{"id":75,"date":"2025-11-03T16:44:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:44:58","slug":"seeds-of-a-movement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/extension\/seeds-of-a-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeds of a Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seeds of a Movement\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1131477319?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text Transcript with Description of Visuals<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-7\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-7\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\" style=\"width:50%;\">Audio<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Video<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">[ Music ]<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"> Illustrations of plants sway. Text, Washington State University Extension, with the Cougar head logo.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPresents.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSeeds of a Movement.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA gold rosette with the text, Master Gardener Program. 50 Anniversary Celebration. 1973, 2023.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Narrator: For 50 years, Extension Master Gardeners have helped make healthier, more beautiful communities across North America.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A sign above the entry to a garden reads, Discovery Garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Celebrating the program's golden anniversary in 2023, WSU Extension faculty and Master Gardener volunteers built a grassroots movement that is deeply rooted in locally based service.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trees surround allotments, flower beds and a building.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n Roses bloom in a tidy flower bed. Next, two people stand working beside a trellis. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">With interest in gardening blooming in the early 1970s, <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A photograph of three people smiling as they stand behind a flower bed and beside a sign that reads, Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Unit. Washington State University.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Extension faculty faced an ever-growing demand for gardening ideas in Washington State's urban west.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A photograph of a large group of people standing in an allotment.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n A photograph shows a fair with a table of information and people looking around. Signs read, Master Gardener. Master Gardeners on duty. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Don Tapio: I was hired as an Extension program assistant in King County with WSU in 1970.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A sign on a wooden garden gate reads, Welcome Washington State University Master Gardeners. Lewis County Extension. Borst Demonstration Garden. Est 1998. Next, text on screen, Don Tapio. W S U Extension. Emeritus Faculty. Don sits in a garden chair in front of a white picket fence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">And as a horticultural program assistant, I answered home gardening questions.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n I averaged answering 105 calls per day. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A sequence of photographs shows, first, a building and the sign Lavender Lane, Flowers with the sign Cutting garden, and sunflowers in bloom.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">You can imagine with 105 calls a day, the diversity of questions that you would get on plant diseases and insect problems.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n And the more questions we answered, the more questions it seemed to generate. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pom pom flower heads flower next to a sign that reads, the Dahlia Garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Narrator: In 1973, two WSU Extension faculty members, David Gibby and Bill Scheer, had the inspiration to enlist volunteers to meet the public's need for knowledge.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A black and white photograph shows a man looking through files at a table with plants cuttings as a group of women watch.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA photograph of a man and two girls in a garden. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">David Gibby: When I started with the Western Washington Extension service, I was given the assignment to answer questions for the homeowners, basically urban horticulture, in both King and Pierce Counties.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Next, text on screen. Voice of doctor David Gibby. Co founder, W S U Master Garden Program. A photograph of David in front of a garden with flowers and trees.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBlack and white photographs of horticultural events.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"> We had horticultural hints that we put on air.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWe had television programs that we visited, and they always generated increased interest and increased pressure on the office. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Black and white photographs of horticultural events. A man points to some plant cuttings as he speaks to another man. Another photo shows three men speaking with a video camera and a sign that reads, Yard and Garden Clinic. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">What was necessary was to somehow get something that could respond to that kind of pressure.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">In a mall, a sign reads, yard problems, find your answers. Free W S U clinic. A man looks down a microscope and two others speak to members of the public.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bill Scheer was one of my cohorts in the office.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A photograph of 5 people smiling at the camera.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I pressed him a little bit and talked to him about the idea of using volunteers and also about the name.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n He readily agreed.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHe thought it was a good idea. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A news clipping of a man looking at a plant with two other people and the headline, Right ways, wrong ways.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Judy Scheer: My husband, Bill Scheer, was co-founder with Dave Gibby.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">In a garden, a bee collects pollen from a flower.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dave had been in Germany as a Mormon missionary, and Bill had worked in Germany to perfect his language skills because his plan was to be a nurseryman in Holland.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Text, Judy Scheer. Widow of co founder Bill Scheer. Judy sits on a bench in a pergola.