James City County/Williamsburg
Master Gardeners

MG Training Class

2012 MG Training Class schedule (pdf)

Lecturer's Handouts

• Jan 11 Dr. Eric Engstrom
  • Botany (9Mb PDF file)
• Kilby Majette
• • MG Complete Package
  • Plant Nutrition
  • Websites with soil information
  • Soils presentation
• Jan 16 Michael Meyer
  • Entomology (15Mb Powerpoint file)
• Bill Garlette
• • 2010 Organic Gardening
  • Principals of Organic Horticulture
• Jan 16 Mike Likins
• Plant Pathology (30 Mb PDF file)
• Carol Fryer
• Growing Degree Days
• Feb 6 Jerry Babski
  • Propagation
• Feb. 13 Brian O'Neil
  • Twelve Principles of Design
• Mar. 14 Jeffrey Derr
  • Weed Identification and Management

2010 VCE Integrated Pest Management Guides

• Field Crops
• Horticultural and Forest Crops
• Home Grounds and Animals

MG Help Desk Procedures

• Procedures for the Help Desk (pdf) and (doc)
• Tips for working the Help Desk (pdf) and (doc)
• Questioning a Questioner (pdf) and (doc)
• Helpful and Interesting Web Sites (pdf) and (doc)
• Intern Preferences 2010 (pdf) and (xls)

Deer Problems

• MG Deer Resistant Plant list
• Deer Resistant Shade Perennials (docx)
• MG Deer Resistant Plants (ppt)
• MG Deer Resistant Plant Listing by Sun Requirements (xlsx)

Trainee Presentations 2011

• Problems in Fescue Lawns (pptx)
• Vermicomposting (pptx)
• Worm Composting Handout (pdf)
• Lawn Tips presentation (ppt)
• Container Gardening with Native Plants (pptx)
• Intensive organic container gardening (pptx)
• The Very Shady Garden (ppsx)