Training & Volunteering

VOLUNTEERING AND ADVANCED TRAINING

Click for:
January Advanced Training Opportunities
Other Volunteer Opportunities
Organizations
Community Gardens (Volunteer)
Websites

HOURS PER YEAR
V = volunteer hours
AT = advanced training hours

To become certified, class of 2008 (Trainees):
Any combination of V and AT hours to include no fewer that 30 V with a combined total of 50 hours. (Click for examples)
Future classes: 50 V
Certified Master Gardeners: 30 V and 20 AT
MG Gold Badge: 25 V and 12 AT

Steve Tjosvold, September 11, 2008

Quarterly Hours Report (send to Leora)

Quarterly Hours Report Online (click)

Advanced Training Guidelines (click)

Volunteer Hours Guidelines (click)

To order a replacement badge contact Martye Lumpkin - martyel@prodigy. net or (831)633-6435.
All other badges will automatically be ordered quarterly, (i.e. after the 15th of Jan, April, May and Oct)
when required hours have been entered.

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Training opportunities from current What's Happening (click)

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Advanced Training Opportunities January 2009
	date	day	time	class	organization/ website
Jan	10	Sat	10:30 - 2:00	Fruit Trees 101 Basic Fruit Tree Care	UCSC Farm Santa Cruz
	10	Sat	10:00 - 12:00	Fruit Trees Q & A Session	ProBuild (formerly Lumbermans) Santa Cruz, (831) 423-0223
	10	Sat	10:30 - 1:30	Rose Pruning and Care	Common Ground Palo Alto, (650) 493-6072
	14	Wed		UC Davis Arboretum: New Programs, Gardens and Plants	Western Hort Palo Alto
	17	Sat	10:30 - 12:00	Intro to Grow Biointensive	Common Ground Palo Alto, (650) 493-6072
	17	Sat	10:00 - 2:00	Fruit Trees 101 Basic Fruit Tree Care Sierra Azul Nursery	2660 East Lake Ave. (Hwy 152), Watsonville, 763-0939
	21-24	Wed-Sat		Ecological Farming Conference	Eco-Farm Conference Asilomar
	24	Sat	10:30 - 12:00	Intro to Growing Biointensive	Common Ground Palo Alto, (650) 493-6072
	24	Sat	2:00 - 4:00	Grow Biointensive Seed Propagation	Common Ground Palo Alto, (650) 493-6072
	24	Sat	10:00 - 2:00	In-Depth Winter Pruning, Pome Fruit Trees	UCSC Farm Santa Cruz
	31	Sat	1:00 - 3:00	Wormshop at Grey Bears Recycling , S Cruz ---- Registration required------	Karin Grobe 427-3452 kgrobe@wormdoctor.org
	31	Sat	2:00 - 4:00	Herb Gardening and Transplants	Love Apple Farm Ben Lomond
	31	Sat	10:30 - 12:30	Amaranth to Wheat and all Points Between	Common Ground Palo Alto, (650) 493-6072
	31	Sat	2:00 - 4:00	Grow Biointensive Composting	Common Ground Palo Alto, (650) 493-6072
	31	Sat	10:00- noon	Pruning Class with MG Peter Quintanilla	12-Acre Farm—see What's Happening for details

Other Volunteer Opportunities
Water-Smart Masters Garden Tour	Cynthia Jordan (831) 426 9673 cynjord@pacbell.net
Advisory Board	Cynthia Jordan (831) 426 9673 cynjord@pacbell.net
“Gardening on the Edge “ journal	Christina Kriedt (831) 427-1381 christinakriedt@yahoo.com
“What's Happening” newsletter	Christina Kriedt (831) 427-1381 christinakriedt@yahoo.com
Smart Gardening Faire	Tom Karwin (831) 760-6727 tom@karwin.com
	Sheryl McEwan (831) 212-5861 sherylmcewan@pacbell.net
	Simon Stapleton (831) 335-4947 sistapleto@comcast.net
Website: montereybaymastergardeners.org	Christina Kriedt (831) 427-1381 christinakriedt@yahoo.com
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Project (click for pdf description)	rsolick@hotmail.com

