The deadline to enroll in the Master Gardener Program is Tuesday, May 31.
The core course training will be held on Fridays for 6 weeks starting June 3 to July 8 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The class will break for one and half hours for lunch. The classes will be held at Butler County Extension Center located at 614 Lindsay, Suite 3 in Poplar Bluff. There will be face to face instruction and hands-on activities.
The cost of the class is $200, which includes the Master Gardener Core Manual, course materials, state fees and speaker fees. Registration deadline is June 1. The program will cover the subjects of plant anatomy, soils and fertility, annuals and perennials, fruits and brambles, vegetable gardening, lawn care, insects, landscaping, propagation and plant disease.
To become trained as a Master Gardener, an individual must attend a 30 hour classroom Core Course training. Then the Master Gardener trainee is required to give 30 hours of volunteer service back to their community in approved University of Missouri Extension activities.
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 throughout Missouri promotes and raises public awareness of the University of Missouri Extension as a source of unbiased, research based gardening information.
Through activities such as Extension newsletter articles, workshops, speaker’s bureaus, garden show booths and demonstration projects, Master Gardeners provide gardening information to thousands of Missourians each year throughout the state.
Registration is encouraged online at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/extension-master-gardener-training-in-poplar-bluff-mo. For more information, contact Donna Aufdenberg at 573-243-3581 or aufdenbergd@missouri.edu.