Master Gardener

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Master Gardener is a volunteer program affiliated with a Cooperative Extension office and a land-grant university that educates the public on gardening and horticultural issues. Typically Master Gardeners answer question via phone, speak at public events and participate in community gardening displays. Master Gardeners are active in 48 states in the United States and four Canadian provinces. It is estimated that there have been over 60,000 master gardeners. The Master Gardener Program was started in Seattle, Washington in 1972, in response to repeated requests for gardening information from community members. Once volunteers are accepted into a master gardener program they are trained by Cooperative Extension office, university, and local industry staff in subjects such as: plant taxonomy, plant pathology, entomology, taxonomy, cultural growing requirements, wildlife control, and integrated pest management^[1].

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1. ^ http://www.mastergardeners.org/who.html)

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