”

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BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW by Greenie Neuburg

What is a Euphorbia?

The Euphorbia genus, family Euphorbiaceae, is one of the most diverse genera of flowering

plants with over 2000 species. They include annuals,

perennials, shrubs, and trees. A significant percentage of

Euphorbias are succulents and look very similar to cacti,

which are in the family Cactaceae. What makes a Eu-

phorbia a Euphorbia is its unique flower structure and

latex properties. All the flowers in the Euphorbiaceae are

either male or female and are often very small in size.

The flowers in Euphorbia are even smaller and always

aggregated into clusters of flowers known as a

“cyathium.” This feature is present in every species of

the genus, but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.

Whereas, most other large genera of plants differ in fea-

tures of the flowers themselves, Euphorbia varies instead

in features of the cyathium, which has a number of male

flowers and usually one female flower on the same plant. A common example is the poinsettia,

which has specialized colorful leaves at the base of the cyathium called bracts.

How did it get its name?

Euphorbia is named after a Greek surgeon called Euphorbus. Dr. Eu, as he was called by no one,

was a famous physician who tended to King Juba II, the ruler of a North African kingdom in the

time of Cleopatra. King Juba had friends in high places and made a good marriage with Selene,

the daughter of Anthony and Cleopatra. Allegedly it was Dr. Eu who first wrote about the milky

latex in the Euphorbia plants as an ingredient for his potions. Potions were pretty popular in those

days, so Dr. Eu was popular too, although the potion of choice was a laxative. Linnaeus also

thought a lot of Dr. Eu and assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus to honor the doctor.

One species, Euphorbia regisjubae (King Juba's Euphorbia), was named to honor the king's con-

tributions to natural history and his role in discovering this plant.

Many of the species of Euphorbia are referred to as spurges from the Middle English old French

word “spurge.” To spurge is to purge thanks to the purgative properties of the milky sap that

bleeds from a cut stem. This sap is usually toxic to the point that those with latex allergies or sen-

sitive skin should avoid contact with the sap. Eye contact is extremely dangerous. Always wear

gloves when working with Euphorbias. On a more positive note some species of Euphorbia have

been used in folk medicine over the centuries, as a fishing aid with “stunning results,” a food ad-

ditive, a glazing agent, and a component of lip balm.

How does it grow?

Euphorbia spurges are hardy plants requiring minimal care. They need well drained soil, full sun

to partial shade, and a moderate water supply. They are drought, deer, heat, and cold resistant and

tolerate poor soil. If the plants become leggy, a hardy pruning 3-6 inches from the ground, will

result in a denser, more tightly branched, and symmetrical plant.

(Continued on page 9)

EUPHORIC FOR EUPHORBIAS by Kathleen Yurwit

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EUPHORIC FOR EUPHORBIAS continued

Here is a small sample of the variety of plant life forms in the Euphorbia genus.

Annual Perennial Succulent Shrub Tree

E. hypericifolia E. ‘Blackbird’ E. trigona E. titucalli E. ammak

E. ‘Breathless Blush’ Blackbird Spurge African Milk Tree Pencil Plant African Candlelabra

For more information on Euphorbias, please check out the Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity In-

ventory, an international collaborative project, whose goal is to produce a comprehensive online

resource of information (www.euphorbiaceae.org) on the plant genus Euphorbia. For a closer

look at the Blackbird Spurge, check out the Perennial Garden at MEG.

MG HOME GARDENS

Here are two offerings for this month’s selection of favorite photos of MG home gardens. May

Papastephanou sent a photo of a part of her garden showing her Sunpatiens. They get morning

shade and full blazing sun in the afternoon and do incredibly well. Note the garden sculpture

that twirls in the wind and looks like flower petals.

Maureen Amter sent of photo of an unusual double blooming sunflower visited by a katydid.

