PARTNERS in MAGIC Special Audiences

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PARTNERS in MAGICSpecial Audiences

• 2001 Master Gardener (MG) International
  Convention
• Davidson County MG Association
• Nashville, Tennessee

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IMAGINE
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IMAGINE . . .

• Growing up in government subsidized housing with
  no hope of ever owning your own home
• Never being exposed to the wonders of gardening
• Never tasting home grown fruits and vegetables

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DREAMS
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ELIMINATE POVERTY HOUSING . . .
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IMPROVE the NEIGHBORHOOD . . .
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IMPROVE a FUTURE . . .
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GOALS
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GOALS . . .

• Encourage community stewardship
• Introduce homeowners to basic lawn maintenance
  and plant care
• Provide attractive, low maintenance yards
• Encourage the families to grow vegetable gardens

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PLANS
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CLASSROOM TRAINING . .

• Landscape benefits
• Outdoor maintenance
• Square Foot Gardening
• Hands on project
• Meal demo

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LANDSCAPE PLANS . . .

• Research best plants for area
• Develop working plans
• Maintain 200 per house budget

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LANDSCAPE BLITZTIME LINE . . .

• Beginning of the year
• Set Landscape Blitz dates with Habitat for
  Humanity
• Sign up Master Gardener Team Leaders and
  Assistants
• Sign up Landscape Design volunteers
• Request donations for perennials and other plant
  materials

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LANDSCAPE BLITZ TIME LINE . . .

• 3 Weeks before Blitz
• Give house elevation plans to Designers
• Set up perennial plant drop off locations
• 2 Weeks before Blitz
• Receive completed landscape designs
• Develop materials shopping list
• 1 Week before Blitz
• Send out reminders to Volunteers
• Shop best pricing

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LANDSCAPE BLITZ TIME LINE . . .

• 2 Days before Blitz
• Collect perennials from drop off points
• 1 Day before Blitz
• Purchase plant materials
• Stage purchases at each house
• Stage perennials at central location
• Have donated mulch delivered

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BLITZ DAYON-SITE TRAINING . . .

• Team Leaders and Assistants teach homeowners and
  other volunteers best practices of planting.

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THE MAGIC
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RENTERS BECOME HOMEOWNERS . . .
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SPONSORS ADOPT FAMILIES . . .
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MAKING COMMUNITY FRIENDS . . .
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FAMILIES REALIZING THEIR DREAMS . . .
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THANK YOU . . .

• This project could not be successful without the
  contributions of our Davidson County Master
  Gardener Association members and friends.

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MANY THANKS TO . . .
Our Sponsor Jim Johnson, Davidson County
Extension Agent, Univ. of Tennessee To our
Master Gardeners and Friends Crystal Anderson,
Steven Arnold, Luwana Bawcum, Evelyn Blackburn,
Marjorie Bowles, Diana Bradford, Barbara Al
Brewer, Larry Brown, Mary Charlie Bullington,
Joe Chestnut, Judy Coyle, Robert Daniel, Pamela
Delabarre, Wray Estes, Nancy Fleisher, Kelly
Fletcher, Hilda Flowers, Bob Goss, Donna Dorian
Gray, Jane Griffin, Jessie Hamby, Betty Reuben
Harris, Rebecca Ted Hogan, Jessie Holloway,
Mayron Huddleston, Shirley Lee, Cathie Long,
Thorrun McCoy, Connie McGhee, Yvonne Means, Carol
Miller, Bobby Nelson, Lisa Noell, Terry Pope,
Betty Price, Polly Rembert, Bette Schnitzer,
Carroll Scobey, Barbara Shelton, Lisa Shively,
Richi Simkins, Cindy Steinke, Waneta Strickert,
Barbara Sullivan, Shan Ratzloft, Lynn Vincent,
Bessie Cecil Ward, Doris Weakly, Brenda Jerry
Weeks, Gina Wright To Other Associations The
Perennial Plant Society for a 500 grant To Our
Favorite Nurseries for Discounts Bates Nursery,
Nashville Flower Power, Franklin Home Depot,
Belle Meade Lowes, Franklin Moore and Moore
West, Nashville