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What the Statewide Master Gardener Program Does for Us: Part I
Posted 5/23/2012 - This is the first of a series of short articles about the benefits Alameda County Master Gardeners have received from the establishment of a statewide office and the hiring of a statewide coordinator in 2006. We were very fortunate to be able to hire Pam Geisel, a longtime farm advisor and local MG coordinator in Fresno County for this role.  She has been excellent-- knowledgeable, politically savvy, forward-thinking and very competent. I have had the privilege of serving on a state...

MGs and the Statewide Master Gardener Program
Posted 2/6/2012 - As a long-term UCCE environmental horticulture advisor, I would like to express my appreciation to Master Gardener Program Director Pam Geisel and her staff for providing outstanding statewide leadership. In a mere six short years under Pam’s direction, the UC ANR Master Gardener program has received $ 300,000 in grants that provided support to the CA Garden Web; updates to the Backyard Orchard; the FAQ system; outreach materials such as posters and tips; sustainable landscape ‘train the...

UC Master Gardeners Help Defend California Gardens from Invasive Species, One Nursery Center at a Time
Posted 12/21/2011 - Working in concert with the California Nursery industry and PlantRight, the UCCE Master Gardeners participated in an on the ground nursery survey to track the retail market for “garden related” invasive plants in California.  This is the 2nd year in which more than 140 Master Gardener (MG) volunteers conducted the survey of over 200 randomly selected retail nurseries.  The survey asks the MGs to go through assigned nurseries to evaluate the presence or absence of any of the PlantRight targeted...

Master Gardeners-Making it Matter
Posted 6/16/2011 - Every year as the Statewide Master Gardener Coordinator, I am asked to create a report that our adminstration can share with the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA-USDA) on the work of the UC Master Gardener Program.  It includes the number of volunteers, contacts and the like.  I have just completed our report for FY 2010-11 and I find that I am awestruck by the volunteer efforts of Master Gardeners.  The volunteer hours they give and the quality of work they do is...

Inyo Mono County Master Gardeners Community Group of the Year!
Posted 3/9/2011 - The passion for affecting positive change in Inyo and Mono County has earned the Master Gardeners there the honor of being named the Community Group of the Year in 2010.  The Master Gardeners there are a fairly new group with their first class training held in 2009-2010.  However, they are very enthusiastic group with lots of ideas that are clearly aligned with the ANR Strategic Initiatives.  In a very short time and in a small community, they are up to 80 Master Gardeners.  Their main projects...