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Fall online Master Gardener training

Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who teach others how to garden. The fall course begins Aug. 13.

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Helping others learn to grow

Missouri Master Gardeners learn, grow and then teach others.

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Spring is here...

It’s time to work in your garden. Our Garden Journal can help you know when to plant.

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Online reporting

Missouri Master Gardeners, bookmark this link to the online system for reporting your hours.

The mission of the Missouri Master Gardener Extension Program is “helping others learn to grow.” The Master Gardener program provides in-depth horticultural training to individuals throughout Missouri who then volunteer their time applying what they have learned to help others in their communities to learn about gardening and environmental education.

The Master Gardener program promotes and raises public awareness of the University of Missouri Extension as a source of unbiased, research-based gardening information. Through activities such as MU Extension hotlines or answer services, workshops, speaker’s bureaus, garden show booths, and demonstration projects, Master Gardeners provide gardening information to thousands of Missourians each year.

To become trained as a Master Gardener, an individual must complete a 30 hour core training course. Core training is offered both in person and online. Then the Master Gardener trainee is required to give 30 hours of volunteer service back to the community in approved MU Extension activities.

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Preventing and Managing Plant Diseases

Publication date: July 1, 2017

$10.00

Patricia Hosack and Lee MillerDivision of Plant SciencesThe first and best defense against plant diseases is a healthy plant, which is the main task of an accomplished gardener. Preventing and managing plant disease begins even before planting, with ...

Pruning Ornamental Trees and Shrubs

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2017

$10.00

David TrinkleinDivision of Plant SciencesPruning is an important practice for maintaining the health, size, form and vigor of trees and shrubs in the landscape. It can reduce transplanting stress by reducing leaf surface area to compensate for root ...

Soils, Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management

Publication date: Jan. 10, 2017

$10.00

Manjula V. NathanSoil Testing and Plant Diagnostic Service LaboratorySoil as a medium for plant growth can be described as a complex natural material derived from weathering of rocks and decomposition of organic materials, which provide nutrients, ...

Insects

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2017

$10.00

David TrinkleinDivision of Plant SciencesIf all mankind were to disappear tomorrow, the world would regenerate to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish, the terrestrial ecosystems would collapse into ...

Fruit Production

Publication date: July 1, 2016

$10.00

Missouri is home to almost all temperate zone fruit plants, including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, currants, blueberries, grapes, apricots, cherries, plums, nectarines, peaches, apples and pears. They can be harvested from ...

Plants and Their Environment

Publication date: July 1, 2016

$10.00

David Trinklein, Division of Plant SciencesPlants are living organisms that contain chlorophyll and use it to manufacture their own food. Their cell walls are more or less rigid and support both the individual cells and the whole structure. Even when ...

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