Master Gardener Volunteer Class to be Offered at MSU This Fall
Master Gardener Volunteer Class to be Offered at MSU This Fall
6/24/08
Contact: Laura Probyn
517-432-1555, ext. 171
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Master Gardener state office is sponsoring a Master Gardener volunteer training program on Wednesdays, Sept. 3-Nov. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus.
Each course session consists of a two-hour lecture with an additional one-hour hands-on experience. Trainees will use MSU greenhouses and laboratories to complement the lectures covering a variety of horticulture topics, including plant and soil sciences, growing flowers and vegetables, tree and fruit culture, and plant pest identification and control. Instructors are MSU professionals and other horticulture experts.
The Michigan Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a horticulture education and volunteer leader training program. Participants who complete the educational series must complete 40 hours of volunteer service over the course of one year to become certified Master Gardener volunteers.
Examples of Master Gardener volunteer service projects include teaching a Junior Master Gardener Program, creating and maintaining a demonstration garden, volunteering at the MSU Horticulture Gardens or assisting the Master Gardener state office with a variety of programs and projects.
Students in the course receive the Master Gardener manual, which consists of more than 800 pages of research-based information.
The $250 registration fee is due by Aug. 11. Class size is limited. To obtain an application, visit the Master Gardener Web site at http://web1.msue.msu.edu/mastergardener/Counties/mg_MSU.htm, call 517-355-5191, ext.1-408, or e-mail mg@msu.edu.
Completed applications must be mailed to the Master Gardener Program, A422 Plant and Soil Sciences Bldg., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1325, or faxed to 517-355-0188.
This course is sponsored by the Michigan Master Gardener Volunteer Program state office.
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