VCE Advanced Master Gardener

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Advanced Master GardenerLand Care

• Introduction
• Frank Reilly

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Tree Stewards
• Water
• Land care
• Wildlife/Habitat
• Others

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Proposed by National Park Service sponsor
• Developed by Department of Horticulture
• 10 years of effort
• 2 years of final preparation and review
• Initial Training
• Please be constructively critical

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Open to Master Gardeners
• Technical Training
• Programmatic Training
• Internship period
• Project
• Service

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Technical Training
• Unit 1 Overview
• Unit 2 Reduce Yardwaste
• Unit 3 Reuse Yardwaste
• Unit 4 Recycle Yardwaste
• Unit 5 Living at the Wildland/Urban Interface

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Unit 1 Overview
• OBJECTIVES
• Gain an understanding of the purpose and
  organization of Master GardenerLand Care.
• Gain an understanding the problems with current
  approaches to land management systems and the
  need for new solutions.
• Learn the three Rs Reduce, reuse recycle.
• Familiarize yourself with the issues inherent in
  living at the Wildland-Urban Interface.
• Complete and return volunteer agreement form.
• Understanding Land Care
• Why there is a need for Land Care Stewards?
• What is the place of Land Care Stewards in the
  community?
• Becoming a Land Care Steward
• Introduction to the program
• Creating a lasting impact through education

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Unit 2 Reduce Yardwaste
• Objectives
• Understand the basic principles of yardwaste
  management.
• Learn the design principles that can reduce
  yardwaste.
• Learn management techniques that can reduce
  yardwaste.
• Understanding Yardwaste Management
• Yardwaste reduction through landscape design
• Landscaping for less in the landfill
• Planning your landscape
• Plant selection
• Plant placing
• Lawn alternatives
• Yardwaste reduction through Landscape Management
• Preventing plant damage
• Diagnosing and treating plant damage

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Reuse Yardwaste
• OBJECTIVES
• Understand the concept of reusing yardwaste
  through mulching.
• Understand how to mulch and the benefits of
  mulching.
• Brush piles and other creative uses of yardwaste
• Understanding Yardwaste Management
• Mulching as a yardwaste management tool
• Mulching materials
• Uses for mulch
• The benefits of mulching

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Recycle Yardwaste
• OBJECTIVES
• Learn the basics of composting organisms,
  decomposition, materials, and environmental
  factors.
• Learn how to make and maintain a compost pile.
• Learn how compost is used in the home landscape.
• Understanding Land Care Management
• Composting defined
• Composting biology organisms and decomposition
• Materials used in compost
• Environmental factors Creating compost
• How to construct a compost pile
• Compost pile designs
• Maintenance of the compost pile
• Uses for compost and organic matter in the home
  landscape
• Improving the soil

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Advanced Master Gardener Programs

• Unit 5 Living at the Wildland/Urban Interface
• Objectives
• Understand the concept of the wildland-urban
  interface
• Learn about fire behaviour
• Understand and plan for survival in wildfire.
• Learn how to plan for Wildlife Habitat
• Understand Wildlife Damage issues
• Understand Invasive Species issues and practices
• Understanding Land Care Management
• Wildfire issues
• Wildlife Issues
• Wildlife Damage Management
• Wildlife Enhancement
• Invasive Species

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The Manual

• Manual organization
• Outline
• Suggested readings
• Other resources
• Some programmatic materials
• Program-specific supplement.
• Programmatic Training Manual

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Unit 1 OverviewOBJECTIVES Gain an understanding
of the purpose and organization of Master
Gardener Land Care

• Purpose
• Volunteer Programmers Educators
• Extend VCEs reach
• Develop Community-based Programs
• Learn, Teach, Manage Good Land Care Management

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Gain an understanding the problems with current
approaches to land management systems and the
need for new solutions.

• The Wildland/Urban Interface
• More clients
• More interactions with fire
• More interactions with wildlife
• More yardwaste issues

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Learn the three Rs Reduce, reuse recycle.

• Reduce Yardwaste
• Reuse Yardwaste
• Recycle Yardwaste
• Benefits
• Less Waste
• Cost Effective
• Resource Conservation
• Empowerment
• Environmental Improvement

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Familiarize yourself with the issues inherent in
living at the Wildland-Urban Interface

• Wildlife Damage
• Wildlife Enhancement
• Fire Safety
• Invasive Species

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Complete and return volunteer agreement form

• Master Gardener/Land Care Steward
• Training and Volunteer Agreement Form
• Name_____________________________________________
  ______________________________
• Mailing Address__________________________________
  ________________________________
• City_____________________ County________________
  _ State___________ Zip code _______
• Street Address (if different from above)
  _______________________________________________
• City_____________________ County
  ________________ State __________ Zip code
  _______
• Daytime telephone ( )
  Evening telephone (
  )_____________________
• This form constitutes an agreement between
  _____________________ County Virginia Cooperative
  Extension (VCE) and the Master Gardener/Land Care
  trainee listed above. The trainee agrees to
  complete the entire VCE MGLCS course which
  consists of two parts, _____ hours of classroom
  training and _____ hours of field internship in
  the community under the auspice of VCE during the
  period __________________________________ to
  ________________________. At that time, if
  volunteer training work has been satisfactorily
  completed, the trainee listed above shall become
  a Master Gardener/Land Care Steward entitled to
  fully participate in the Master Gardener/Land
  Care Steward program. In support of this
  contract, VCE will provide the training, assist
  in identifying and approving the community
  internship experience, and provide supervisory
  expertise to fulfill this experience. VCE will
  also provide an official nametag and certificate
  of achievement for program completion. The MGLCS,
  as a trainee, intern, and volunteer educator,
  will receive the same liability insurance as the
  Extension agent when working on authorized
  programs.
• I, _______________________, the MGLCS trainee,
  understand the above agreement and further
  understand that the Extension agent may require
  specific types of internship work to satisfy this
  agreement. I also understand that to maintain
  Master Gardener/Land Care Steward status, I will
  conduct additional educational programming in the
  amount of 20 hours each year to reach goals
  agreed on by the local MGLCS. These activities
  must be approved by the Extension agent.
• I further agree that the title of Master
  Gardener/Land Care Steward will only be used for
  non-profit volunteer education purposes
  associated with the VCE Master Gardener/Land Care
  Steward program and will not be used in any
  business advertising or other for-profit
  activity.
• Trainee Signature _______________________________
  _________________________________
• Extension Office_______________________________
  E-Mail address _____________________
• Date________________ Agent signature
  _____________________________________________
• (Xerox 2 copies original to agents files, copy
  to OCH, copy to MGLCS trainee.)
• Page 52

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Requirements

• Complete and return volunteer agreement form
• Complete Technical Training
• Complete Programmatic Training
• Prepare a project
• Report on the project
• Complete Internship
• Continued volunteer activity

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Questions Feedback

• Do you understand what is entailed?
• Is this introduction thorough?
• Any suggestions?
• Any criticisms?