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Colorado Master Gardener Volunteers assist CSU Extension staff in delivering knowledge-based information about home gardening to foster successful gardening.

The Colorado Master Gardener, CMG, audience is exclusively home gardeners. CMG volunteers serve by answering phone calls at County Extension Offices, staffing diagnostic clinics, teaching gardening classes, writing newspaper articles, and mentoring community gardening and greening projects. Annually, 1,700 CMG volunteers serving in 36 county-based programs generated $1.3 million in volunteer time.

This no-frills web site provides support to home gardeners and CMG volunteers searching for knowledge-based gardening information.

Colorado Master Gardener Training is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Colorado Garden Show, Inc.

CMG volunteer resources

Update your CMG GardenNotes

Link to CMG Volgistics

CMG Volgistics is a new feature of the CMG Program allowing CMG volunteers to sign-up for volunteer opportunities, report hours, sign-up for continuing education classes, and report continuing education hours.

Instruction Sheet on how to use CMG Volgistics

2009 Short Course

The 2009 Short Course for Green Industry and Colorado Master Gardener volunteers will be held on the CSU Campus, Friday, July 17, 2009 from 9 to 4. Participants attend four class periods during the day. Price is $50, including lunch. Pre registration is limited. Classes include:

Tree Pest Diagnostics in the Field
Organic Lawn Care: Is it Sustainable?
Perennials at the Trail Gardens
What's Buggin My Veggie Garden?
Plant Forensics
Thousand Canker Disease, Japanese Beetles, Emerald Ash Borer Tree Pest Update Session
Tree Fruits for the Front Range
Small Fruits for the Front Range
invasive Ornamental Weeds

Short Course Schedule and Registration Form

Plants of New Zealand

Inspiring Gardens and Scenery
of New Zealand

January 28-February 13, 2010

Join David Whiting (Colorado Master Gardener Coordinator) and Jeff de Jong on their latest adventure to the gardens down under. New Zealand is a remarkable country with magnificent scenery and fantastic gardens. With many of our most beloved plants bred and introduced into the New World from New Zealand, how can this garden tour be anything but marvelous!

Cities include Auckland, Dunedin (staying at Larnach Castle), Te Anau (with an overnight cruise of Doubtful Sound in Fjordland National Park, a once in a lifetime experience that you will never forget!), Queenstown, Tekapo, and Christchurch.

For additional information, contact Mary at Hidden Treasures Botanical Tours, 573-881-6316, info@hiddentreasuresbotanicaltours.com.

The Inspiring Gardens and Scenery of New Zealand Tour is a partnership between the Colorado Master Gardener Program and Hidden Treasures Botanical Tours.

Updated May 28, 2009