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Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak and guidelines from Wisconsin Department of Health Services, UW-Madison, and federal agencies:
All Master Gardener Program related volunteer projects are suspended including, but not limited to, face to face meetings, bus trips, and plant sales for April and May. This will continue into the foreseeable future until further notice.
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Volunteers in the Master Gardener Program are required to “enroll” in the program each year. This includes activating your account in the Online Reporting System (if not done already), agreeing to the conditions of volunteer service and volunteer behavior agreement.
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One in the Plants Plus Series – a mix of new and past training presentations, printed materials and other references focused on specific plants or topics to help you increase your knowledge so you can better answer gardening questions. To get 2-2.5 hours of continuing education credit complete the videos, reading and identify some trees! This Plants Plus package focuses on tree identification and history.
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One in the Plants Plus Series – a mix of new and past training presentations, printed materials and other references focused on specific plants or topics to help you increase your knowledge so you can better answer gardening questions. To get 2 hours of continuing education credit complete the videos, reading and take a short quiz! This Plants Plus package focuses on the science of fall color.
For Monday, October 19, 2020, the Online Reporting System is temporarily offline due to an unplanned interruption. As of 5pm on October 19, the ORS is again functional.
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One in the Level 2: Plants Plus Series – a remix of new and past training presentations, printed materials and other references focused on specific plants or topics to help you increase your knowledge so you can better answer homeowner questions. To get 2 hours of continuing education credit complete the videos, reading and take a short quiz! This Plants Plus package focuses on gardening options for smaller spaces.
To our valued volunteers: Keeping you informed about the program is a priority. We want you to feel like you understand the “why’s, how’s and what’s” of changes to the program. We want you to know that your voices were the driving force behind these new changes. We also exist in an evolving world and […]
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In March, I wrote about gardening to stimulate the senses. In that article I mentioned using vertical gardening techniques so I can better smell my herbs. That small blurb inspired me to do more vertical gardening this year. Vertical gardening, in my yard, creates another way to interact with my plants. It also creates challenges […]
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As humans, we have long used plants for food, shelter, and medicine. As Master Gardener Volunteers, we need to focus on our niche, which is helping successfully people grow plants.
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Some of our favorite childhood memories may be of home-preserved foods: delicious dill pickles, spicy salsa, and sweet jams and jellies. And many of us enjoy sharing these favorite items with family and friends. But how do we know that these family favorites are safe and of good quality to share?
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Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak and guidelines from Wisconsin Department of Health Services, UW-Madison, and federal agencies:
Read more for how this will impact the Wisconsin Master Gardener Program.
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