Master Gardeners

The Master Gardener Program will be taught the fall of 2011 at the University of Maryland Extension, Wicomico Office at:

28647 Old Quantico Road, Salisbury, MD 21801

Saturdays, 9 am – 12 noon

September 10-November 19.

The Master Gardener Mission is to Educate Maryland residents about safe, effective and sustainable horticultural practices that build healthy gardens, landscapes and communities. I provide 40 hours of education from specialists in Botany, composting, diagnosing plant problems, Ecology, Entomology, Lawn Care, Native Plants, Pruning, Vegetable gardening and more. The cost is $160.00 and includes a Master Gardener Manual, a binder with all the fact sheets available from the University of Maryland and the Home and Garden Information Center.

After you finish the Master Gardener training Program, you will be asked to volunteer 40 hours the first year and 20 each of the following years. I provide a number of opportunities for your volunteer hours, and I am very open to any suggestions that you may have. We have active plant clinics in Worcester County at the Ocean Pines Library and hope to have a new one at the Berlin Farmers Market. We will also have a plant clinic at the Farmers Market at Asbury Church in Wicomico County. There is a Therapy Garden at the MAC Center (Maintaining Active Citizens) and the Taylor House Museum Gardens.

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For more information, contact Ginny Rosenkranz, Extension Educator, Commercial Horticulture; 410-749-6141

Last updated: 06/14/2011