Home Horticulture

The Home Horticulture Program offers programs and workshops to interested individuals in a variety of horticulture areas.

What Is the Maryland Cooperative Extension?

The University of Maryland Cooperative Extension is one arm of the University's College of Agriculture. The mission of Extension is to educate citizens to apply practical, research-based knowledge to critical issues facing individuals, families, communities, the State and our global partners. In Carroll County, the Extension offers research-based educational programs, workshops and seminars as well as informational literature in Agriculture, 4-H Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences and Residential Environmental Management. Within Residential Environmental Management, regular programs are offered on topics related to gardening and pest management.

The Master Gardener Program

The Master Gardener Program is a volunteer training program conducted annually by Cooperative Extension. Volunteers are instructed in the following areas:

• Botany
• Entomology
• Soils
• Vegetable Gardening
• Composting
• Trees and Shrubs
• Plant Pathology
• Lawn Care
• IPM
• Native Plants
• Perennials & Annuals
• Pruning

How do I become a Master Gardener?

By successfully completing the training program and then volunteering your time through the program's volunteer activities.