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">The two of them together were both familiar with the Master Gardener program in Germany.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A man and woman turn compost.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n A sign reads, W S U Pierce County. Master Gardener. Demonstration Garden. A red flower rosette is painted on the sign. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">They wanted to have a name and they came up with working with volunteers.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThey wanted a name that was meaningful. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Judy sits on a bench in a pergola.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">David Gibby: Steve Lorton was a regional editor for Sunset Magazine.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A magazine title reads Sunset with the image of a chicken roasted outside over charcoal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"> I said, \"Steve, I need your help.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThey'd like an article written about what we're planning.\" I got 300 volunteers within a few days of the article coming out. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">An article inside the magazine reads, Wanted, home gardeners to become Master Gardeners. Underneath, a photograph shows a man and woman next to the sign, Washington State University.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Narrator: As word spread, the Master Gardener team grew.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Outside a modern building, planters display cascading ferns and red flowers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Starting with a trial run at the Tacoma Mall, founders organized clinics where experts or trained volunteers could answer gardening questions.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A sign on the building covered in wooden planks reads, Bellevue Botanical Garden. The image of a white flower displays above it.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n Two women stand at an outdoor stall named master garden program. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sharon Collman: The program was initially thought up and started by Dave Gibby and Bill Scheer, who were Extension agents in King, Pierce.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThey split. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Next, text, Sharon Collman. W S U Emeritus Professor. Sharon sits in a chair surrounded by plants. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"> I joined sort of in the middle of the very first class.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnd then I started organizing the clinics.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt was a lot of work.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Old photographs of the clinics with a short haired woman manning a table. A sign reads Washington State University Extension Service and a man looks down a microscope.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">So I would be sometimes working at the office until 10:00 and getting everything ready and calling volunteers. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">In the botanic garden, a woman brings two flowering plants to the women at the information stall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"> It was obvious I wouldn't be able to keep that up.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSo I set it up so each clinic organized themselves.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnd that's pretty much how it stayed in a lot of the counties. <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sharon sits in a chair surrounded by plants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Narrator: Soon, volunteers in counties across Washington State were launching their own programs.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A group of five women sit at a stall on the street with information leaflets and the banner, Washington State University, Master Gardeners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pat Munts: Our program here in Spokane started later that year, so we're actually the second or third oldest program in the country.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Text, Pat Munits, Master Gardener, Class of 2002. Pat stands in a garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">And the history, it just evolved.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI mean, and that's the beauty of having a volunteer core and dedicated staff who understand that, you know, things change.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pat looks at a lettuce with a man as he removes the outer leaves.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">It went from being mostly looking for flowers and shrubs to working with food gardens, and now we're moving, as I said, into working with climate change and understanding even broader than that.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pat works with a group in the allotment.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n Pat holds chilies and a carrot in her hands. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Narrator: Through hard work and dedication, Master Gardener volunteers have benefited their neighbors and formed long-lasting friendships.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Pat smiles beside a crate filled with tomatoes, runner beans and squash.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Don Tapio: It was always an inspiration to me to be around the Master Gardener volunteers.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"> Three women laugh as they garden. <br \/>\n<br \/>\n The women working at the botanical garden stall laugh. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">They were always so congenial, so polite, so interested, so willing to help others, so willing to learn.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">An older man stands in an office holding up a string of identity cards. One reads, W S U extension. Ollie Bond Pierce County. 40 years. Master Gardener. 1978.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">And, you know, not everybody has that kind of job experience.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A female volunteer laughs in a garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">So I always pride myself in being one of the most fortunate people in the world.<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Don Tapio speaks from his garden chair.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">[ Music ]<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Text, Washington State University Extension, with the Cougar head logo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-7 from cache -->\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text Transcript with Description of Visuals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8295,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/121"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/descriptive-transcripts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}