Want to learn more about gardening? Do you have a passion for sharing gardening information and making your community a more beautiful place?
Join us for the Extension Master Gardener (EMG) Training. This program’s train-the-trainer mission is sharing research-based horticulture information with the public through educational outreach.
EMG training will help you:
- Gain new horticulture knowledge and become a community resource for science-based information
- Educate adults and children about the gardening benefits
- Meet fellow gardeners
Dates: Thursdays, August 21 – November 13, 2025, 9:00 am to 11:00 pm via Zoom, plus in-person field sessions.
There will be six in-person field sessions in the training.
The location and topic for field/lab sessions to be determined.
All participants will meet at Cole County Extension Center (2436 Tanner Bridge Rd), Jefferson City, MO 65101 on Thursday, August 21 at 5:30 to 7:30 pm for orientation session.
Cost: $200, includes EMG Core Manual.
Program requirements:
- Access to a computer, internet, and email address
- A desire to learn, work completion, and readiness to volunteer on EMG projects
- Attendance at all sessions is essential. Only 3 absences are allowed and must be made up
- Class projects are required and will help you learn how to teach gardening to others
- Following graduation, complete 30 hrs in established EMG projects.
This course is for those who will volunteer with the EMG chapter.
- Min. age = 16 yrs
- Horticulture knowledge and skills are not a prerequisite Complete the application included in the next step of the registration process, due August 14.
Learn more about the EMG Program:
Questions: dhakald@missouri.edu
