Advanced Master Gardener

Welcome to the home page for Advanced Master Gardener of Virginia Cooperative Extension. Take a look at What's New in our web.

The purpose of this web site is to provide a central repository for information and resources for Virginia Cooperative Extension Advanced Master Gardeners.  Currently there are three Advanced Master Gardener Programs:

Land Care

Tree Stewards

Water Quality

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What's New

The following is a list of recent additions to our web. Whenever we publish a paper, provide a new resource, submit a status report, or add anything else to our web, we'll put a notice here. Every month we'll remove the oldest items. The most recent changes are listed first, and each item is linked to the page with the updated content.

 
May 2010

This year Advanced Master Gardener Training will be available at MG College in Water Quality.  Click here for details

June 2009

Advanced Master Gardener - Tree Stewards training will be offered at Master Gardener College this year.  Click here for more details.

November 2008

Barb Stewart from the National Park Service, Dave Close, The Virginia Cooperative Extension State Master Gardener Coordinator, and Land Care Steward Advanced Master Gardener, Frank Reilly offered a training session on the Virginia Advanced Master Gardener Land Care Steward Program at the International Firewise Communities Backyards & Beyond Conference in Tampa Florida.  Click here to see a PowerPoint presentation summarizing their approach.

June 2008

16 Advanced Master Gardeners completed Land Care Stewardship Training in conjunction with Master Gardener College.

June 1st 2007.

• Advanced Master Gardener - Water Quality will be offered prior to MG College 2007.  Check here for details.
• This year's Advanced Master Gardener - Water Quality training will be offered as a Service Learning course from Virginia Tech.  Teachers and others wanting to pay tuition can take this course for credit!  Click here for details

• Advanced Master Gardener Training for Tree Stewards was offered just before MG College began. Thirteen candidates began the Advanced Master Gardener Training on Wednesday before of MG College; and most completed the required a set curriculum of classes throughout the college.  In addition they will work in the home Unit to assess community needs and develop the plans to meet those needs; followed by a project, and continued service. Advanced Master Gardeners receive advanced technical and programmatic training in a specific area. Right now that can be Trees Stewards, Advanced Master Gardener - Water Quality, and Advanced Master Gardener - Land Care. The Advanced Master Gardener will then be expected to perform at least 30 hours of program-specific volunteer work to become certified as an Advanced Master Gardener - Tree Steward. This commitment is above and beyond the volunteer commitment to remain a Master Gardener. Likewise in order to remain an Advanced Master Gardner, participants will need to contribute volunteer hours above and beyond that required fro Master Gardeners.

June 14, 2006

•  Advanced Master Gardener - Tree Steward Training to be offered at Master Gardener College, 2006 Beginning on Wednesday June 21st and continuing throughout the College at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg VA.  Click here for more details.

January 2, 2006

• Northeast Regional Office New Handbook Addresses Wildland Urban Interface Issues Press release on National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management Web Site: http://www.nps.gov/fire/public/pub_fir05_nero_handbook.html

December 29, 2005

• National Park Service announces availability of Advanced Master Gardener Land Care Training program and materials: http://www.nps.gov/applications/digest/printheadline.cfm?type=Announcements&id=4088

September 23, 2005

• Web version of the Master Gardener - Land Care Steward is now available.

July 30, 2005

• Hanover County Master Gardeners began their training in Land Care

June 23, 2005

• The initial Land Care Steward Training session at Blacksburg began.

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