2021 MGIT State Course Info
Pre-Registration link for the 2021
EMG Spring Training:
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.
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 |
|
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 |
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 |