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COVID-19 Updates & Resources

  • By Missy Gable

COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 resource documents can be found on the statewide UC Master Gardener Program website under 'Resources' COVID-19 Safety Requirements, mg.ucanr.edu/COVID-19Safety
UC ANR is currently in Phase 2 of our re-opening plan. Guided by a new emergency response team, we have basic mitigation protocols for all UC ANR work. In order to show how the basic mitigation protocols should be applied to common UC Master Gardener Program activities, we have created safety requirements for farmer's market, help desk, and demonstration garden activities.

These resources have been published online and were announced on the UC Master Gardener Coordinator Collaborative Tools group: 

All UC Master Gardener Program activities continue to need County Director approval at this time. The County Director at your location has or is developing a county location safety plan that outlines activities approved to resume at your location during Phase 2. The safety requirements created for UC Master Gardener Program activities are intended to assist County Directors in the development of these plans.

As we slowly resume activity, UC ANR is working to provide disposable gloves, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes at each location (as long as these items are available in the supply chain). County Directors are able to request personal protective equipment once their county location safety plan is approved. If your county is resuming any activities that include volunteers, please be sure that volunteers are included in the estimate for needed personal protective equipment at your location.

Portable Handwashing Station
If your volunteers are interested in creating a hand washing station for your demonstration garden, our colleagues at the University of Minnesota have created a short video entitled ‘How to build a portable handwashing station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMa5OTa3PnU.

Thank you all for your continued flexibility as we navigate life and programming during COVID. Please continue to share successful program and extension models with our community via the Master Gardener Coordinator Collaborative Tools group so we can learn from one another. Communication is key to our success moving forward and I'm grateful that our community cares and shares so readily!

Questions? Contact:
Missy Gable
Statewide Program Director 
mjgable@ucanr.edu

Brian Oatman
Director, Risk & Safety Services
baoatman@ucanr.edu