GARDENING TIP submitted by Betty Scarlata

Don’t let beautiful fall color go to waste! Spruce up your hanging baskets by

slipping fallen leaves in between the liner and the tines of the basket. A variety

of types, shapes and sizes will make it even more interesting, and cool weather

and regular moisture help preserve the color. The liner here kept its fall look for

about 2 weeks. Gardengate e-notes

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REMEMBER TO

CONTACT

THE MAIN OFFICE

TO

SCHEDULE THE

CONFERENCE

ROOM

FOR YOUR

MEETINGS

Address Changes

All changes of address must go

to the following:

Master List

Barbara J Bromley 989-6830

bbromley@mercercounty.org

Email / OneList

Tom Miller 838-7443

millertom@juno.com

*New email address for

Linda Shorthouse is

ldshorthouse@verizon.net

NEWSLETTER

NOTES:

The Nov. NL copy is due

Oct. 15, 2012 to

Ruth Tomlinson,

rtomlinsn@verizon.net

Mary Whitlock

whitlockmy@comcast.net

EVENTS CALENDAR

October

Oct DAY START EVENT CE LOCATION

1 Mon 10:00AM EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Extension

1 Mon 11:00AM MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING Extension

1 Mon 12:30PM Program: Our own Catherine Horgan: "Forcing Bulbs" 1.0 Extension

4 Thur 10:00AM MG Class of 2013: TBA 3.0 Extension

5 Fri 10:00AM Helpline Committee: Mentor Team Meeting Extension

6 Sat 10:00AM Comm Outreach: Hightstown Harvest Fair Hightstown

6 Sat 8:30AM MGANJ Annual Fall Conference ($25, Reg Reqd) Douglass Campus Ctr

7 Sun 12:30PM Comm Outreach: Lawrenceville Community Day Lawrenceville

8 Mon EXTENSION CLOSED

8 Mon DEADLINE-3rd Quarter Hours Extension

10 Wed 10:00AM Perennial Garden Committee Meeting MEG

10 Wed 11:00AM Insect Fest: Evaluation Meeting and Lunch Extension

11 Thur 10:00AM MG Class of 2013: TBA 3.0 Extension

11 Thur 2:00PM Dividing and Over-Wintering Perennials MEG

11 Thur 7:00PM Comm Ed: Forcing Bulbs 1.0 Extension

12 Fri 10:00AM Cmte TOURS: Cranberry Harvest Browns Mills, NJ ($10) 2.0 Browns Mills

13 Sat 9:00AM MEG WORKDAY MEG

13 Sat 11:00AM Herb Committee Learnmore 1.0 MEG

15 Mon 10:00AM Information Resources Committee Meeting Extension

16 Tue 10:00AM Herb Committee Meeting Extension

17 Wed 10:00AM ID&D Committee Meeting Extension

18 Thur 10:00AM MG Class of 2013: TBA 3.0 Extension

18 Thur 1:30PM Historical Committee Meeting Extension

25 Thur 10:00AM MG Class of 2013: TBA 3.0 Extension

27 Sat 10:00AM Comm Outreach: Community Fest Ewing

29 Mon 10:00AM 2013 Symposium Committee Meeting Nora's

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Executive Board – 2012

Officers

Public Information Activities Committee Chairs

President Marie Rickman marietrickman@gmail.com

1st Vice President Catherine Horgan greenbow131@gmail.com

2nd Vice President Tina Leone Leoneaugeri@comcast.net

Secretary Ann Calder caldz@aol.com

Treasurer Louise Senior Louise.senior@verizon.net

Immediate Past President Carol Bencivengo cbenci@verizon.net

Children’s Bureau

Children’s Bureau

Trish Verbeyst

Jennifer Saltman

trish@verbeyst.com

Jennifer.saltman@gmail.com

Community Education Program

Community Education Program

Barbara Anuzis

Linda Pickering

baranuzis@aol.com

ljpickering@gmail.com

Community Outreach Sheryl Shupel Sheryl@shupel.com

Community Outreach Jeanne Mroczko Jeanne.mroczko@comcast.net

Mercer Educational Gardens (MEG) Nancy Putnam nputnam@rci.rutgers.edu

Mercer Educational Gardens (MEG)

