September is just around the corner! That means cooler weather, fall sports and the Extension Master Gardener Basic Training course. You can be a pro or a novice, this program is for anyone! Are you interested in learning about flowers, vegetables, landscaping trees, turf, or growing plants, etc.? Are you interested in volunteering? K-State Research and Extension-Harvey County is accepting applications for the fall 2023 Basic Master Gardener class.
Master Gardener trainees are instructed in the areas of landscaping, soils, plant diseases, insects, herbs, flowers and turf, trees and shrubs, gardening, vegetables, fruit, and landscaping among others. The teachers of the class are Kansas State University experts, horticulture industry personnel, and county extension agents. Trainees receive approximately 40 hours of instruction on Thursdays from mid-September to mid-December. In return, the new trainee returns 40 hours of volunteer time the following year to extension through various activities such as: The Giving Garden, garden tours, The Harvey County Home and Garden show, flower bed displays, etc.
The fee for the program is $125.
If you have an interest in this program or would like to learn more, stop by the extension office in the basement of the courthouse at 8th and Main in Newton, or call me at 284-6930. Master Gardener classes start on Thursdays beginning September 14 and end December 14, 2023. Enrollment ends September 5,2023.
