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Interested in Becoming a Master Gardener?

Get more information on our organization and training course.

Follow the link below for information.

Training Class 2025 Overview

Course overview:
18-week course
Approximately 70-hour commitment
Proposed start: January 11, 2025
Proposed end: May 31, 2025

  1. In-person sessions about three times per month
    on Saturdays, typically 9am – Noon. Locations
    throughout Santa Barbara County
  2. Weekly reading and/or lecture. Lectures
    primarily pre-recorded, though some will be live
    via Zoom.

Lectures and in-person sessions led by UC and local
experts. Proposed topics include:

  • Horticulture
  • Soil and fertilizer management
  • Water management
  • Pest control (IPM)
  • Entomology
  • Plant pathology and plant problem diagnosis
  • Weed management
  • Vertebrate pests
  • Common garden plants: vegetables, citrus,avocado, roses, berries, grapes
  • Native plants.

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