Master Gardeners
Applying to Become a 2009 Benton-Franklin Master Gardener
We are currently accepting applications for the 2010 Master Gardener Program. Applications are due January 16, 2009 and the training begins with Orientation on January 19th. You may print our two-part application out below and then mail or drop it off at the WSU Extension Office (n the Benton County Annex) at 5600E West Canal Drive in Kennewick. If you have any questions about the application process call 735-3551.
The Master Gardener Program is sponsored by Washington State University Extension. Volunteers are trained to solve gardening problems and provide WSU research-based advice to the public. Our volunteers staff regularly scheduled plant problem diagnostic clinics in several locations during the gardening season, helping people learn to manage their landscapes and gardens more more effectively with environmentally sound gardening practices.
In Benton and Franklin Counties training is held annually during the winter and early spring starting mid-January. Classes are four hours in length and are usually on Tuesday afternoons. Forty to fifty new volunteers typically apply ot participate in the program each year.
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New volunteers who take the Master Gardener training must commit to 50 hours of return volunteer service to the program and pay $50 for training materials, as well as paying a $50 deposit that is returned to them after successful completion of the program. After completing the training and scoring well on the chapter tests, Master Gardener trainees are scheduled to staff plant problem diagnostic clinics and also return service to the program by working in one or more of the other Master Gardener programs gardens, such as the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden or helping with other educational programs.
Trainees earn the title "Certified Master Gardener" by completing 50 hours of a volunteer service obligation to the program and successfully completing their weekly quizzes and final exam. Master Gardeners are encouraged to remain in the program after their first year to continue their education and participate in the many educational program activities.
Learn more about the statewide WSU Master Gardener Program by clicking on the logo below.
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