Welcoming 2022 CGMG Trainees

WELCOMING OUR 2022 CGMG Class!

I am thrilled to announce that we have 26 new Master Gardeners

I spent the first week of January interviewing these trainees and truly enjoyed hearing about their interests, backgrounds, and the wealth of skills they can bring to our group: photography, journalism, composting, cooking, graphic arts, social media, birding, project management, art in the garden….and the list goes on.

With that exciting news, I will need everyone’s support to get these new volunteers off to a good start.

Please save the date for our 2022 Central Gorge Master Gardener Kick-off! Wednesday, February 2nd 6:008:00 PM at the Hood River Valley Christian Church.

This will be a Returning Master Gardener class prior to welcoming our new volunteers. We will focus on updates and information about this year’s program and a quick training on how to mentor and support our new volunteers.

I encourage you to bring your laptop/tablet to make sure you have everything set up for our online systems (classes, VRS, plant clinic etc.). I also have new binders and handbooks!

**If you need to attend this training via Zoom, please let me know so I can send out the link. Either way, I hope to see everyone on the 2nd!

Megan Wickersham