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Master gardener training day 1
- 1. Master Gardener Training Day 1 Bart Renner North Carolina Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners January 9th, 2018
- 2. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service • Started in 1914 with the “Smith-Lever Act”, which formalized the Cooperative Extension Service. • Started in 1917 in Transylvania County • We are in all 100 Counties in NC (and EBCI) • We “Empower people and provide solutions” • “We are the link between the research being done at the Universities and it’s practical application on the ground”
- 3. Cooperative Extension in Transylvania County • Bart Renner- Local Foods/ CED • Mary Arnaudin- 4-H • Addison Bradley- Livestock and Row Crops • Cliff Ruth- Commercial Horticulture • Sara Freeman- EFNEP and Ag PA • Maryann Mickewicz- Professional Assistant
- 4. Master Gardener Program • Started in 1979 • Extension Master Gardener volunteers work with NC Cooperative Extension to provide gardeners with unbiased, research based information on: • gardens • Lawns • landscapes.
- 5. Expectations • Assist with Educational Programs in this County • Teach unbiased, science based information • Learn the major issues gardeners face locally • Bring past experiences and expertise to your local community • Professionally represent the Master Gardener program and Cooperative Extension
- 6. Misconceptions • “I’m here to learn how to grow my garden better.” • “You have to be an expert to sign up for the Master Gardener Volunteer Class” • “I’ll be an expert after I take this class” • “This is a class on organic gardening”
- 7. Interacting with your Clients: GOALS and Issues Tools and solutions
- 8. What does your client’s Toolbox look like?
- 9. “Research Based Information”????? • How do we know, what we know? • Facts? • Supported by a body of peer reviewed literature? • Statistically significant results from a replicated design
- 10. Gardening in Transylvania County: • Rainfall average: 73 inches • Average First frost: • October 20th • Average last frost: May 10th • Hardiness zone: 6B/7 • Spring moves north at 15 miles per day • For every 1000 feet expect a temp lower by 3.5 degrees
- 11. Knowing your resources • Extension Master gardener handbook
- 12. Know Your Resources • Transylvania County Extension Website
- 13. Know your resources: • NCDA- Agronomic Services
- 14. Knowing your resources • Transylvania County GIS
- 15. Know your resources • Horticulture portal
- 16. Know your Resources • Extension Plants portal:
- 17. Knowing your resources • Plant disease and Insect Clinic
- 18. Ag Chem manual
- 20. Pollinator Garden at Ranger station
- 21. Pollinator Garden at Silvermont
- 22. Cradle of forestry- 2009
- 23. Cradle of Forestry- 2014
- 24. Farmers Market
- 25. Rain Garden at the Library
- 27. Plant Sale
- 29. Honeybee Expo
- 30. Farm Fair
- 31. Spring Symposium
- 32. Spring Symposium
- 33. Spring symposium
- 34. Halloweenfest
- 36. Christmas Party
- 38. Today’s advice: “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” -Brian Gerald O’Driscoll
Editor's Notes
- After gaining permission, we planted common milkweed in the area 1 closest to the building. A few years later, another area (area 5) was established with swamp milkweed. The other areas 1-3 and 5 are for nectar sources for any pollinator who visits. Area 4 is a fern garden. PRS sees about 100,000 visitors a year, so the focus of this project is to teach visitors as well as volunteers about what’s in the garden and why its there. We stop whatever we are working on to talk to people who are interested in these gardens, but a lot of the time, visitors want to talk about their own gardens which is educational as well.