Wow - welcome October! 

Day length is shortening and nights are noticeably cooler. My annuals have bloomed their hearts out and I have brassicas in the ground - hoping the first frosts will sweeten their fruits.

Hopefully by now you have found time to plant your purchases from the Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale. We are still very energized by the support we received and the enthusiasm for purchasing native plants.

The funds we receive from both the Fall Plant Sale and our ongoing presentations that we make to our Horticulture societies and Garden clubs are critical in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of Grey County Master Gardeners. We use a small portion of these funds to support our infrastructure of website, various licences, membership dues and other communications tools.

However, we also redirect the use of the funds back to our gardening public by way of our extremely popular winter seminars which are free to register; we fund the cost of the speakers and events as our way of thanking you for your support. Other projects in recent years have seen us buy plants for installations and demonstrations at various events across Grey County.

Going forward we will be assessing once again our opportunity for further outreach to bring new programs to our gardening public and hopefully to be able to capture both hearts and minds of all ages for the power of gardening.

We are excited to have just released our new fillable booking form for presentations. Along with this we have a couple of new presentations to offer for the 2025 season.

Don't forget, if you aren't a member of a horticulture society but want to try a little practical gardening advice out, please do join us at our Gardener in Residence programs at libraries in Meaford, Thornbury, Durham and Owen Sound which continue to provide informative and fun sessions while answering questions for gardeners of all levels of experience. We have monthly themes and where able, provide demonstrations.  Check your library for dates and times and plan to join us!

Happy Gardening!