Attending: Gail, Lucy, Ellen, Casey, Shannon, Margaret, Suzi Gary Bachman (Extension Research Professor, Mississippi State) ~ report on Coalition of American Plant Societies (CAPS) ~ not on call today, but on a previous call, said his report to CAPS went well, and that they would be interested in engaging with NICH. Ellen had questions about who is on the NICH list, to make sure we aren’t missing people who should be engaged. Action Item: Lucy will send listserv information to NICH group. Steering committee will look at list, and identify folks who should be engaged with NICH, and … [Read more...] about May 31st Conference Call
May 17th Conference Call
Attending: Gail Langellotto, Lucy Bradley, Suzi McCoy, Rick Durham, Ellen Bauske, Casey, Margaret Pooler, Rusty Collins, Margaret, Shannon Spurlock, Katie Dubow Steering committee introduced themselves to Suzi and Katie. Welcome New Steering Committee Members Suzi McCoy, Garden Media Group Katie Dubow, Garden Media Group, creative director Clint (?) will also be participating, from Garden Media Group GMG has been serving PR and marketing needs of industry for almost 30 years, so has a pretty broad view of the industry. GMG does a trend report since 2001, on the consumer and business … [Read more...] about May 17th Conference Call
May 3rd Conference Call
Attending: Gail, Ellen, Lucy, Shannon, Casey, Margaret, Rick Denver Meeting 30 June – July 1 (Casey) Botanic Garden – Rooms reserved all day on Jun 30th and half day on July 1st. We can talk to the Botanic Garden about our food needs, next. Hotel information forthcoming Warwick hotel contract secured (30 room nights; $179 per night): reservation deadline of June 3rd. Late Night arrivals on 29th/informal gathering (nothing major): steering committee dinner on June 29th or should we have a general reception on June 29th? Rick, Margaret, Bob Kellam will not be able to … [Read more...] about May 3rd Conference Call
Meet the Writing Committee
Meet the team who will rewrite the mission, vision, and goals of the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture. Tom Bewick National Program Leader National Institute of Food & Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture David Close Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardener Specialist Department of Horticulture Virginia Tech http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/mastergardener/ Rick Durham Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist, Master Gardener Program Department of Horticulture University of Kentucky Rima Green Growing Gardens Lettuce Grow Director Adena Sabins Extension … [Read more...] about Meet the Writing Committee
March 8th Conference Call
Attending: Tom, Ellen, Beth Horne (Event Coordinator, Center for Urban Agriculture), Shannon Spurlock, Rick Durham, Mary Meyer, Lucy, Gail 1. Upcoming NICH Meeting: tentative date of June 27-30 Shannon Spurlock and Denver Urban Gardeners will be hosting. Beth will be part of the conference planning team. a. Hotel or Downtown. Shannon~ pre- and post conference tours might work better if we meet downtown (bus tour or b-cycle tours). Distance between downtown and airport ~ 30-40 minutes. Denver airport hotels very isolated. Consensus is to have the meeting at a downtown hotel. … [Read more...] about March 8th Conference Call
February 23rd Conference Call
Attendees: Ellen, Margaret, Rick, Gail, Casey, Tom 1) Reviewing Mission, Vision, Goals (Ellen will forward Gail notes on the meeting between Ellen and Mary) a. Mission: ‘Growing a healthy world through the art and science of plants, gardens, and landscapes.’ b. Ellen and Mary met to discuss comments associated with vision and vision. Came to conclusion that only one new idea was presented (slightly different metrics were presented, but ideas largely overlapped). New idea was partnerships ~ which they incorporated into the last version of the vision. i. Modified Vision … [Read more...] about February 23rd Conference Call