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We are committed to weeding the rain garden for 2 years.
In addition to the perennials, Gar Park was planted with tomatoes and eggplant. The nearby apartment building's tenants have take an interest in it and are tending to the plants and harvesting.
The garden in the city park was once again beautiful thanks to Tom Reiffenberger.
In Becker County we now have 19 Master Gardeners. Three new Master Gardener Interns have joined us.
They have completed the core course and will be working on their volunteer and education hours to become Master Gardeners. We warmly welcome them to our group.
We are small in number, but big in energy and community involvement. In 2008 we had 15 active Master Gardeners that donated 842 hours of volunteer time in our county, educating the public about gardening and related issues. The national monitary value of volunteer time given by the Independent Sector for 2008 is $20.25 per hour. This equates to $22,659.75 donated to Becker County. We also participated in 277 hours of continuing education during 2008. The figures for 2007 were 842 hours at $ 19.51 equaling $30,669.72 with 340 additional education hours.