Learn to take your gardening interests to new heights through the Master Gardener Basic Training starting Sept. 11 and held at TRU.
TRU Friends of the Gardens & Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners have teamed up to present… Fall 2010 Master Gardener Basic Training Program
When: Saturdays – Sept 11 to Dec 11
Where: TRU Horticulture Building House 10
How much: $500. Includes over $100 of text books and covers the fees of the expert instructors hired to teach the classes.
More info: Leslie Welch—250.828.2321 or plants4@telus.net
www.bcmastergardeners.org
The nuts & bolts
This program will appeal to enthusiastic home gardeners wanting to take their knowledge, passion and love of sharing gardening to new heights.
The intensive training program provides current information and trends on all gardening basics. The program emphasizes environmentally responsible, sustainable gardening practices.
The program combines classroom instruction and volunteer hours (65 hours). Classroom training (78 hours) is provided every Saturday for 3 months (no class on Thanksgiving long weekend). The volunteer hours are individually scheduled over a two-year period.
Program Content:
Classroom component covering a full range of gardening topics such as:
Botany and plant identification
Soils, amendments and composting
Lawns and their alternatives
Right plant, right place
Trees, shrubs, fruit trees, berries, roses, and perennials
Sustainable landscape design
Xeriscaping
Organic vegetable gardening
Diagnosis and management of pest, disease and weed problems
Propagation and pruning
Basic entomology and integrated pest management.
Volunteer Component: comprised of 65 volunteer hours over two years.
On successful completion of the classroom component, students share their knowledge and passion about gardening with the community, through volunteer hours, supported by experienced Master Gardeners.
Following the completion of the volunteers hours, the Master Gardeners in Training will receive their Master Gardener qualifications. Thereafter, 15 volunteer hours and 5 hours of continuing education will be required annually to maintain qualifications.
