YOU could be a Master Gardener if:

• You want to learn more about plants and gardening
• You are eager to participate in a practical and intensive training program
• You enjoy sharing your knowledge with others
• You have enough time to attend training and volunteer your time to the community

The Master Gardener Program provides intensive training in horticulture to interested gardeners who then volunteer their time assisting with educational programs and activities for Ohio residents through their Ohio State University County Extension Office. 

Working with Extension personnel, Master Gardeners provide such services to their communities as answering gardening questions, conducting plant clinics, working with youth or the elderly, beautifying the community, developing community or demonstration gardens, and other horticultural activities.

The Master Gardener Program began in Ohio over 10 years ago and is now active in over 30 counties.  The program is also conducted in nearly every state as well as Canada.

Our Mission

The Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Program provides knowledge to and develops the leadership abilities of volunteers who, in turn, enable others to improve the quality of their lives by enhancing their home and community environments through horticultural education and activities.

Our Vision

The OSU Extension Master Gardener Program is a premiere statewide network of volunteer education and leadership development, as well as consumer horticulture education delivery system that maximizes human, material and natural resources and values teamwork and excellence in educational programming.

Our Mission and Objectives

Our Mission is to educate gardeners and to serve the community in  horticultural practices. 

Our Objectives

• Provide clear and factual horticultural information
• Support the mission and objectives of the OSU Extension Master Gardener Program
• Strive for the highest quality in our education and service
• Promote camaraderie among members and public good will
• To support the mission and objectives, the organization may sell products and/or services and may exercise such other powers as are granted by the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of the State of Ohio.

2006
Richland County Master 
Gardener Business Meetings

Longview Center
Buckeye Room
7-9 p.m.

February 13
April 10
June 12
August 14
October 9
December 11 (Note time: 6-9 p.m.)

                                                                                 

 

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Connections to Web Sites

• Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective  

Click on Gardening to get OSU Fact Sheets on horticulture and pest/diseases management. Contains plant dictionary and native plant bibliography, books and web sites.
• Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener 

State Master Gardener Site
• Horticulture and Crop Science Factsheet Database Search 

Gardening, pest management, horticulture, disease and agriculture fact sheets from web sites all over the country
• Horticulture, Vegetables, Fruits and Gardening - Farming the Net 

Click on Yard & Garden; Ohioline, OSU fact sheets and web sites
• Buckeye Yard & Garden Almanac and Newsletters 

Weekly reports about gardening, pest/disease management and weather affecting Ohio gardens. 
• Ohio Floriculture Online 

Commercial floriculture site; links to Ohioline
• Commercial Landscape & Nursery Production 

Commercial landscape and nursery dialogue
• VegNet 

OSU Extension:  vegetable crops; articles, TOMCAST, fungicide application times; links to Ohioline
• The Ohio Grape Web
• Plant Pathology - OSU Department of Plant Pathology's PLANTDOC site.

• Ohio Integrated Pest Management 
• C.O.R.N  Crop Observation and Recommendation Network 
• Pesticide Education Programs, The Ohio State University 
• Integrated Pest Management Links - Farming the Net
• VegNet