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This month's garden treat... This month we'll let you brand your kids with a set of 50 cool JMG tatoos! Congrats to: Master Gardener Thumbs Newton, CT   Longhorn Gardeners Abilene, TX   Lula Elemenary Gainsville GA   Hallmark Science Academy Pensacola, FL and subscriber Sharon "sharwellcpa" in SC Each month we'll select a few registered JMG groups and a JMG News subscriber to receive a free, cool item,	JMG Grows Around the World      Over the last 18 months, youth gardening has taken root in new locations around the world. Training programs in Guatemala and Honduras were a part of a new initiative by Texas A&M to expand the horticultural education program in Latin America. Additional JMG efforts engaging college interns to work with populations in Guatemala and Costa Rica are planned for this summer.      The first seeds of program growth in Asia began last year in Seoul, Korea through a volunteer training event. The JMG Korea Specialist training workshop served to equip and empower the JMG Korea staff and volunteers from horticultural and educational backgrounds. This group is serving as a base of support and a steering committee as JMG begins to establish collaborations, hosting training programs for teachers and start the first JMG groups.      Last month JMG program coordinators held the second JMG Specialist training at the Gwacheon National Science Museum. 20 new trainees took part in a week-long event that included intensive program and chapter overviews of the JMG Level One Core Curriculum, hands-one workshop sessions, and a training practicum in which the students become the teachers. This culminating event provided the new specialists with first hand experiences and insight on conducting activities and managing students.     While in Korea, the JMG staff also met with collaborators at the 4-H military program, Korea's Rural Development Administration, and the US Embassy to explore future partnership towards specific projects and program expansion. (find out more...)   The National Junior Master Gardener Group of the Month is selected for outstanding efforts in their school & community.Nominate your group as the National Junior Master Gardener Group of the Month	know&grow JMG news:  Just in:  Read the  Valentine Edition JMG Kids Garden News    -features-  a. What language     do your flowers     speak?  b. Valentine      Potato Vase     c. book review:      The Gum Drop       Tree  d. Garden      Grant Watch

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