NOVEMBER

15 Wed. MG Meeting - 9:30am Extension Office

18 Sat. Extension Workshop for the public

Keynote: "Small Farms Today"

DECEMBER

Tues. MG Awards Celebration 2006

17 Sun. Newsletter Deadline - for Jan. issuetes, 5 for more

(NOTE: No newsletter mailed out in Dec.)

2007

JANUARY

17 Wed. MG Meeting - 9:30am Extension Office

24 Wed. Master Gardener Training Classes begin,

Bloomington (classes run through April 11)

MAY

2-5 MG National Convention, Little Rock, AK

1-12 MG & Friends trip to ITALY

SEPTEMBER

6-8 Sept IL State MG Conference, Springfield, IL

BONSAI CLUB - Meetings are changed. I will contact anyone who

contacts me. Call Lee Tolzdorf at 347-7380 for info.

HERB GUILD - Meetings held at the Womens Club, 301 N. Madison,

Peoria. More details, call Kris Plunkett, VP, 382-1067.

GERMANTOWN HILLS GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 4th

Tues. of the month, contact Lisa Hill, 367-2146.

GREATER PEORIA ROSE SOCIETY - Meetings are every 1st Tues.

of the month from Mar. - Oct. @ 7:30pm. Contact Terry Richards, 353-

1091 for location, or more info.

ORCHID SOCIETY - Meet every 1st Sun. at 1:30pm at the ICC Ag Lab.

Contact Jane Jones, 383-4022 or Elliot/Pam Fox,

689-0733. Drop-ins welcome.

PEORIA EVENING GARDEN CLUB - Call Kris Plunkett, 382-1067

for details.

PEORIA GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 1st Thurs. from Sept. to

May, at 12 noon at Lakeview Museum. Contact: Nancy Barlow, 444-7371.

PRINCEVILLE GARDEN CLUB - Club meets the first Thurs. of the

month at 7pm. at the Princeville Village Hall, corner of Walnut & Evan St.

in Princeville. Guests and new members welcome.

PRAIRIE LAND KOI AND POND SOCIETY - Club is open to new

members, meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 9am, different

locations depending on topic. http://prairieland_pond.tripod.com

WEST PEORIA GARDEN CLUB - Meetings are every 3rd Mon. at

7pm, West Peoria City Hall, 2506 W. Rohmann Ave.

Contact Pat Sharp, 676-5751.

You are welcome to reproduce all or parts of this newsletter, but we do ask that

you also give the University of Illinios Extension, Peoria County Office credit for

the information provided. For an electronic copy of this newsletter or to be put

on the mailing list, please contact the Peoria Extension Office or visit our new

website: www.extension.uiuc.edu/Peoria

Celebrate Gardening in the Natural State!

May 2-5, 2007 • Little Rock, Arkansas

The host committee has been working hard to make sure that this

will be a great conference with lots to offer our fellow Master

Gardeners from around the country and Canada.

Conference Site: The conference will be hosted at the Peabody

Hotel/Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock

from May 2 to 5, 2007. Please save those dates, and think about

coming early and staying late. There is so much to see and do in

the Natural State. We encourage you to take advantage of this

opportunity to see Little Rock and other areas of Arkansas. We will

forward information about the pre- and post-conference tours in the

near future, and suggest things to do and places to see while you're

here. You are going to love our state and enjoy some real Southern

Hospitality! Statehouse Convention Center website: http://

www.littlerockmeetings.com/conv-centers/Statehouse/

Hotel Reservations: The Peabody hotel is now accepting conference

reservations. The IMG conference rate at the Peabody is

$130/night for double or king accommodations with double

occupancy. There are also some club level rooms blocked off at the

rate of $160/night. ("Club level" includes: continental breakfast,

hot hors d'oeuvres, evening cordials and petit fours, complete

honor bar, complimentary use of the athletic club, valet parking,

private concierge, express check out, and VIP nightly turndown

services.) These rates are good from April 30 to May 6, 2007. Be

sure to mention that you are attending the International Master

Gardener Conference May 2 to 5, 2007 to receive the special rate.

Peabody Hotel website: http://www.peabodylittlerock.com/

Registration and Accommodations - Registration packets will be

sent in out and rates and details about other area hotels will be

provided in future newsletters.

Monthly Updates Updates will be sent monthly.

IMGC Website Official website of the 2007 International Master

Gardener Conference: http://mg2007.uaex.edu/

About the Peabody Hotel The Peabody is located in downtown

Little Rock on the banks of the Arkansas River approximately 10

miles from Little Rock National Airport. This glass-fronted hotel is

situated above the Statehouse Convention Center, the official site

of the 2007 IMGC, and linked to the University Conference Center

where some of our IMGC seminars and programs will be presented.

It is also within easy walking distance of shopping and

dining in the Little Rock River Market District. Our Old Statehouse

Museum, The Arkansas Arts Center, and a thriving local repertory

theater are within blocks of the hotel. website : http://

www.peabodylittlerock.com/

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us. Please share this

information with other Master Gardeners in your state or province.

We hope to see you in Little Rock, May 2007!

–Janet B. Carson

MG & Friends Trip to Italy:

I need to make a committment to the airlines to finalize the Master

Gardener trip to Italy, May 1-12. The trip is nearly full but we

have a couple of spaces left. The deadline to committ and for

the first payment is October 31, 2006. Could you please pass the

word on to your Master Gardeners. An itinerary maybe found on

the MG website. NOTE: Please note that the trip is open to the

public and participants do not need to be Master Gardeners.

–Monica David,I llinois Master Gardener Coordinator

1007 Plant Sciences Lab, 1201 Dorner Drive

Urbana, IL. 61801, 217-265-5256, Fax- 217-244-3469

State Master Gardener Conference 2007:

Meeting date change: The 2007 Illinois State Master Gardener

Conference will be held September 6, 7 and 8 at the Crowne Plaza

Hotel in Springfield.

West Central Region Master Gardeners and Extension Staff

members are invited to help plan this yearly event. The first

steering committee meeting was held on Monday, October 9,

University of Illinois Extension Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds,

in Springfield.

This meeting was for those interested in planning the conference.

Involvement from all units is encouraged. If you are interested in

helping with the conference by being a worker bee, please let us

know how you would like to be involved.

If you would like to assist with this conference, please contact

Jennifer Fishburn, phone, (217) 782-4617 or e-mail,

fishburn@uiuc.edu .

–Jennifer Fishburn, Unit Educator, Horticulture

University of Illinois Extension, Sangamon-Menard Unit