Master Gardener State Office Continuing Education Opportunities
In order to maintain the status of Active Master Gardener, Master Gardener volunteers must complete at least 10 hours of continuing education each year. Register for upcoming continuing education opportunities below and recordings of previous continuing education webinars near the bottom of this page. For any inquiries, please email statemg@umd.edu.
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Summer Grow It Eat It Meeting
Join your fellow GIEI volunteers for community garden tours, lessons from our GIEI experts, and updates from all the county GIEI programs! We're excited to have our UME Master Gardeners in Queen Anne's County hosting us. We'll start at the community garden at Galilee Lutheran Church, then move to the community garden at Bay Bridge Cove. Bring a potluck dish for lunch and any produce or seeds you would like to share!
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Adventures in Medium-Scale Food Scraps Composting
See and learn about innovative, real-world techniques used by ECO City Farms in Bladensburg, MD. Benny Erez, Director of Urban Agriculture and Compost Guru, will lead the on-site tour and explain their systems for composting food waste using redworms, forced aeration, and shipping containers. Other discussion topics will include adding biochar and clay to feedstocks, assessing compost quality, and using compost to improve soils. Some of the composting work is supported by a U.S. EPA grant.
Know Your Food From Seed to Soil!: A Grow It Eat It Continuing Education Series
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IPM for Backyard and Community Vegetable and Fruit Growing
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 | 9 am - 12 pm | Virtual over Zoom | Free
Join Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist and Home & Garden Information Center Director Jon Traunfeld to learn the latest organic IPM techniques for your fruit and vegetable gardens! Jon will assist volunteers in diagnosing fruit and vegetable plant samples. Participants will receive a PDF of the vegetable and plant diagnostics workbook.
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Reduce Your Waste with Composting
Thursday, September 8th, 2022 | 9:30 am - 4 pm | Quiet Waters Park | Annapolis, MD
Join us for a beautiful and educational day learning about composting at Quiet Waters Park! Presentations from the UME MGs in Anne Arundel County will show you different types of composting containers and how they can work for you.
Recorded Webinars, Online Classes, and Resources
State Master Gardener Program
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Seed Starting and Planning Your Garden for Climate Change | Resources
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Sustainable Food Systems in the Era of Climate Change and Pandemics: Can we have it all?
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A Common Sense Approach to Pest Control: Integrated Pest Management
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The Role of Therapeutic Horticulture in Wellness and Recovery
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Ask a MG Plant Clinic Statewide Meeting | Slides & Resources
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Seed Saving 101: Native Plant Seed Saving | Slides & Resources | Native Seed Starting Passcode: Seeds@2020
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Climate & Sustainability Webinars
Local Master Gardener Programs
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Baltimore City Garden Anywhere
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Cecil County Adding Native Plants to Your Landscape 1 | Basic Botany
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Charles County Unique Fruit for Home Landscapes | Getting Started with Vegetable Gardening
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Queen Anne's County Spotted Lanternfly Updates 1/16/19 | Introduction to Wild Bees
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Western Cluster (Allegany, Garrett & Washington Counties) Small Fruit for the Home Garden | Home Horticulture Playlist
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Wicomico County (Lower Eastern Shore) Delmarva Gardens Youtube Playlist | Cole Crops
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Recorded and Upcoming Webinars To view Master Gardener specific learning opportunities, type Master Gardener into the search box.
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University of Nebraska Extention Arthro-Pod Podcast
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Oregon State University Extension Horticulture Updates | Pesticides, People, and Polinators: Answer to Tricky Pesticide Questions for Master Gardeners
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University of Florida Extension Master Gardener Webinars
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Iowa State University Webinars and Webcasts
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PennState Extension Online Courses and Videos | Urban Forestry Webinars
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NC State Extension Webinars
Additional Resources
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University of Illinois Gardening in the Air Playlist
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College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Social Media Presentation | Social Media Image Size Guide | UMD Social Media Guidelines
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Maryland Agriculture Nutrient Management Program Webinars | Videos See Educational Videos near the bottom of the page.
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Woodland Stewardship Education Online Courses
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Mid-Atlantic Women in Agriculture Webinars
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AGNR Department of Environmental Science and Technology No-till Veggies: Harnessing the Power of Cover Crops
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Monarch Joint Venture Monarch Conservation Webinar Series
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Northern IPM Center The IPM Toolbox Webinar Series
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Plant Management Network Woody Plants for Urban Bee Conservation Webcast
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Southern Regional Extension Forestry Program The Forestry Webinar Portal
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Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) Tree Fund Webinars