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The Smart Yard Care Book is available! Click here to see sample chapters and find out how to order!Master Gardeners wishing to become Advanced Master Gardener - Land Care Stewards will need to purchase a copy of the Handbook and complete programmatic training. This Handbook is available from the Office of Consumer Horticulture at Virginia Tech. Click here to find out how to obtain copies of both required texts. The Advanced Master Gardener - Land Care Handbook is divided into 6 Units of study. Use the links below to access the Units and their contents. The goals for each unit are given on the page devoted to each unit of study as is a suggested reading list, and a number of learning resources including PowerPoint presentations, links to on-line publications, and other sources for useful material.
Unit 1 Becoming a Master Gardener Land Care Steward Unit 2 Land Care Planning And Management To Reduce Yardwaste Unit 4 Recycling Yardwaste: Composting Unit 5 Stewardship At The Wildland-Urban Interface Unit 6 Programming and Project Planning Note that many of the documents on this web site require specialized software to view. Check out our free Downloads page to obtain the necessary software.
Editors:
Francis J. Reilly, Jr. The Reilly Group Sarah
Lineberger, Virginia State Master Gardener
Coordinator (previous) Sheri
T. Dorn, Virginia State Master Gardener Coordinator (previous) Project
Directors: Diane Relf
Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture Dave
Close, Project
Monitor: Barb Funding
provided in part by: National
Park Service ©2005
All Rights Reserved Department
of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and No part of this handbook can be reprinted without the written permission of the original editor or copyright holder. For more information please contact Dave Close, State Master Gardener Coordinator, Office of Consumer Horticulture, 407 Saunders Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327 |
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