With the limits placed on group size, social distancing, travel, and other personal safety restrictions holding in-person training for current and new UC Master Gardener volunteers is challenging. Many groups have overcome these challenges by hosting classes online, both live and recorded. With the continued restrictions and uncertainty, some programs have decided to postpone new UC Master Gardener training or do a hybrid model that works with their current technology, staff, speaker availability, budget, and other factors.
Use Approved Trainings Online
With the assistance of several program coordinators and academics, the statewide UC Master Gardener Program office has established and is actively managing a course on eXtension campus functioning as a repository for UC Master Gardener related training. Recordings, online resources, and quizzes for volunteers will continue to be posted in the course as they become available during this time of transition.
Add a Recorded Training Anytime
If you have a training to submit for review and possibly listed as a resource, please complete the recorded training submission survey. Provide proper titles of speakers, complete training descriptions, quizzes, and recommended readings. If you are not sure of those items, contact the speaker to get their input. Click here to submit training.
Accessing eXtension Campus
To get to eXtension Campus navigate to the website https://campus.extension.org/login/index.php and create a free account or login in if you already have one. It is highly recommended to make an account to track progress, see your history, and receives updates as classes are added. The course title is “UC Master Gardener Recorded Training” and can be located using the search function once logged into eXtension Campus. Please share information about this extension campus course easily with others by directing them to the UC Master Gardener eXtension campus webpage: http://mg.ucanr.edu/Resources/eXtension_Campus/
Courses Available as of Oct. 2020
There are currently 10 trainee focused recordings and 25 continuing education opportunities. Use these as needed to help build your master gardener training program or as an offering as continuing education.
- Home Survival in Wildfire-Prone Areas Design & Maintenance Considerations (Fire)
- Maintaining an Existing Landscape (Drought Related)
- Planning a Low Water Landscape (Drought Related)
- Introduction to Horticulture (Training Class)
- Weeds (Training Class)
- Weed Management in the Landscape (Training Class)
- Control of Weeds in the Garden Landscape (Training Class)
- Diagnosing and Managing Arthropod Pests (Training Class)
- Plant Identification- tools and techniques for learning how to identify plants (Training Class)
- Plant Propagation (Training Class)
- Vertebrate Pest Management (Training Class)
- Plant Diagnostics (Training Class)
- Entomology (Training Class)
- Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (Climate-Related)
- Asian Citrus Psyllid for Backyard Growers (IPM)
- Slugs and Snails (IPM)
- Avocado Cankers and their Causes (IPM)
- Avocado Root Rot Disease Management (IPM)
- Laurel Wilt Disease (IPM)
- Invasive Shot-hole Borer (IPM)
- Bee Gardening (Horticulture)
- Container Gardening (Ornamentals)
- Gardening in Crisis: An American Norm (General)
- Creating an Oasis for Yourself and Others (General)
- Virtual UC Master Gardener Mini-Conference
- 1A: Growing Together Through it All! (General)
- 1B: Gardeners with Heart: Incredible Volunteers Doing Incredible Work (General)
- 1C: Houseplants: Soil, water and such for sustainable indoor growing (Horticulture)
- 2A: Composting for Soil Health (Horticulture)
- 2B: Search for Excellence Winner: Reminiscence Gardening (General)
- 2C: Search for Excellence Second Place: Gardening with Underserved Communities (General)
- 3A: Fire Safe Landscaping, S. Calif. (Horticulture)
- 3B: Preserving Your Garden Harvest (General)
- 3C: Search for Excellence Third Place: Mornings at Martial Cottle Park...Lessons in the garden for school children (General)
Questions? Contact:
Lauren Snowden
Statewide Training Coordinator
llsnowden@ucarn.edu