{"id":87713,"date":"2018-11-23T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T02:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=87713"},"modified":"2019-04-15T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T02:08:57","slug":"master-gardener-training-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/23\/master-gardener-training-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"East Hawai\u02bbi Master Gardener training begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_87725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87725\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ed.jpg\" alt=\"master gardener ed olsen moore showing people his garden.\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ed.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ed-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Master Gardener Ed Olsen Moore provides a tour of his garden. Photo: Becky Settlage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87723\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ted-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"extension agent ted radovich conducting a training for master gardeners.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ted-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ted-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/manoa-ctahr-master-gardener-ted.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extension agent Ted Radovich (in red) trains Master Gardeners. Photo: Angelica Covington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Editor\u2019s Note (January 10, 2019): The East <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Master Gardeners has extended the deadline for applications for the 2019 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program until January 20.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with an interest in becoming a resource for home and school gardeners can apply to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/UHMG\/\">Master Gardener<\/a>. The East <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Master Gardeners are accepting applications for the 2019 Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program. Courses begin January 23, 2019, and run through April.<\/p>\n<p>Trained and advised by extension agents from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a>, East <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Master Gardener volunteers will be trained on various course topics including: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic botany<\/li>\n<li>Native Hawaiian plants<\/li>\n<li>Invasive plant species<\/li>\n<li>Tropical ornamental plants<\/li>\n<li>Plant nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Soil fertility and nutrient management<\/li>\n<li>Insect and plant disease management<\/li>\n<li>Plant propagation and pruning<\/li>\n<li>Fruit and vegetable crops<\/li>\n<li>Natural gardening<\/li>\n<li>Diagnosing plant health problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upon completion of the program, East <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Master Gardeners can provide their knowledge at &ldquo;plant doctor&rdquo; booths or information helplines, help schools manage their educational gardens and educate students about the importance of plants, manage invasive pests like Little Fire Ants and other projects. The group is also starting work on a beekeeping initiative in collaboration with the Big Island Beekeepers Association.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/sq4nZKPGIZZmmmi62\">Those interested can apply online<\/a>. Fee for the course is $200. Applicants will be interviewed on January 9, 2019. Classes meet Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Komohana Research Center, 875 Komohana St., D-202 in Hilo.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/UHMG\/EastHI\/index.asp\">East <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Master Gardener certification program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master Gardeners can provide their knowledge at &ldquo;plant doctor&rdquo; booths or information helplines, help schools manage their educational gardens and educate students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[212,265,9],"class_list":["post-87713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-cooperative-extension-service","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87713"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89413,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87713\/revisions\/89413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}