In this issue: Rita Clemons summarizes the UC Master Gardener Riverside County (MGRC) Organization Development plan; Debbra Corbin-Euston invites us to the Grow Lab Plant Sale on 10/12; Pam Elias and Margaret Parascand share our tour of CR&R Environmental Services; Anne Platzer paints the Great Copper butterfly; Cliff Morrison describes changes at the Compost Lab at the West County Grow Lab; Recognition Hours for August-September; Dee Kongslie updates what’s happening at the Desert Compost Project; RCRCD Tree Pruning Workshop; UCR BG Online Plant Sale; Burt Boss continues the journey of growing peanuts in the Desert; CA Native Plants webinar; Kim Coons-Leonard gives us a unique opportunity to volunteer at the STEPCon24 event table; UCR BG Art in the Gardens; Georgia Renne celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.