Applications available for Albany master gardener class
12-week training starts April 3
From Staff Reports
ALBANY — A new training course for individuals to become master gardeners will be offered this spring by the Dougherty County Extension Office.
The deadline is 5 p.m. March 9 to apply for the class, which will be conducted from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays from April 3 to June 19.
The 12-week training for certification will be offered through the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Office in Dougherty County. The Master Gardener program is designed to train volunteers so that they become highly skilled individuals in the area of horticulture and can serve their communities with other garden enthusiasts.
UGA officials say each participant agrees to volunteer a minimum of 50 hours within a year following the completion of training in exchange for 40 hours of horticultural training by Extension professionals.
Activities in a volunteer program can include environmental gardening and composting demonstrations, plant clinics, newsletters, news articles, community gardens, beautification projects, civic or garden club presentations, children’s programs, homeowner visits and phone consultation from home or the Extension office, and information booths at fairs and festivals. Other activities also can fulfill the requirement.
The cost of the program is $140, and it will be conducted at the Dougherty County Extension Office, 125 Pine Ave. This program has a limit of 25 participants. Topics of discussion range from landscape design, turf management organic gardening to basic entomology, weed science identification, diseases and insects of ornamentals and vegetables, and chemical pest control.
Interested individuals can contact the Dougherty County Extension Office to obtain an application and a memorandum of agreement. The packet must be completed and mailed to the address at the top of the application by 5 p.m. March 9. Once an applicant has been notified of acceptance into the program, a check payable to Dougherty County Extension/4-H should be mailed to the Dougherty County Extension office for training supplies.
The $140 fee includes a Master Gardener textbook, a name badge, a one-year membership into the Georgia Master Gardener Association and all other class materials.
For information, contact James Morgan at (229) 436-7216.
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