Rock County

In 2010, the estimated dollar value of volunteer time was $21.36 per hour as calculated by Independent Sector. Unfortunately, for a volunteer, that doesn’t pay the bills.  But you can put your volunteer experience to work for you!  In the article Put Volunteer Work on Your Resume, Susan J. Ellis (a guru on volunteer management) offers [...]

Master Gardener Volunteers of the Rock Prairie Association will host a series of volunteer workdays at the Rock County Farm Community Garden.  Tasks will vary according to the time of time of year.  Vegetables harvested from the garden are donated to area food pantries.  In 2010, over 11,000 pounds were harvested.  Workdays will be held [...]

A friendly reminder for MGV-interns (those of you who took class this fall)… Your volunteerism is limited to core opportunities for this year.  You need to get a minimum of 24 hours of volunteer service from one of these approved projects.   Anything not on this list must be first approved by me. Download Core Activities  [...]

Do you jump from website to website to read news, look at pictures, and communicate with friends?  Did you ever wish you could have all that information in one place? Build your own personal on-line newsletter using RSS technology. Below is information I recently shared with some of the Plant Health Advisor volunteers.  For the [...]

The 2010 Garden Expo will be held February 12, 13, and 14 in the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. This is the 17th annual Wisconsin Public Television Garden Expo. (Last year’s event attracted 19,946 attendees.) Visitors may choose to attend more than 100 educational seminars and demonstrations on gardening, lawn, and [...]

Did you miss  the interview on NBC 15′s Sunday Morning Show? December 20, 2009, NBC Interview about the Holiday Light Show  

The opening weekend of Rotary Botanical Gardens’ Holiday Light Show is now behind us but your help is still needed for the future days of the event.  Complete listing of opportunties following picture, below. To volunteer for any night, please contact Rotary Botanical Gardens at (608) 752-3885. Friday, December 18 Fully staffed Saturday, December 19 [...]

Rotary Botanical Gardens Holiday Light Show More Holiday Light Show information here.