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Course: 2027 Orange County Master Gardener Training Course - Part 1
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Welcome to the Master Gardener Volunteer Training
Master Gardener Volunteer Program Mission
We prepare volunteers to be peer educators who build relationships with community audiences to integrate local experience and research based knowledge in planning for and initiating steps to manage gardens, lawns, and landscapes with an emphasis on food security and environmental stewardship.
Master Gardener Volunteer Program Vision
Adults, youth, and families who engage in our garden-based educational programs expand their learning networks and ecological gardening skills towards greater resilience and connections. As a result, they experience enhanced health and wellness, food security, ecological literacy, environmental stewardship, and they embrace sustainable community practices.
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Please sign-up for your Final Presentation date and time slot. No worries if you haven't picked a topic yet, they are due at our May Class.
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Week 1 - Gardening & You and Cooperative Extension
Available from 24 March 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, January 2, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Gardening and You
- The Cooperative Extension System
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Orange County
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Week 2 - Ecology and Biogeochemical Cycles
Available from 31 March 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, January 8, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Ecology
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Water
- Carbon
- Nitrogen
- Phosphorus
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Class #1 - Ecology and Taxonomy
Available from 7 April 2026, 2:00 AMSaturday, January 13, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Introductions
- Ecology
- Taxonomy
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Week 3 - Soil and Soil Amendments
Available from 7 April 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, January 15, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Soil
- Soil Amendments
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Week 4 - Composting
Available from 14 April 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, January 22, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Composting
- Vermicomposting
- Sheet Mulching / Lasagna Gardening
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Week 5 - Botany
Available from 21 April 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, January 29, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Botany
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Week 6 - Review
Monday, Febraury 5, 2024
Take some time to go through what you learned since our last class and come to this weeks class with any questions you have.
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Class #2 - Soil, Botany, Adult Learning, Reading a Seed Packet and Vegetable Gardening
Available from 6 May 2026, 2:00 AM -
Week 7 - Growing Plants from Seed
Available from 5 May 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, February 12, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Starting Plants from Seed
- Growing Vegetables from Seed
- Growing Microgreens
- Seed Dormancy
- Starting Plants from Seed
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Week 8 - Vegetable Gardening
Available from 12 May 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, February 19, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Vegetable Gardening
- Vegetable Gardening
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Week 9 - Herb Gardening
Available from 19 May 2026, 2:00 AMMonday, February 26, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Herb Gardening
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Week 10 - Review
Monday, March 4, 2024
Take some time to go through what you learned since our last class and come to this weeks class with any questions you have.
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Class #3 - Vermicomposting, GMOs, Final Presentations, & IPM
Available from 3 June 2026, 1:00 AM -
Week 11 - Cover Crops
Monday, March 11, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Cover Crops
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Seeding Rates and Reasons for Use
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Week 12 - Growing Fruit
Available from 10 June 2026, 9:00 AMMonday, March 18, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Growing Fruit
- Growing Fruit
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Week 13 - Extended Time for Growing Fruit
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Week 14 - Pruning
Monday, April 1, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Pruning
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Week 15 - Review
Monday, April 8, 2024
Take some time to go through what you learned since our last class and come to this weeks class with any questions you have.
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Class #4 - Dividing Perennials & Pesticides
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Dividing Perennials
- Pesticides
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Week 16 - Annual & Perennials
Available from 30 June 2026, 1:00 AMMonday, April 15, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Annuals
- Herbaceous Perennials
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Week 17 - Houseplants
Available from 15 July 2026, 10:30 AMMonday, April 22, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Houseplants
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Week 18 - Geophytes
Available from 21 July 2026, 10:00 AMMonday, April 29, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Geophytes
- Bulbs
- Corms
- Tubers
- Tuberous Toots
- Rhizomes
- Geophytes
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Week 19 - Review
Monday, May 6, 2024
Take some time to go through what you learned since our last class and come to this weeks class with any questions you have.
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Class #5 - Woody Plants, Tree Walk, & Plant Morphology
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Topics of the Week:
- Pest Watch
- Spongy Moth
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar
- Woody Plants
- Tree Walk
- Plant Morphology
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Time for MGV Training Course Part 2
You have completed part 1 of the MGV Training Course!!
You will continue to have access to this part of the Training Course, but the remainder of our weekly modules will be in Part 2!
To access Part 2, scroll up to the top of this page and click on 'Dashboard.'
Please email Susan (sgn32@cornell.edu) if you have any questions.