Master Gardener
The Master Gardener Program: A volunteer Master Gardener class is provided yearly for residents interested in teaching the community about horticulture.
The next Training Program will be determined at a later date. IMPORTANT: Every Master Gardener applicant must attend one of the preview sessions to be considered for the next Master Gardener Training Program.
Master Gardener Forms
- Master Gardener Volunteer Program Brochure
- Master Gardener Information Packet
- Master Gardener Application
- Volunteer Hours Form (MS Word)
- Volunteer Hours Form (PDF Format)
2009 MASTER GARDENER CLASS HAS GRADUATED!
Certificates of Completion and name tags handed out to each of the beaming 20 graduates of the UF/IFAS/Monroe County Extension Services Master Gardener class recently. The trainees are from Key West to Key Largo. They survived a nine-week class of intense horticulture education provided by Environmental Horticulture Agent Kim Gabel and specialists from the University of Florida.
Master Gardeners learn in-depth and localized horticulture information so they can give back to the community by volunteering 75 hours of their time during their first year of service. In fact, volunteering is a requirement for Master Gardeners to maintain active status. Volunteerism may include fielding questions for assistance in the Extension Office or at local plant clinics, providing horticulture education at local events, presenting lectures to the community, or a host of other projects dictated by community needs.
Front Row (left to right): Sherry Coussens, Tracy Widener, Laura Shell, Stephanie Palmer, Linda Lorenz, Deb Curlee, Kim Gabel, Dede Dillon, Pink Gidseg, Susan Matthews.
Back Row (left to right): Stephanie Bartley, Sandy Wolfe, Mark DeLorenzo, Calvin Allen, Lu Foley, Elizabeth Moore, Jean Crouch, Kitty Somerville, Larry Koenig.
Not pictured: Jeannie Riecker, Susan Fisher.
JMG
JMG stands for Junior Master Gardener. It is a program for youth of all ages that uses fun activities to teach horticulture and environmental science concepts. Please contact Kim Gabel for information about the Junior Master Gardener Program, or visit JMGKids Online.
Links
Here is a great Web site on diseases from Extension sites throughout the US.
Here is a great page to go to to learn about Plant Pathology from the MG perspective.
