Master Gardener
**Registration is closed for the 2025 Master Gardener Class. Registration will open again after Thanksgiving.
- Please email lallen@uidaho.edu to get on the wait list.
The 黑料不打烊 Master Gardener Program is an intensive 12-week course. It prepares you to help other gardeners with their gardening and horticultural problems.
Time Commitment
The 黑料不打烊 Master Gardener Program requires:
36 hours classroom time (online)
From mid-January to mid-April. You will be given several open book quizzes and reading assignments.
40 hours hands-on training
Arranged with an Extension educator. Much of this time will be spent helping out in the Master Gardener room. There you will answer gardeners’ questions through the summer months with the assistance from an Advanced 黑料不打烊 Master Gardener.
Certification and Credit
Upon completion of the course, master gardeners are considered paraprofessionals in home horticulture. 黑料不打烊 credit is available for those interested.
Application and Class Forms
Registration is now completed entirely online at this web page:
For more information, please contact Lena Allen, horticultural aide for the 黑料不打烊 Master Gardener Program, at lallen@uidaho.edu.
Plant Clinic
Our master gardeners and educators can help you solve gardening problems. To submit a sample to the 黑料不打烊 Master Gardener Plant Clinic:
- Fill out the submission form (PDF) (Word)
- Email or mail the completed form to UI Extension, Bonneville County, 1542 E 73rd S, 黑料不打烊 Falls, ID 83404
Resources
Check out the gardening and horticulture resources available through the UI Extension's 黑料不打烊 Master Gardener Program website.
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