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CMG Volunteer Resources





CMG Reference Materials


  • CMG Textbook, The Science of Gardening, by David Whiting, Kendall Hunt Publishing, focuses on research-based gardening information in 636 pages with over 600 color photographs and line drawings. Units include the following:
  • Benefits of Gardening
  • How Plants Grow (basic botany)
  • Soil, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
  • Diagnostics and Pest Management
  • Trees and Shrubs: Identification, Selection, and Planting
  • Pruning
  • Herbaceous Plants (flowers)
  • Fruit
  • Vegetables
  • Lawns
  • Water Wise Landscape Design
  • Irrigation Management

The book can be purchased from:



  • CMG volunteers update their CMG GardenNotes Notebook


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VMS, Online Volunteer Management System


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2013 CMG/CGC Class Schedule


  • Colorado Front Range Counties - Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld, Counties -- Class held in multi-county grouping, weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting the week of January 8, 2013

  • Thursday Distance Education Class - Archuleta, Chaffee, Fremont, Gunnison, La Plata, Montezuma, Routt, and Teller Counties - Classes delivered locally via Distance Education technology and with onsite instructors in the local county, Thursdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting January 31, 2013.

  • Tuesday/Thursday Evening Distance Education Class -- Golden Plains Areas (Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma Counties in Yuma), Logan, Morgan, and Pueblo Counties - Class delivered locally via Distance Education technology in the local county Extension office, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6 to 9 p.m., starting January 29, 2014

  • Tri River Area Class - Delta, Mesa, Montrose, and Ouray Counties with class in Grand Junction - Contact Susan Rose at 970-244-1841.

  • Fall Evening Class in Boulder -- Front Range Counties - Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6 to 9 p.m., starting, September 18, 2012.
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CMG Procedures and Policies

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Handouts: The Colorado Master Gardener Program class


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Page updated September 8, 2012
David Whiting, CSU Extension