
Online reporting
Missouri Master Gardeners, bookmark this link to the online system for reporting your hours.
The Master Gardener program is an opportunity for novice and experienced gardeners to learn and share knowledge with others. As representatives of MU Extension, Master Gardeners are involved in a variety of activities that benefit community, families and individuals while developing horticultural interests.
You can keep up with Christian County Master Gardener meetings, seminars, tours and other activities on our Facebook page - Christian County Master Gardeners.
To learn about our activities in 2022, check out our annual report under Resources.
Gardening questions? Call our hotline at 417-581-3558. The Christian County Master Gardeners will check messages and return calls Monday–Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. mid-March through mid-October.
The chapter's annual plant sale is held in May. Plants are sold at reasonable prices and include perennials, bedding plants, bulbs, trees, natives and other seasonal plants.
We welcome guests at our monthly meetings, which are held at 6:30 p.m. on the 4th Monday of each month except for May and December.
CCMG is a hard-working chapter dedicated to educating ourselves and the public about safe and sustainable and effective garden practices. But we also have a lot of fun, from our monthly meetings that include refreshments, social time, raffles and show-and-tells, to field trips, garden tours and enjoying each other's company as we work on garden projects.
To learn more about becoming a Master Gardener, here are some actions you can take:
Master Gardener is a pretty impressive title to have. Even better is Advanced Master Gardener. Now, Master Gardeners can earn "advanced training" credits (beyond what they pick up at monthly meetings and even seminars and workshops).
Advanced training must be taught by an instructor approved by a designated Extension coordinator for your area of the state. The instructor must be a qualified horticulturist or well-known authority in the field of horticulture. If you accumulate 30 hours of advanced training covering at least three horticulture disciplines within five years, you may earn the title of Advanced Master Gardener. No more than 10 hours per discipline can be applied to the 30-hour total, and hands-on training experiences are preferred. In other words, it's a workshop where part of the presentation is a lecture or formal presentation and another portion has some type of hands-on feature. Note that advanced training can come from sources other than Master Gardener chapters. Other horticultural organizations, a well-known horticulturalist and colleges and universities are other sources for advanced training. Just be sure your regional Extension coordinator for advanced training approves one of these other sources.
What are the horticulture disciplines referenced above? The Policies and Procedures lists them as:
If you're a CCMG member and would like to earn the Advanced Master Gardener certification, let the executive board know, and we'll see what we can do to help you find approved training.
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