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Meet Our Master Gardener Volunteers
Master Gardener Volunteers are adult volunteers recruited and trained by county extension agents and University of Florida specialists to provide assistance in Extension home horticultural programs. Through this program, enthusiastic gardeners study such areas as botany, horticulture, soil science, and plant and insect identification and management. The Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program is administered by the Cooperative Extension Service, a part of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
CONTACT US
If you are interested in becoming a Pasco County Master Gardener Volunteer, please call (352) 518-0156 or email Jim Moll, jmoll@pascocountyfl.net, to add your name to the prospective Master Gardener email contact list.
E-mail mgardeners@pascocountyfl.net
Pasco Extension Web Site http://pasco.ifas.ufl.edu
Agents welcome the opportunity to talk with you about the unique role Extension plays in your community. County Extension Agents are off-campus faculty members of the University of Florida and are trained professional educators who can help residents & businesses find solutions to local challenges.
HOW DO I JOIN?
At some point during the year, an essential pre-course meeting (Meet and Greet) must be attended. The course is intensive and requires a huge commitment in time from our instructors and students.
If you are accepted into the Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program, you will receive 72 hours of horticultural training in a 12-week course. A required fee covers educational books from the University of Florida Press and other class expenses. The course is held one full day each week via live online video conferencing (typically Tuesdays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm)., with pre-recorded modules the remainder of the week. If you are interested in becoming a potential Master Gardener Volunteer trainee, please call us at (352) 518-0156 or email Jim Moll at jmoll@pascocountyfl.net
Master Gardener Volunteer Program:
Master Gardeners are adult volunteers recruited and trained by county extension agents and University of Florida specialists to provide assistance in Extension home horticultural programs. Through this program, enthusiastic gardeners study such areas as botany, horticulture, soil science, and plant and insect identification and management. The Florida Master Gardener Program is administered by the Cooperative Extension Service, a part of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Please cllck her for more information: https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/pasco/master-gardeners/#:~:text=Read%20More...-,Contact%20Us,Master%20Gardener%20email%20contact%20list.
Dorothy Moore Memorial Scholarship Donation
Dorothy Hanson Moore August 31, 1949 - July 17, 2020
Dorothy Moore was a teacher and a dedicated UF/IFAS Extension Pasco Master Gardener Volunteer and was awarded the Presidents Volunteer Service Award from Corporation for National and Community Service under the Points of Light Foundation.