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Campus Resource #1: Master Gardeners (Who? (Paul Brown (Associate Director…
Campus Resource #1: Master Gardeners
Who?
Paul Brown
Associate Director, Agriculture & Natural Resources
Email:
pbrown@cals.arizona.ed
Phone Numbers: (520) 419-2991 & (520) 621-1319
Local Master Gardener: Francine Correll
Email:
fcorrell@cals.arizona.edu
Phone Number: (520) 626-5161
Office Location:
4210 N Campbell Ave
Tucson AZ 85719-1109
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean and Director, Extension & Economic Development
Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Stations
Email:
silver@cals.arizona.edu
Phone number: (520) 621-7145
Where?
Master Gardeners are located all across Arizona
Master Gardeners vary by county
Tuscon Master Gardener (Pima County):
4210 N Campbell Ave
Tucson AZ 85719-1109
Master Gardeners Website:
https://extension.arizona.edu/master-gardeners
Master Gardners are though the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
When?
Application Process for the Master Gardeners opened January 3rd and ends April 14th, 2017 for the Fall 2017 class to become a Master Gardener
Applicant Interviews: May 1st- 10th
Classes begin August 8th, 2017 and end December 5th, 2017
Classes are held at County Extension Office (See Office of Pima County Master Gardener) from 9am- 12pm on Tuesdays
The history of the Master Gardeners falls under that of the Cooperative Extension History
Cooperative Extension work, the Agricultural Extension Service was organized in Arizona on July 1st, 1914 with the passage of the Smith Lever Act
In 1915, the Legislature of the State of Arizona allowed the Board of Regents of the U of A to put together "Cooperative Extension" through their College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
In 1921, the Legislature of the State of Arizona provided for the organization of County Farm Bureaus to be the official sponsors of the Cooperative Extension program
What?
Master Gardeners are volunteers through the university that take a class to learn how to help the local community.
They specialize in gardening and landscaping in the local community
They complete up to 50 hours of training and internship in low-desert home gardening and landscaping
All potential master Gardeners go through an application process and a certification course
The volunteers are here to help improve how communities are utilized agriculturally