2023 Master Gardener

Two Training Options: Weekly-March 17-June 22, 9:30 AM-noon or One Week Training April 24-April 28, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM.

Cost $150 to include Master Gardener Handbook, Materials & Background Check.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Introduction to UME, Pre-Test, Intro to MG Program, Intro to Horticulture
• Botany, Plant Science
• Soil Science/Plant Nutrition, Building Salad Boxes Ecology, Good Bugs/BadBugs, Glyphosate Webinar
  Strawberry, Raspberry & Fruit Production
• Vegetable Gardening, Flowering Shrubs, Storm Water Management
• Entomology, Insects, Pests, Beneficial’s—IPM
• Plant Pathology, Plant Diseases, Resources, Plant Diagnostic Keys Insect Presentations
  Bee Keeping/Invasive Insects- Herb Gardening- Invasive and Native Plants
  Heirloom Tomato Gardening, Seed Saving 101, Fall Chores, Bulbs for Spring
• Weed Science, ID, Control, Pesticide Safety, Pesticide Use, and Composting
  Turn in Exam, Volunteer Training, Agreement, etc.- Master Gardener Meeting, Schedule MG Volunteer Hour