Please browse the volunteer opportunities that are available to MGVs by scrolling down this page
or by visiting our "Projects" page here. To view our 2012 projects, click here.

"Garden Discoveries: An Educational Garden Tour." The Outagamie County Master Gardener
Volunteers host its yearly "Garden Discoveries: An Educational Garden Tour.". The public is invited
to tour selected gardens around the Fox Cities. Each garden offers a unique horticultural
lesson and all are truly great examples of sound gardening principles and beauty. MGVs
interested in helping with this project can contact tbrinkman3@new.rr.com.

Garden Expectations Conference

The Outagamie County Master Gardener Association hosts the annual Garden Expectations Conference. Our thanks to Cathy Schwieso for capturing these photos:

Downtown Appleton Farm Market
Volunteer opportunities exist for MGVs at the farm market in downtown Appleton (above).
MGVs enjoy seeing their friends - you never know who you'll see! (Photos by Karen DesJarlais)

Coordinate bus trips
The OCMGA typically sponsors a summer trip to visit botanical gardens and nurseries. Why not coordinate one of the trips this year? It’s a great way to accumulate service hours. Please contact Meg Hunsader if you are interested in volunteering or learning more about it.

The Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley
The Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley attributes its success of its annual fundraiser, the Garden Walk, in large part to the involvement of several Master Gardener volunteers, and we wish to express our sincere appreciation for your help every year.

Encouraged by the generous support we already receive from the Master Gardeners , we would like to make a request that the Master Gardeners' Board of Directors consider starting a new partnership with the Emergency Shelter.

We have recently received a donation of materials and labor for custom curbing and decorative stone for improvements in the existing landscaping on our grounds. To enhance the new landscaping, we would greatly appreciate having a Master Gardener visit the Emergency Shelter on an annual basis in spring to consult with our staff on what kind of plantings should be done or replaced, if necessary. We believe we may be able to obtain donations of plants from Fox Valley Technical College 's program through Jim Beard , and we could recruit volunteers to do the actual work of planting the new plants.

The proposed partnership might also involve the Master Gardeners sharing any available information on any landscape companies or greenhouses who might be willing to donate or give discounts on plants or other landscaping supplies for the Emergency Shelter.

The Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley wishes to project a clean and professional image to the community and we believe that beautifying our grounds will help us in this regard. MGVs interested in helping with this project can call the shelter at 920-734-9192.