HOWDY!
My name is Hallie (pronounced Haylee) Morrison, I'm a Junior Horticulture major from College Station, Texas!! BUT more importantly; I am THE loudest, THE proudest, most green thumbed intern for the National Junior Master Gardener Program!
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I am so pleased to welcome you to my Summer 2014 Internship blog!
Starting May 27, I will begin a 9 week internship with the National Junior Master Gardener program! I'm so excited to be spending my summer working with this program and I'm writing this blog so I can share my experiences with all of you! (My biggest hope is that you find my gardening word play and puns as funny as I do...) All jokes aside, I am extremely passionate about Horticulture and I am so grateful for this experience! I am saving my back ground information and the amazing story behind this internship for another post because there are some many factors that contributed! However, I want to share some information about the program I will be working for and the specifications of my internship!
Junior Master Gardener or JMG is a international youth program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension network. The program provides educational and hands on gardening experience to children in grades 3-5. Children also gain experience in leadership and service.
During my internship I will be working with the program here in the United State's, more specifically right here in Aggieland! I will be responsible for creating some of the programs that will be used in educational lessons for students, and preparing supplies for instructors. I will also be creating media videos for revamping of the JMG website, and developing a social media calendar that will act as an access point to allow all JMG instructors to stay updated on JMG events. What I am most looking forward to is participating in the JMG events, particularly the ones where I get a little dirt under my fingernails!
I have no doubt that it is going to be a terrific summer and I hope that I find more reasons to love Horticulture! I also hope that as I educate a younger generation, I can inspire a child to love plants just as others have inspired me!
Until next thyme, I leave you with my favorite garden quote!!
"Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap, but the seeds that you plant!" - Robert Louis Stevenson
Thanks & Dig'Em
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