Mercer Educational Gardens (MEG)

Mercer Educational Gardens (MEG)

John Piepszak

Denise Hansson

Robert Coyner

piepszak@aol.com

ulfdenise@aol.com

Robertcoyner@comcast.net

Insect Festival Nancy Putnam Nputnam@rci.rutgers.edu

Insect Festival Meg Rich Stuartandmeg@aol.com

Insect Festival Heidi Mass Hmass21@gmail.com

Plant Expo Carol Bencivengo cbenci@verizon.net

Plant Expo Ann Calder caldz@aol.com

Plant Expo

Plant Expo

Harri Lynn Nowrey

Susan Jellinek

hlnowrey@gmail.com

jellinek2@verizon.net

Publicity Carol Bencivengo cbenci@verizon.net

Publicity

Publicity

Janet Downey

Mary Lee Eldridge

stansjan@aol.com

mgofmc06@gmail.com

Symposium

Symposium

Symposium

Linda Shorthouse

Nora Sirbaugh

Marge Steinberg

ldshorthouse@comcast.net

Sirbaugh.nora@gmail.com

Marjorieabc@gmail.com

Website Tom Miller MillerTom@juno.com

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Garden Committee Chairs

Computer Betty Scarlata b.scarlata@yahoo.com

Computer Theodora Wang wangtheodora@yahoo.com

Extension Garden

Extension Garden

Stephanie Sloboda

Sally DeSantis

Stephanie@slobodas.com

sgdesantis@optonline.net

Helpline Suzanne Keeler Xarena1suzanne@aol.com

Helpline Nora Sirbaugh nsirbaugh@verizon.net

Historical Greenie Neuburg HGandEP@verizon.net

Hospitality Don Vosburgh donvosburgh@gmail.com

Hospitality Linda Turner-Rostron Curlytop60@aol.com

ID&D Susan Jellinek Jellinek2@verizon.net

ID&D Mike Gliddon gliddonm@aol.com

Information Resources Alexandra Radbil aradbil@fitzrad.com

Information Resources Sharon Ainsworth sasainsworth@gmail.com

State Representative to MGANJ Betty Scarlata b.scarlata@yahoo.com

State Representative to MGANJ Bob Robinson Rgr0813@aol.com

State Representative to MGANJ (Alt) Maria Sinibaldi Unicorn281@aol.com

Membership Hours Doris Arents Dcricket2@verizon.net

Membership Hours May Papastephanou scsmayuct@gmail.com

Newsletter Ruth Tomlinson rtomlinsn@verizon.net

Programs

Programs

Christine Danser

Janet Sheppard

Cnmctd@aol.com

Janet.Sheppard@gmail.com

Sunshine Doris Arents dcricket2@verizon.net

Tours Mary Lee Eldridge mgofmc06@gmail.com

Tours Pat Lagunas plagunas@comcast.net

MEG – Annual Garden Linda Ward lpward@aol.com

MEG – Annual Garden Lorraine Mackersie butterfliesinthegarden37@yahoo.com

MEG – Butterfly Garden Kathleen Smithgall dsmithgall@comcast.net

MEG – Butterfly Garden Rich Coleman RACMPC@aol.com

MEG – Cottage Garden Roseanne Jacks Rosanne.jacks@verizon.net

MEG – Cottage Garden Andrea Rabitz rabitz@princeton.edu

MEG – Herb Garden Jackie Johnson johnson.jackie3@gmail.com

MEG – Herb Garden Jane Kraska softmistalpines@optonline.net

MEG – Native Plant Garden Marie Rickman marietrickman@gmail.com

MEG – Native Plant Garden Carol Kleis loracxer@aol.com

MEG – Perennial Bench Garden Kathleen Yurwit Kathleenyurwit@comcast.net

MEG – Perennial Bench Garden Bruce Young brucewy@comcast.net

MEG – Weed Garden Cindy Dixon Munith54@comcast.net

Internal Activities Committee Chairs