MCMGA Monthly Meeting
Thursday, August 20, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Meeting will start at 6:00 PM
Northminster Presbyterian Church
1660 Kessler Blvd E. Dr. ( Map )
Harvest Celebration
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Welcome to New Members!
Join us for an evening to welcome our newest members and savor the summer harvest! New-ish members Gina Randolph and Ann Guggenheim are planning a program to delight your senses and provide you with information on how to save what you’ve grown.
6 p.m. Welcome, New Members
6:15 p.m. “Preserving Your Harvest”
Monica Nagele, the Health and Human Sciences Educator for Purdue Extension in Montgomery County and a Registered Dietitian, will share her expertise on preserving your harvest by various canning methods or by freeze drying.
7 p.m. Social Hour
food, demonstrations and tasting
Monica Nagele will answer your questions about food preservation and share her “tools of the trade.”
Bobbi Main-Jackson will show how she uses a dehydrator to preserve herbs. She will also share her process to make her delectable “basil salt.”
Rachel De Masi of I’ll Be Jammed will offer tastes of four of her delicious jams and answer your questions about making jam.
Crop Swap – Bring some of your extra produce to share with others. Pick up something you don’t grow at home.
Get Involved! – Find out about MCMGA committees and how you can get involved. Talk to a mentor, chat with a committee chairperson or sign up to get more information. We need everyone’s help!
8-8:30 p.m. Business Meeting
Gina and Ann are asking all members to bring something from their garden to share that night – a food dish, a few flowers to add to table bouquets and extra produce to swap with others at a “Crop Swap” table. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Gina or Ann. See you there!
Events Calendar – Check it out !
Looking to see what events are going on around us. Looking for a garden class to attend. This is the place to check.
Please check with the event organizer if their event has been cancelled, postponed, or modified before you go to an event.
To see what was talked about, watch and listen to the July 13, 2026 MG Member Meeting.
Garden Centers listing
MCMGA Master Gardeners 22 garden centers offering 10% discount for your garden projects and purchases. See the list here.
MCMGA Photos
Photos from our members and the MCMGA Photo Contest are in our Photo Gallery. Click on link below.
MCMGA Members, see the winning photos and all photos submitted for the 2025 MCMGA Photos Contest and photos submitted by our members in our MCMGA Photo Gallery
2026 MCMGA membership dues
We are now collecting 2026 MCMGA membership dues. For membership form, payment options, or to check to see if you have already paid, click here. There is also a form on the last page of the Greenery that you can print and mail in. If you have questions, please contact me at memb@indymcmga.org.
MCMGA Garden Grants
See grants approved here.
If you wish to submit an application for your organization to receive a MCMGA Garden Grant for 2026; visit our MCMGA Garden Grant page for application request details and form. Grant requests are due by February 15th. Organizations that were awarded grants for their projects for this year and prior years can also be found here.
MCMGA Education Grant
MCMGA is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote good gardening practices to the community in cooperation with Purdue Extension – Marion County. This grant is to be used to support gardening education initiatives which help support and sustain hunger-relief efforts in the Marion County hunger-relief system. Not-for-profit [ie 501c(3)] organizations involved with farming, community gardens, food pantries, food desert initiatives, and nutrition programs that include demographically targeted education programs are encouraged to apply for this grant. If interested and wanting more information click below:
MCMGA Education Grant
Purdue University Diversity Statement
The MCMGA is under the auspices of Purdue University; thus we follow the PU Diversity Statement: See the link here: https://www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.php
In addition, on behalf of the Board of the Marion County Master Gardener Association, we see and acknowledge the tremendous pain and suffering happening right now in our country. It is heartbreaking. We want to be clear that we welcome all people to this association because we are all an integral part of our natural world. We welcome everyone and do not discriminate against anyone because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, disabilities, age or national origin. We know we cannot solve racial inequality and injustice here. We value the dignity of every person and we strive to foster tolerance, sensitivity, understanding, and mutual respect among our members.
To purchase Master Gardener Merchandise visit our Purdue MG merchandise website.
Now available: Purdue Plant Doctor Apps help you diagnose and solve problems found on trees, annual and perennial flowers. You can find information about the Purdue Tree Doctor, Purdue Perennial Flower Doctor, and Purdue Annual Flower Doctor at this website.