Advanced Training - Marion County
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Advanced Master Gardener Training Opportunities
Marion County Opportunities
If you would like to participate in one of the Purdue Extension-Marion County horticulture programs and have special needs, please contact Steve Mayer prior to the date of the program (317-275-9305).
Check for possible training opportunties here.
At Home Training
Identification of Common Horticultural Plants
The following website was developed by the Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department to aid in the study of plants used in the Indiana State 4-H/FFA Horticulture Judging Contest. However, Purdue Master Gardeners wishing to learn to recognize common horticultural plants (vegetables, fruits & nuts, ornamentals, flowers & indoor plants) may also find this site helpful.
Purdue Plant Identification Website
Purdue Master Gardeners can earn one Advanced Training Hour for each of the four sections completed (for a total of 4 educational hours) by following the steps indicated here. Purdue Plant Propagation CD-ROM A CD-ROM from Purdue offers at home training on the topic of plant propagation. There is nothing else quite like it. You will read about the topic and see how it's done. There are 52 short videos and 45 animations and graphics. You can also test yourself with 32 short quizzes. It was created with Master Gardeners in mind but it is also available to the general public.
This CD is approved for 12 hours of advanced Master Gardener training (continuing education) for recertification (4 hours each for the Basics, Asexual Propagation and Sexual Propagation sections). 2009 Purdue 6th Annual Master Gardener State Conference, Elkhart County, IN, September 10-12, 2009 2010 Purdue 7th Annual Master Gardener State Conference
Click here to preview this interactive CD-ROM.
Click here to download an order form.
Click here to order online.
You can also order by calling 888-398-4636 (888-EXT-INFO).
Other Indiana Opportunities
Previous State Conferences
Advanced Training Opportunities (Purdue Master Gardener Program)
Opportunities Outside Indiana
2011 International Master Gardener Conference New Link 8/09October 11-14, 2011
West Virginia University
Charleston, West Virginia
"Color it Green in a Wild & Wonderful Way"
The International Master Gardener (IMG) Committee has assigned Regions for the IMG Conferences on a rotational basis. Preference is given to the region assigned rotation if proposals come from multiple regions. The rotation by conference year by Region is:
2011 Northeast Region
2013 Central Region
2015 Canada Region
2017 Southeast Region
2019 Western Region
Previous National & International Conferences
More information on the history of national and international Master Gardener Conferences is found here.




