Master Gardener Class

2021 MGIT State Course Info

 

Pre-Registration link for the 2021 EMG Spring Training:

Zoom Meeting Registration

To help track attendance of those watching the youtube, please fill out the attendance sheet as you complete the training.  Links to past meetings will be in the Topic of the schedule below as they become available.

Download the attendance sheet here

Under normal circumstances, the WVU Extension Master Gardener Program is offered through our local WVU Extension Service offices. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the training program has been migrated to an online platform. You will still need to contact your local WVU Extension Service office to go over the registration, fees, paperwork and how to get the manuals.

Cabell County Master Gardeners is offering this online class including a one year membership to CCMG.  If interested, choose from the following options: 

Hardcopy manual, plus membership $97.00

PDF copy electronic manual plus membership - $52.00

For more information or to register, contact Evan Wilson at the Cabell County Extension office.

(304) 526-8458

Or message us on Facebook

The Spring 2021 training series will run from February 18 until June 10.

Over the course of the 17-week online training program, you will receive 51 hours of instruction in a variety of topics, including botany, plant propagation, entomology, pesticides and pest management, plant disease, soil science and nutritional management, turfgrass management, vegetable gardening, tree fruits, small fruit, pruning, landscape design, woody ornamentals, indoor plants, herbaceous plants and garden wildlife management.

From there, pass a test and complete 40 hours of initial volunteer work and you’ll have earned the right to call yourself a WVU Extension Master Gardener.

Please note that all interested participants will still have to go through their local WVU Extension office to sign up for the program and complete all necessary paperwork. All prospective trainees must undergo the WVU Extension Service volunteer selection process. This process includes a background check, references and an interview.

 

In order to attend any session, you will have to register:

Schedule for the 2021 Online WVU Extension Master Gardener Program 

Spring Training Sessions  

 

Date

Topic

 

Instructor

Hours

1

2/18

Introduction to EMG Program


History of Extension & Master Gardening


Mira

Danilovich, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Consumer Horticulture

3

2

2/25

Pruning

Learn the art and science of pruning. Why do you need to prune, how often, when and how? These are some of the basic approaches you will get to hear about.

Mira

3

3

3/4

Wildlife Management

An overview of wildlife friends and foes.

Sheldon Owen, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Wildlife  

 

4

 

3/11

Soil Science

*Required class

Learn about physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil, learn all about essential elements and their role, learn how to take a sample for testing and how to interpret lab results and use them to correct certain parameters to maintain nutritional balance thus optimal environment for the plant development and growth, and more.

 

 

Emily Morrow, WVU Extension Service Agent – Jefferson County

3

5

3/18

Introduction to Plant Science-Botany

*Required class

Introduction to the classification of plants and their nomenclature. Learn about plant parts and their function. Get to know basic principles of plant physiology, environmental factors influencing plant development and growth, and plant nutrition.

Jeanne Rushin, New River Master Gardener

Handout

3

6

 

3/25

 

Entomology

*Required class

Get to know the basics of the bug world. Learn how to tell apart the “good guys” from the non-welcomed visitors to our gardens. Learn to recognize the symptoms of various insect injuries and the best methods for their control.

 

 

Carlos Quesada, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Entomology

 

3

 

7

 

4/1

Vegetable Gardening

 

An introduction to vegetable gardening, covering topics from planning and establishments to maintenance and harvest.

 

Lewis Jett, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Commercial Horticulture

3

8

4/8

Plant Propagation

An introduction to the processes of sexual and asexual plant multiplication to increase their numbers, perpetuate the species and/or cultivars.

Brandy Brabham, ANR-Extension Agent, Roane County

3

Grafting

One of the vegetative propagation techniques

Mira Danilovich, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Consumer Horticulture

9

4/15

Tree Fruits

An introduction to fruit tree establishment considerations, site, rootstock, variety, insect and disease complex, and mineral nutrition.

Mira Danilovich, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Consumer Horticulture

3

10

4/22

Small Fruits

An introduction to growing blueberries, grapes, brambles, strawberries, gooseberries, currents, elderberries and other less common small fruit, covering topics from establishment, insect and disease complex management to mineral nutrition considerations.

 

Mira Danilovich,

WVU Extension Service Specialist – Consumer Horticulture

3

11

4/29

Landscape Design

Considerations for a good, well-balanced landscape design.

Jeanne Rushin, EMG New River MG Association

3

12

5/6

Plant Diseases

*Required class

An introduction to the most common plant diseases and environmental conditions favoring disease development. Learn how to recognize common symptoms and their causes as well as ways for their prevention and control.

 

Mahfuz Rahman, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Plant Pathology

3

13

5/13

 Herbs

An overview of various herbs’ origins and uses.

Rosalie Bares, EMG, Berkeley/Jefferson

1

14

Pollinators

 

Mary Beth Bennett, ANR Extension Agent, Berkeley County 

2

15

5/20

Pesticides and Pest Management

*Required class

Develop an understanding of pesticide labels, their formulations, safe use of pesticides, safe storage of pesticides, alternatives to pesticides, principles of integrated pest management (IPM), environmental impact of pesticides and more.

Carlos Quesada, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Entomology

3

16

5/27

Woody Ornamentals

Learn about selecting and caring for woody ornamental plants, including native species and invasive plants.

Karen Cox, WVU Extension Service Agent – Ohio County

3

 

17

6/3

Indoor Plants

 

 

 

 

 

Mira Danilovich, WVU Extension Service Specialist – Consumer Horticulture

1.5

18

The Art of Bonsai

An introduction to the ancient art of cultivation and shaping of one or more small trees growing in a small, shallow container.

Randy Rader, Kanawha County Master Gardener

1.5

19

  6/10

Turfgrass Management

Provides instructions from proper grass selection for the given area to establishment and maintenance of a healthy and vigorous lawn.

Brandy Brabham, ANR-Extension Agent, Roane County

3