Master Gardeners donate to hospice

The Master Gardener Home Garden Committee that helped revive the Garden Walk last year is pictured from left, Susan Konopacki, Lynn Lokken, Marilyn Sandin-Ross, Kris Winkler, Wendy Pendergraph, Susan Anderson, Cheryl Rezabek, Rae Wellnitz, Ricky Kiesling and Norma Bader.

master garden donation 1 — The Master Gardener Home Garden Committee that helped revive the Garden Walk last year is pictured from left, Susan Konopacki, Lynn Lokken, Marilyn Sandin-Ross, Kris Winkler, Wendy Pendergraph, Susan Anderson, Cheryl Rezabek, Rae Wellnitz, Ricky Kiesling and Norma Bader.

MONROE — Green County Master Gardeners, in collaboration with the Monroe Clinic Hospice and Monroe Chamber of Commerce, coordinated a Garden Walk event this summer to showcase six beautiful garden locations.

Included in the garden tours were Marilyn Sandin-Ross and Bill Ross, who showed a cottage-style garden with raised beds for perennials and roses. Beds surrounded the house and back fence. There were window boxes, planters, hanging baskets and a vertical garden under a pergola.

Kathleen Rinear and John Jewell exhibited a garden consisting of perennials, vegetables, herbs and chickens. Terry Goetz used her favorite plant, hydrangeas, to create gardens of many forms, colors and blooms.

Pat Ottaway showed us how to grow vegetables in stock tanks and roses in galvanized containers on wheels so she could easily move them to other locations.

Dick and Sue Leuzinger presented a variety of perennial flower beds including lilies, roses, hydrangeas and dahlias.

Master Gardener Home Garden Committee member Lynn Lokken presents the Home Gardens donation to Jane Sybors.

master garden donation 2 — Master Gardener Home Garden Committee member Lynn Lokken presents the Home Gardens donation to Jane Sybors.

Katie Doyle-Bauman and John Bauman displayed gardens on three different levels including shrubbery, perennials and annuals that do not attract bees.

The gardens enticed over 200 visitors who generously donated to the Monroe Clinic Hospice Home Garden fundraising project. At the recent Green County Master Gardeners Meeting, a check for over $2,500 was presented to Jane Sybors and Diana Boysen, representing the Monroe Clinic Hospice Home.

The Green County Master Gardeners Association was formed in 2004 to provide Master Gardeners with opportunities for professional development and community service. Over 135 people have been trained since that time. The Green County Master Gardeners Association meets on the fourth Thursday of the month from February through October. Association officers for 2019 will include Tamma McKeon, President; Tamara Schulte, Vice President; Linda Boll, Secretary; and Lynn Lokken as Treasurer.

Anyone interested in horticulture and gardening is welcome to join the association. For more information on the UW-Extension Master Gardener program, contact Agriculture Agent Jackie McCarville at 608-328-9440.

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