2022 EMG NCC: Day 3
Morning Transportation to Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens
Conference team members will be in the ANdAZ hotel lobby 15 minutes before each trolley departure time. Trolleys cannot wait at the stop. If you are late, you will need to catch a later trolley.
- 7:00 AM first trolley departs Montgomery St. stop for Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens (meet in lobby @ 6:45 am)
- 7:30 AM second trolley departs Montgomery St. stop for Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens (meet in lobby @ 7:15 am)
- 8:00 AM third and final trolley departs Montgomery St. stop for Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens (meet in lobby @ 7:45 am)
7:30 - 9:00 AM | Breakfast
- served in the Andrews Visitor and Education Building, seating on the porch
9:00 AM - 12:15 PM OPENING SESSION | BALLROOM & VIRTUAL
9:00 AM|Welcome
9:15 - 12:15 PM | Morning Opening Session
- Extension Master Gardeners and NICH: A Message from a Partner, Dr. Natalie Bumgarner, Chair, National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture
- Therapeutic Horticulture Programming at the University of Florida, Leah Diehl, RLA, HTM, Wilmot Botanical Gardens at the University of Florida
- 10:45 AM BREAK
- Overcoming Barriers to participation: Measuring Master Gardener Program Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats, Dalicia Davis, Vanessa Venturini, Eva Pabon, Ashley Miller-Hemholdt, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Extension Master Gardener National Committee (handouts)
12:30 PM|Adjourn for lunch
- served in the Andrews Visitor and Education Building, seating on the porch
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM AFTERNOON SESSIONS AND POSTERS ON DISPLAY | IN PERSON
1:30 PM|Session 3
- Health & Wellbeing Workshop Part 1 (Frank Williams Classroom) Enabling Your Participants by Disabling Yourself: A Hands-On Experience
- Community Development (Bethel Burton Building) Juntos en el Jardin and Evolving During Changing Times: Implementing Accessible Extension Programs Through the Use of Technology
- Enviornmental Stewardship (Ballroom) Building a MGEV Speakers Bureau through Landscape Stewardship Curriculum and Statewide Diagnostic Education for EMG Continuing Education
- Digital Delivery Workshop Part 1 (Ballroom)
2:30 - 3:30 PM | Posters & Snack Break (Roots n Shoots Classroom and Bamboo Museum)
2:45-3:15 PM | SPECIAL Tea & Camellia garden tour with MGEVs. Tours depart from the break area. (Roots n Shoots Classroom) Two groups of 15 participants will be formed.
3:30 PM | Session 4
- Health & Wellbeing Workshop Part 2 (Frank Williams Classroom) Activity Development and Adaptation for Participants with Special Needs
- Community Development (Bethel Burton Building) Reciprocal Relationship Building and Master Gardener Volunteer Leadership School: Empowering Leaders for the Future
- Enviornmental Stewardship (Ballroom) Educational Resources to Address Overfertilization of Phosphorus and Empowering Volunteers to Educate through Social Media
- Digital Delivery Workshop Part 2 (Ballroom)
4:30 PM | Free time in the Gardens
5:00 PM | Evening Transportation from Gardens
- Please be punctual for the single departure time. Trolleys will return to the Montgomery St. trolley stop.
Enjoy dinner in downtown Savannah with new friends!