Organizations
	location	monthly meeting and time	contact / website
Monterey Bay Rose Society	Grange Hall 2555 Mar Vista Dr., Aptos	last Friday	www.montereybayrosesociety.org/
Carmel Orchid Society	First Presbyterian Church of Monterey 501 El Dorado Street, Monterey	8:00 PM first Monday except May, Sept and Dec	www.carmelorchidsociety.org/
Monterey Bay Dahlia Society	Simpkins Swim Center, Community Room 979, 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz	7:00 PM potluck dinner, 7:30 PM meeting second Friday	www.mbdahlias.org/
Santa Cruz Orchid Society	Live Oak Grange 1900 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz	first Friday Orchid show & sale early Feb 8:00 PM	http://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/scos1/
Santa Cruz Garden Club	site varies	first Thursday	Joy Hickey 831-722-2300

,Community Gardens
	location	days and hours	contact
Quail Hollow Ranch	800 Quail Hollow Rd. Felton	As arranged	Simon Stapleton sistapleto@comcast.net
Cooper-Molera Adobe Garden	525 Polk St., Monterey	9:00-12:00 Tues	Bonnie Gillooly (831) 624-4678 gillooly@mbay.net
La Mirada Museum Garden	720 Via Mirada, Monterey		http://www.historicmonterey.org/?p= cooper_molera_adobe
Homeless Garden Project Natural Bridges Farm	Shaffer & Delaware, Santa Cruz	10:00-2:00 Thurs & Fri; Saturdays upon request	Paul (831) 423-1020 paulg@homelessgardenproject.org
Beach Garden	Monterey Bay Dunes		Mary Wilson (831) 393 0193 bluespud@pacbell.net
Anzar High School Garden	2000 San Juan Hwy. San Juan Bautista	Call for times	Maryann McCormick (831) 333-9579 bobnma2003@yahoo.com Barbara Schilling (831) 643-0177 barbara.schilling@hp.com
School Garden Consulting			Alicia Molina (831) 763-0201 nmnalicia@sbcglobal.net

Websites
UC Farm and Garden	http://casfs.ucsc.edu/community/
UCSC Arboretum	http://www2.ucsc.edu/arboretum/calendar.html
Native Revival Nursery 2600 Mar Vista Dr., Aptos 831-684-1811	http://www.nativerevival.com/about_us.html
UC Davis	UC ANR January Calendar of Events
UC Davis	http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/calendar/calbox.cfm?month=1&year= 2009&keyword=&calcat=0&group=&calowner=all&waste=yes
Southern Nevada MGs	http://www.extension.iastate.edu/story/news/09mgconf.htm
Love Apple Farm 9299 Glen Arbor Road, Ben Lomond 831-588-3801	http://loveapplefarm.typepad.com/growbetterveggies/upcoming-eventsclasses.html
Western Horticultural Society	http://www.westernhort.org/
Common Ground Organic Supply and Education 559 College Avenue, Palo Alto 650-493-6072	http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org/upcomingclasses.htm
CNPS, 429-7681	http://www.cruzcnps.org/events2.html
Middlebrook Farms/CA Native Garden Foundation 76 Race St., San Jose, 408-292-9993	http://www.cngf.org/NativePlants/whynatives.htm
CASF UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz 831-459-3240	http://casfs.ucsc.edu/
Western Horticultural Society Palo Alto (650) 948-4614 or (650) 941-6136	http://www.westernhort.org/ email: info@westernhort.org

Examples of V and AT hours for Class of 2008 Trainees only:

Certification would occur with:
50 hours V
30 hours V and 20 hours AT
35 hours V and 15 hours AT

Not:
20 hours V and 30 hours AT
0 hours V and 50 hours AT

Steve Tjosvold, September. 2008