Illinois Master Gardeners
Educational Events
The links listed below were selected to give you information on valuable programs for further education in horticulture and gardening. As well as great learning experiences, these conferences are a terrific way to meet other gardeners and exchange information about Master Gardener activities. These events qualify for the annual educational update requirement to maintain active Master Gardener certification.
Educational Webinars
Master Gardener IPM Online Training Modules
Educational Trips
Peoples Garden webinars - One hour webinars on:
- Seed Saving: Processing and Storage
- Engaging Volunteers in the Garden
- Going Native
- Composting and Compost Use – How, Why and Where
- Best Practices in Starting and Sustaining a School Garden
Ohio State online courses
NPDN - first detector modules on insects and diseases
Tomato IPM for Gardeners Webinar
Learn how to prevent pests on tomatoes from the beginning to the end of the growing season. Variety selection, best planting practices, and cultural information will be covered along with how to recognize leaf spots, early and late blight and bacterial spot
The Power of Pollinator (you must login after following this link)
The Power of Pollinators provides materials and resources to empower Extension Master Gardeners, Certified Volunteer Naturalists and others to teach about pollinators with three PowerPoint programs (including notes and resources). Contact: Denise Ellsworth (ellsworth.2@osu.edu) at The Ohio State University.
4-H Child Protection Course - Best Practices for Working with Youth
- Identifying and Enhancing Natural Enemies in Vegetable Crops (from Ohio State)
- Introduction to Diagnostics for Master Gardeners
- Organics-Practices and Procedures (Rich Tobiasz) - 9/8/11
- Plant Disease Online Lessons from University of Minnesota
