Heartland Master Gardener Training Program

HEartland Master Gardener Training Program

Glades & Okeechobee Counties

Winter 2005 AGENDA

**Every Week: Plants of the Day; MG Clinic Diagnostic Exercise

Date	Location	Topics	Presenters
January 26, 2005	Okeechobee CES Flores Nursery, Okeechobee	Welcome & Introductions Goals & Expectations of MG Program History of Extension Principles of FYN Botany for Plant Identification Scavenger hunt for botanical features	Pat Miller & other agents Dan Culbert Shelley Humphries Dan Culbert
February 2, 2005	Glades CES – Moore Haven	9 am Soils, Plant nutrition & Fertilizers 1 pm Tropical plants and Palms	Dan Culbert Shelly Humphries
February 9, 2005	Okeechobee CES	9 am Irrigation management 10 am Aquatic Plants 1 pm Computers: EDIS, DDIS, FAWN, PowerPoint, search engines	Dan Culbert Cassandra Meadows Dan Culbert , Valerie Carter
February 16, 2005	Okeechobee CES Riverwoods Field Lab –Lorida http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu/	9 am Citrus 10 am Dooryard Fruit 1:30 pm L.Okeechobee/ Kissimmee R. ecosystems and restoration	Dan Culbert Betsy Lamb Loisa Kerwin
February 23, 2005 **	Class postponed until Monday March 14 in Moore Haven
March 2, 2005	Okeechobee CES	9 am Pesticide labeling 10 am Plant Pathology 1 pm Perennial Plants pesticide test given out	Dan Culbert Jennifer Hitchcock Jennifer Hitchcock
March 9, 2005	Lane Residence: 17780 NW 38^th Ave. (Otter Creek, North Okeechobee) Okeechobee CES	9 am Plant Propagation 1:30 Turfgrass management 2:30 Groundcovers	Terri Lane & Angela Sachson Fred Burkey Dan Culbert
Monday March 14, 2005 ** Makeup day	Glades CES – Moore Haven	9 am 12 noon Vegetables 1 pm Entomology 2:30 Nematology	Gene McAvoy Dan Culbert Shelly Humphries
March 16, 2005	Glades CES – Moore Haven	Wildlife – watchable & nuisance Native Plants Key Plants & Key Pests Final exam given out	Shelly Humphries
March 23, 2005	Okeechobee CES	Review Pesticide and Final Exams Customer service exercises	Dan & Shelly

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