The goal of the MG Core Course is to make you a well-rounded horticulturist. You will learn about plant selection, botany, tree care, soils, entomology, plant diseases, and turf, as well as fruit and vegetable production in the Great Plains. In the end, we hope that you will be able to troubleshoot common plant problems and select plants appropriate for the landscape. Three or four topics will be covered each week. Participants will watch the lecture in person, via webinar technology, or recorded lecture. After the lecture, students will read the assigned chapters in the manual, take the open book quiz, and complete any surveys. All assignments must be completed by April 6, 2018.
For more information contact Esther McGinnis at esther.mcginnis@ndsu.edu
- Teacher: Esther McGinnis
- Teacher: Shannon Ueker
Blended Master Gardener Training for Yamhill County is an instructor-led blended course designed for Oregon State University Master Gardener™ trainees. Participants will gain knowledge of resources, acces to individual training modules on many relevant subjects from taking this course. It is open to Yamhill County Master Gardener trainees and trainees or master gardeners from other counties by permission of the instructors. For information or to enroll contact Linda McMahan or Debra Zaveson at Oregon State University Extension, at linda.mcmahan@oregonstate.edu or debra.zaveson@oregonstate.edu
- Teacher: Carla Stables
- Teacher: Heather Stoven
The audience for this course is:
The Florida Master Gardener
Volunteer Training Program prepares potential candidates to assist UF/IFAS
County Extension with outreach and educational in the areas of Horticulture,
Landscape Management, and Gardening. Sessions
are taught by UF/IFAS Agents and Specialists and will cover challenges that
come with living and gardening in the Florida.
Upon Successful completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Explain the role of UF/IFAS Extension, Extension Agents, and Master Gardeners.
- Define EDIS and search it for reference materials.
- Identify common weeds, invasive plants, and common pest insects
- Distinguish differences between different plant pathogens and common nutrient deficiencies
- List the 9 Principles of Florida Friendly Landscaping™
- Provide 5 major concepts that are needed when planning and designing a landscape or garden.
- Demonstrate proper best practices for plant propagation, tree care, and fruit and Vegetable Gardening
- Synthesize learned material to provide researched based and informed guidance to Extension Clients via verbal or online communication
For more information or to enroll please contact:
Julio Perez
Commercial and Residential Horticulture Agent I
UF/IFAS Extension Putnam County
pjulio@ufl.edu
Mimi Vreeland
Residential Horticulture Agent I
UF/IFAS Extension Flagler County
mvreeland@ufl.edu
- Teacher: Julio Perez
- Teacher: Mimi Vreeland
The audience for this course is: UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardeners
For more information or to enroll please contact:
Maggie O'Neill, UCCE San Bernardino, magoneill@ucanr.edu or Robin Rowe, UCCE San Bernardino, rjrowe@ucanr.edu
- Teacher: Maggie ONeill
- Teacher: robin rowe
UVM Extension Master Gardener- Out of State
Includes fourteen modules, and thirteen live online Q&A sessions with instructors, an online course guide, and additional course materials.
The fee for this course is $550. To purchase and enroll in this course, click the following button. Please sign up here if you do not live in Vermont
For more information, contact: Beret Halverson at beret.halverson@uvm.edu
- Teacher: Beret Halverson
Consumer/Home Gardeners in Vermont who take this course will learn a wide range of subject matter including backyard vegetable gardening, perennials and annuals, soil fertility, and tree care. Students learn from UVM Extension and the horticulture industry
experts about landscape and botany basics, pest and plant disease control, rain gardens, sustainable landscape practices, and other topics geared to help you become a more informed gardener.
- Coordinator: Beret Halverson
- Content Specialists: Sid Bosworth
- Content Specialists: Terence Bradshaw
- Content Specialists: Wendy Sue Harper
- Content Specialists: Ann Hazelrigg
- Content Specialists: Victor Izzo
The North Dakota Master Gardener Diagnostician course is for Certified Master Gardeners from North Dakota. By taking this course, students will learn diagnose basic horticulture questions regarding trees, vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, and turfgrass.
For more information or to enroll please contact: Dr. Esther McGinnis at esther.mcginnis@ndsu.edu
- Instructor: Esther McGinnis
- Instructor: Shannon Ueker
The audience for this course is: Master Gardeners Interns in North Dakota
By taking this course, students will learn: a broad overview of horticultural topics that will allow them to select appropriate plants and to troubleshoot problems
For more information or to enroll please contact: Esther McGinnis at esther.mcginnis@ndsu.edu
- Teacher: Esther McGinnis
- Teacher: Shannon Ueker
The audience for this Broward County Master Gardener Training Online course is students who are attending an in-person course.This online component will supplement horticulture information presented in-class as well as introduce common customer service concepts and procedures that tend to be intimidating when working at field centers.
For more information or to enroll please contact: Julio Perez –teacher and content specialist- Broward County/University of Florida at julperez@broward.org
- Teacher: Anthony Gross
- Teacher: Adam Pitcher
- Instructor: Lorna Bravo
Jackson County Master Gardener Practicum is an online course for current participants in JCMG training. Participants will have access to additional information and resources about plant propagation.
For more information or to enroll contact OSU Extension Jackson County, Erika Szonntag at erika.szonntag@oregonstate.
For technical assistance please contact campushelp@extension.org
- Mentor: Amrita Cottrell
Review of Procedures for Master Gardener Clinics is a required training for certification for new and continuing master gardeners in Yamhill County, Oregon. This is totally online training. The purpose is to provide standard procedures for master gardeners in the county when they deal with the public and their gardening questions. It will cover basics of working with the public, the “Dos and Don’ts” when it comes to answering questions, and guidelines for what kinds of questions are appropriate to answer and which are not. It will include videos, self-correcting quizzes, problem solving, and other relevant activities. For more information contact Linda McMahan with Oregon State at linda.mcmahan@oregonstate.edu
- Teacher: Heather Stoven
- Teacher: Jade Wilson