Master Gardener
The Master Gardener Program: A volunteer Master Gardener class is provided yearly for residents interested in teaching the community about horticulture.
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.
Mangrove Newsletter
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Master Gardener Forms
- Master Gardener Volunteer Program Brochure
- Master Gardener Information Packet
- Master Gardener Application
- Volunteer Hours Form
2008 MASTER GARDENER CLASS HAS GRADUATED!
Certificates of Completion were given to each of the beaming 14 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 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 their time. 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 special events, presenting lectures to the community, or a host of other special projects prescribed by community needs.
Photo by Rich Jones
Back row (left to right): Kim Gabel, Deborah Drake, Darla Williams, Jean Jefferiss, Scarlett Duffy, David Breckenridge, Bunny Van Bourgondien, I.E. Schilling.
Front row (left to right): Linnea Cunningham, Julia Rust Woods, Nancy MacKenzie, Kathie Carr, Nancy Miller, Ellen Sculley, Lizzy Poole. Not pictured: Kathleen Roberts.
SIX MASTER GARDENERS RECEIVE TEN YEAR VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS
Ten year award plaques and pins were handed out by Kim Gabel, Environmental Horticulture Agent, University of Florida/IFAS/Monroe County Extension Services, to the following six hardworking Master Gardener volunteers: Joy Tatgenhorst, Karen Strobel, Tina Henize, Gary Gethen, Margaret Braisted, and Barbara Smith. These volunteers reside throughout the Florida Keys from Key West to Key Largo.
Ten years ago they attended a 12-week training course to learn in-depth and localized horticulture information so they could give back to their island communities information about Florida Keys environmentally-friendly landscaping practices. To maintain their active Master Gardener volunteer status, they are required to provide a minimum of 25 volunteer hours and attend 10 educational hours annually. Volunteerism may include fielding questions for assistance in the Extension office or regional plant clinics, educating homeowners at tree give-a-way days, working the Florida Keys Tropical Fruit Fiesta, presenting lectures to the community, or a host of other special projects depending on community landscaping expertise needs.
Photo by Tom Strobel
Back Row (left to right): Kim Gabel, Joy Tatgenhorst, Karen Strobel, Tina Henize, Gary Gethen.
Front row (left to right): Margaret Braisted, Barbara Smith.
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.
