Tag: Master Gardener

International Search for Excellence Nominations

We are pleased to announce that the International Master Gardener Committee is accepting nominations for the 2017 International Master Gardener Search for Excellence (SFE), through August 1, 2016.

We are opening SFE nominations a bit earlier this year for two reasons.  First, members of the SFE committee have requested more time to carefully review nominations.  Second, our goal is to inform folks that their project has been selected as a 2017 International Search for Excellence awardee ~ in time for them to register for the conference at the early bird registration rate.

[As an aside, early bird registration will be from October 10, 2016 through January 13, 2017.  Regular registration will be from January 14, 2017 through May 31, 2017.]

Visit the 2017 IMGC SFE page, to review the 2017 International Master Gardener SEarch for Excellence Guidelines, and for full details on how to submit a project for consideration.

You may also find it useful to read a bit more about some of the 2015 Search for Excellence Award Winners.

 

Ciscoe Morris at 2017 IMGC

Ciscoe Morris
Ciscoe Morris will be serving as the Master of Ceremonies at the 2017 International Master Gardener Conference.

Ciscoe Morris, has generously agreed to spend the entire week with us and to serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the 2017 International Master Gardener Conference.

Serving as the Master if Ceremonies is a tough gig!  You have to be an excellent public speaker.  You have to understand who Master Gardeners are and what we need and want to learn.  You have to have a solid understanding of gardening.  And, you have to be engaging, entertaining and genuine.  Ciscoe is all of these things and more.

Gardeners in Seattle and in Portland will probably know Ciscoe from his wildly popular call-in gardening show: ‘Gardening with Ciscoe‘ on KIRO Radio, 97.3FM.  This longtime radio show broadcasts every Saturday morning.  Each week, Ciscoe offers gardening advice mixed with a hearty dose of humor.

He also has a Friday night question and answer show ‘Gardening with Ciscoe Live’, which broadcasts on Northwest Cable News.  Every other Monday morning, he also appears on KING5’s New Day Northwest with Margaret Larson.  His popular ‘Gardening with Cisco’ show with Meeghan Black airs on KING/KONG TV.

His book, ‘Ask Cisco‘ was among the top selling gardening books nationwide.  He’s also co-authored books on roses and perennials, and writes a weekly garden column in the Thursday web version / Saturday print edition of the Seattle Times.

Ciscoe is crazy about dogs and gardening, and can often be found working with his pooches, Fred and Ruby, in his Seattle garden.  Ciscoe’s other passion is travel, and despite his busy schedule, he manages to find time to lead garden tours to countries all over the world.

He’s a long-time King County, WA Master Gardener, a certified arborist and serves on several advisory boards.

Take a listen to one of his most recent radio shows, and you’ll see why I’m so excited that Ciscoe will be joining us for the 2017 International Master Gardener Conference.