Advanced Master Gardener

Land Care at MG College 2008

Advanced Master Gardener Land Care Steward

Master Gardener College, 2008

June 18-22, 2008, Blacksburg VA

Wednesday, June 18^th, 2008

Torgersen Hall Room 1050

9:00- 9:30      Welcome, Introduction to Land Care Stewards and Advanced Master Gardening, Course expectations and Service requirements.  Frank Reilly, Research Fellow, LMI, and Prince William Master Gardener Volunteer.  UNIT 1

9:30- 10:15     Reduce Yard Waste by Reusing Materials. Frank Reilly, Research Fellow, LMI, and Prince William Master Gardener Volunteer.  UNIT 2

10:15-10:30     Break

10:30-12:00     Gardening for Wildlife Habitat Enhancement, Suzie Leslie, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech and Virginia Master Naturalist UNIT 5

12:00-12:45     Lunch

12:45-2:00       Land Care Stewardship Programs that Work: Initiation, Implementation, and Lessons Learned.  Hanover County Advanced Master Gardeners: Land Care Stewards, Including: Sherry Giese and Emily Gianfortoni. UNIT 6

2:00-3:15         Reuse and Recycle: Composting, a Partnership with Hanover Department of Public Works.  . Hanover County Advanced Master Gardeners: Land Care Stewards, Including:  Sherry Giese and Emily Gianfortoni. UNIT 4

3:15-3:30         Break

3:30-4:45         Landscaping to reduce yard waste, Tom Martin, Instructor, Agricultural Technology, Virginia Tech. UNIT 2

4:45-5:??         Wrap up of day one and questions.

Thursday, June 20^th, 2008

Torgersen Hall Room 1050

9:00- 12:00      Wildland Urban Interface and Fire.  Home protection from wildland fires, Firewise landscaping and Firewise communities.  David Richert, CF, RC&D Forester-Western Virginia, Virginia Department of Forestry. UNIT 5

12:00-1:00       Lunch

1:00-5:00         Firewise Community Tour with David Richert, Forester with the Virginia Department of Forestry.  Take a first-hand look at real-life FireWise management examples. Visit local homeowners’ private property and see the management strategies they have adopted to protect themselves against Wildland fires. Mr. Richert will discuss an incentive plan funded by the VDOF to assist homeowners in ‘FireWising’ their own landscape and property. UNIT 5 & 6

Friday June 21^st, 2008

8:30 – 9:00      Welcome Addresses from Dean Sharron Quisenberry, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and Dr. Mark McCann, Director of Virginia Cooperative Extension. UNIT 1

9:00-9:30         State of Virginia Cooperative Extension. Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Extension. UNIT 1& 6

9:30-10:00       Beautiful Gardens. Fred Duis. UNIT 2

10:00 – 10:30 Sexy Trees. Alex Niemiera, Professor, Department of Hortuculture, Virginia Tech University  UNIT 2 & 5

10:30-11:00     Break

11:00-12:00     Bob Lyons, Director of Graduate Studies, Longwood Gardens and University of Delaware. UNIT 5

12:00-1:00       Lunch

1:30-3:30         Exotic Invasives. Alex Niemiera, VT Department of Horticulture, will provide a comprehensive look at the serious impact exotic invasive plant species have on the natural environment. He will discuss the balance between exotic and native plants in the home landscape. In addition, he will cover indicators that an exotic may or may not be an invasive. Torgersen Hall Room 1050 UNIT 5

3:30-5:00         Interactions Between Humans and Wildlife. Jim Parkhurst, VT Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Human-wildlife interaction occurs when humans come in contact with wildlife either intentionally or unintentionally. These contacts may be either positive or negative, ranging from people feeding and watching birds, to deer eating shrubs, to potential life threatening events like moose-car collisions. Learn the latest scoop about the confl ict between man and beast. You’ll hear about deer, coyotes, and more.  Torgersen Hall Room 1050 UNIT 5

Saturday June 21^st, 2008

9:00-10:30       Envisioning a New Wilderness. Rick Darke. Ecological Design for the Home Landscape. UNIT 2 & 5

10:30-11:00     Break

11:00-12:00     Your Garden Has Issues. Holly Scoggins. When did this get so complicated?! Holly dips a toe into some hot topics and hoopla including invasive plants, “green” products, water restrictions, etc. UNIT 2 & 5

12:00-1:30       Lunch

1:30-5:00         Extension Programming. Nancy Franz, Extension Specialist, VT. Required for Land Stewards; open to all Advanced MGs. Learn how to research community needs, determine appropriate teaching methods to meet needs, ensure staffi ng/resources, and plan for continual improvement.  Torgersen Hall Room 1000 UNIT 6

Sunday June 22^nd, 2008

9:00-9:45         The Gardens of Spain. Robert McDuffie. Sit back, relax, and take a journey with Robert as he travels through the gardens of Spain. UNIT 2 & 5

9:45 – 11:00    Sex in the Garden. Rick Fell. Just what are those insects up to anyway? Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech. UNIT 5

11:00 – 11:45  Colston Burrell. UNIT 2 & 5

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