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).

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

2009 Purdue 6th Annual Master Gardener State Conference, Elkhart County, IN, September 10-12, 2009

2010 Purdue 7th Annual Master Gardener State Conference, West Lafayette, IN

Previous State Conferences

2004 Master Gardener State Conference (June 2004), West Layfayette, IN

2005 Master Gardener State Conference (June 23-25, 2005), Merrillville, IN (Lake and Porter Counties)

2006 Master Gardener State Conference (Sept. 22-23, 2006), Noblesville, IN (Hamilton County)

2007 Master Gardener State Conference (Sept. 27-29, 2007), Evansville, IN (SWIMGA)

2008 Purdue 5th Annual Master Gardener State Conference (September 26-28, 2008), Indianapolis, IN (Marion County)

Advanced Training Opportunities (Purdue Master Gardener Program)

Opportunities Outside Indiana

2011 International Master Gardener Conference New Link 8/09
October 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

1987 Master Gardener Conference, October 7-10, 1987, Washington, D.C., "Capitol Gardening" (first national conference)

1989 Master Gardener Conference, October 11-14, 1989, Portland, OR, "On-Growing Experience"

1991 International Master Gardener Conference, September 24-27, 1991, Detroit, MI and Windsor, Ontario, "Gardening Tools of Another Kind" (first international conference)

1993 International Master Gardener Conference, August 12-15, 1993, San Antonio, TX, "Gardening for a Better World"

1995 International Master Gardener Conference, July 22-26, 1995, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, "Gardening Under the Northern Lights"

1997 International Master Gardener Conference, July 15-19, 1997, University of California Extension, Sacramento, CA (no conference theme)

1999 International Master Gardener Conference and Trade Show, August 19-22, 1999, Texas A&M University Extension, San Antonio, TX, "World of Gardening"

2001 International Master Gardener Conference, May 29 - June 1, 2001, University of Florida Extension, Hilton, Walt Disney World® Resort, Orlando, FL, "The Magic of Gardening"

2003 International Master Gardener Conference, June 18-21, 2003, University of Kentucky Extension and Ohio State University Extension, Covington, KY and Cincinnatti, OH, "Celebrate Gardening in the Ohio River Valley"

2005 International Master Gardener Conference and Trade Show, July 24-27, 2005, University of Saskatchewan, Extension Division, Saskatoon, Canada, "100 Years of Gardening on the Canadian Prairies"

2007 International Master Gardener Conference, May 2-5, 2007, University of Arkansas Extension, Little Rock, Arkansas, "Celebrate Gardening in the Natural State"

2009 International Master Gardener Conference, March 22-26, 2009, University of Nevada Extension, Las Vegas, Nevada, "Always Growing"

More information on the history of national and international Master Gardener Conferences is found here.

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