This 3-month course, including hands-on experiences and field trips, will train Master Gardener Extension Volunteers in Bibb and Houston (and immediately surrounding counties) in a broad range of topics relating to ornamental and edible plants.
Training classes will be held on Thursdays, February-April. More information and an application are available by contacting kensley@uga.edu or (478) 751-6338.
Master Gardener Extension Volunteers (MGEVs) are trained volunteers with unique skills and abilities, who share a love of plants and gardens and an enthusiasm for learning. They assist UGA Extension (in their county) in providing unbiased horticultural information through volunteer community service and consumer horticulture programming. To learn more about the Georgia Master Gardener program, see this website: https://extension.uga.edu/programs-services/georgia-master-gardener-extension-volunteer-program/volunteer/becoming-a-mgev.html
Phone: 4787474687
Email: kensley@uga.edu
2020/02/06 - 2020/04/30
Additional time info:
Applications are available by contacting the Extension office. The sessions are not independent but part of the full training. Interviews of applicants will be held in December 2019 so that textbooks and materials can be ordered and received before the beginning of training classes.
UGA Extension Macon-Bibb County
145 First Street, Macon, GA 31201