Uconn master gardener program 2011

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UConn Master Gardeners who maintain their Active Certification are highly valued associates, critical to the success of our volunteer-based program and important resources in the community.

Active Certified Master Gardeners are representatives of the University of Connecticut, following university policies, and working under the supervision of a University of Connecticut staff member. In this capacity, they continue to provide free, unbiased, research-based information consistent with the recommendations of the University of Connecticut and other land grant institutions.

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The current Garden Master Class catalog may be found here. For Certified Master Gardeners they provide continuing education as part of the Advanced Master Gardener certification process. These classes are also open to the general public. Following formal classroom instruction the Master Gardener student completes a hour internship program. Thirty hours are dedicated to hands-on training in the extension offices where students are supervised in researching and determining the answers to a broad range of horticultural questions, including insect and plant identification, diagnosing plant diseases and providing sound horticultural recommendations.

Students devote the remaining thirty hours to organized community outreach projects. Upon completion of the program you will receive a certificate and name badge designating you as a University of Connecticut certified Master Gardener.

In all volunteer work related to the program, Master Gardeners must follow the recommendations of the University of Connecticut Extension. Attendees were exposed to topics including the use of willows for bioenergy and ecological engineering, the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey program, and the biological management of Japanese Beetles.

They also went on a walk with extension specialist Donna Ellis, who identified invasive species and discussed biological methods of pest control. And they visited the Waxman conifer collection where the late Sidney Waxman, a professor of plant science, developed many dwarf forms of conifers during his year career at UConn. This will soon change, when the former home of Professor and Mrs. Waxman on Route will be turned into a Master Gardener classroom and library. An upstairs apartment will be used to house graduate plant science majors.

We can also feature interesting projects from our plant science faculty. It could be such a gem for UConn. January 13,