Comments on: CCE Master Gardener Volunteer logo http://blogs.cce.cornell.edu/community-horticulture A program of the Cornell University Department of Horticulture Garden-Based Learning Institute Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:20:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lori Bushway http://blogs.cce.cornell.edu/community-horticulture/mgv-program/resources-for-volunteers-program-managers/cce-master-gardener-volunteer-logo/comment-page-1/#comment-83186 Lori Bushway Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:29:12 +0000 http://blogs.cce.cornell.edu/community-horticulture/mgv-program/resources-for-volunteers-program-managers/cce-master-gardener-volunteer-logo/#comment-83186 In New York State and most other states the Master Gardener program is a volunteer service program. The Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) program is managed by individual counties in New York State there is no volunteer opportunities out of the state office. Volunteer training occurs at different intervals for each county. Host counties select applicants from their pool of residents of that county. It is "unlikely that a county" will select an applicant from another county. Core horticulture training is the first requirement of the Master Gardener Volunteer Program, followed by an agreement to volunteer at the host county for one or more years. Once you stop volunteering you are no longer a Master Gardener. It is not a certificate program. To find out the training schedule in your county find their contact information on this site: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/counties.html To find out more about the Master Gardener Volunteer program in general visit: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/education/mgprogram/index.html You might also be interested in distance learning classes from Cornell. The content of our Organic Gardening course is very similar to the Master Gardener Volunteer training program: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/education/index.html In New York State and most other states the Master Gardener program is a volunteer service program. The Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) program is managed by individual counties in New York State there is no volunteer opportunities out of the state office. Volunteer training occurs at different intervals for each county. Host counties select applicants from their pool of residents of that county. It is “unlikely that a county” will select an applicant from another county. Core horticulture training is the first requirement of the Master Gardener Volunteer Program, followed by an agreement to volunteer at the host county for one or more years. Once you stop volunteering you are no longer a Master Gardener. It is not a certificate program.

To find out the training schedule in your county find their contact information on this site: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/counties.html

To find out more about the Master Gardener Volunteer program in general visit:
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/education/mgprogram/index.html

You might also be interested in distance learning classes from Cornell. The content of our Organic Gardening course is very similar to the Master Gardener Volunteer training program: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/education/index.html

]]> By: bill moffett http://blogs.cce.cornell.edu/community-horticulture/mgv-program/resources-for-volunteers-program-managers/cce-master-gardener-volunteer-logo/comment-page-1/#comment-83142 bill moffett Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:38:42 +0000 http://blogs.cce.cornell.edu/community-horticulture/mgv-program/resources-for-volunteers-program-managers/cce-master-gardener-volunteer-logo/#comment-83142 Interested in CCE master gardener education programs. Please contact me. Tel okay: 607 535-9721 or email. Interested in CCE master gardener education programs. Please contact me. Tel okay: 607 535-9721 or email.

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