The Master Gardener Volunteer Program of Tompkins County is NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for our 2018-2019 cohort _______________________________________________________________ Do you love plants and people? Master Gardener Volunteers are working to make a more livable, equitable, and vibrant Tompkins County through gardening. Master Gardeners are students, teachers, moms, dads, grandparents, working folks, retired people, and anyone else you can imagine. All you need is a love for gardening, some time to volunteer, and a willingness to complete the training. Master Gardener trainees should have a basic knowledge of, or interest in, gardening; enthusiasm for acquiring and sharing horticultural knowledge and skills; good communications skills; and a willingness and free time to participate in volunteer educational activities. Master Gardener training is offered every other year and will be held again from September 2018-May 2019. Workshops are interactive and hands on. They will be held one Saturday each month from 8:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in Ithaca as well as in surrounding Counties. Transportation to the out of town workshops is available from our Extension office. Volunteers complete a written application, followed by an interview with members of our horticulture staff. Priority for selection is given to Tompkins County residents. Scholarships and a sliding scale are available to remove any financial barriers to participation. This year we are also offering two scholarships that are exclusively for members of community gardens. In return, you commit to volunteering 80 hours over the following two years. Master Gardeners love to be part of a community of enthusiastic gardeners committed to community service. If you are interested in becoming a Tompkins County Master Gardener, please fill out an application at http://ccetompkins.org/gardening/master-gardener-volunteers and return it to the contact listed below by August 13, 2018. Interviews will be conducted during the last two weeks of August. For more information, contact Horticulture Program Manager Jennie Cramer at jr...@cornell.edu<mailto:jr...@cornell.edu> or 607-272-2292. Cornell Cooperative Extension | Master Gardener Volunteers<http://ccetompkins.org/gardening/master-gardener-volunteers> ccetompkins.org What is the Master Gardener Volunteer Program?The Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) Program is a national program of trained volunteers who work in partnership with their county Cooperative Extension office to expand garden-based educational outreach throughout the community by providing home and c...
Jennie Cramer Horticulture Program Manager Cornell Cooperative Extension - Tompkins County 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850 (607)272-2292, extension 146 www.ccetompkins.org<http://www.ccetompkins.org/> "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." -Audrey Hepburn <http://www.ccetompkins.org/> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
