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Training &
Certification |
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INTERESTED
IN
BECOMING
A
HILL
COUNTRY
MASTER
GARDENER? |
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Applications
for the
2011
class
will be
accepted
August
1, 2010
through
October
31, 2010
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Training |
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Any
resident of Kerr, Gillespie, Bandera, or other
surrounding counties who wishes to become a Hill
Country Master Gardener must make application,
complete an interview and pay $175 tuition. |
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When
accepted
into the
Master
Gardener
program,
students
attend
once-a-week
training
sessions
January
through
April.
Classes
are
taught
by Texas
A&M
horticulture
specialists,
staff,
and area
horticulture
experts.
The
program
offers
more
than 50
hours of
instruction
covering
such
topics
as
shrub,
tree,
and lawn
care;
insect,
disease,
and weed
management;
soils
and
plant
nutrition;
vegetable
and
flower
gardening;
water
conservation;
and safe
environmental
practices. |
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Certification |
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In
exchange
for the
50 hours
of
training,
participants
must
volunteer
50 hours
of their
time
within
one
year.
Interns
become
certified
Texas
Master
Gardeners
when the
volunteer
commitment
is
fulfilled.
Hours
are
earned
through
organization
activities
and
service
projects.
Master
Gardeners
are
representatives
of the
Texas
AgriLife
Extension
Service.
In all
volunteer
work
related
to the
program,
Master
Gardeners
follow
the
research-based
recommendations
of the
Extension
Service. |
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To
maintain
certification,
Master
Gardeners
must
fulfill
25
volunteer
hours
and six
continuing
education
hours
yearly.
Master
Gardeners
– all
gardeners
– never
stop
learning.
The
first
Wednesday
of each
month
Hill
Country
Master
Gardeners
meet to
hear a
speaker
present
information
on some
aspect
of
gardening.
Committee
reports
are
heard
and
ongoing
projects
are
discussed
as well. |
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Applications
for the
2011
class
will be
accepted
August
1, 2010
through
October
31, 2010
A Letter
from the
Education
Chairman
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View
and
print
the 2011
application
View the
2010
class
schedule
as an
example
of the
scope of
the
training
classes
If you
have
further
questions
call
830.257.6568
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Meet the
2010
graduates! |
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Are you
a Master Gardener and a new resident of the
Hill Country?
Would you like
to transfer your
membership?
We invite you to join us
Propagation
Class
First, a Power Point
show
A variety of plants
were used in the
propagation class
Propagation
Class
hands on learning
AND HANDS DOWN,
Billy Kniffen's
presentation
to the class was one
of the most popular
during
the entire course
Known as the number
one rainwater
specialist
in the country,
Kniffen demonstrates
the rainwater
simulator to the
class
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