The UC IPM Urban and Community program is looking for ways to better serve UC Master Gardeners and the residents of California. We have created a brief survey to gather feedback on how we can improve IPM-related education and resources.
UC IPM is particularly interested in what webinar topics, online and print resources, and training materials are needed; or, what existing IPM materials need to be updated. We understand that the pandemic has reshaped the way information and resources are shared, so perhaps you are seeing a need for more online and virtual content, or more social media content. How can we help with that?
Before responding to the survey, we want to remind you of the special section on the UC IPM website exclusively for UC Master Gardeners https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/master-gardeners/. These pages contain quick links to commonly accessed pages and tools on the UC IPM public pages. More importantly though, the “IPM for UC Master Gardener” pages house recent training materials and packages, the two types of loaner collections that can be reserved (Natural Enemies kit or Empty Pesticide Containers), and ordering materials such as Quick Tips, bookmarks, and posters. We encourage you to continue (or start!) using these resources.
We have recently added and updated several Quick Tips, so a new Quick Tips Order Form will be available for 2023. Please remember to let us know if you have delegated someone else other than yourself to order Quick Tips for your program. Using the IPM Needs by UC MGs survey you can also inform us of any new Quick Tips that you think would be useful for outreach.
To help us streamline the survey feedback, we ask that you gather suggestions from your program volunteers and submit just one survey for your county. This will help us to better understand regional differences to allow us to meet the demands of California's diverse interests and population! Please complete the survey by December 31, 2022.
The UC IPM Program appreciates all the great outreach done by the UC Master Gardeners! Please continue to share our webinars, social media posts, and publications with not only your volunteers, but with your communities at large. We strive for our content to reach all Californians and hope to see more of the general public at our webinars and interacting with our social media posts. Thanks for all your help!
- Karey Windbiel-Rojas and Lauren Fordyce