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Impact Report
| For plan | Plant Management Systems: Urban Horticulture (Los Alamos County) |
| Date | November 2, 2009, 1:35 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The Los Alamos Master Gardeners’ Association is a community service organization whose members have successfully completed the NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Volunteer training. Nationally, Master Gardener. The primary objective of the horticulture agent is to train and support volunteers who will promote knowledgeable, effective, and safe horticultural practices consistent with the Cooperative Extension Service, and promote goodwill throughout the community. Forty-two volunteers contributed 688 hours of work to community projects for a total value of $12,040.00. There are 23 volunteers in training this spring [21(W), 1(H), 1(A); 19(F), 4(M)]. Volunteers complete 45 hours of college level instruction in order to certify. The following trainings were offered during the reporting period: Soils & Nutrients/Compost Uses, Basic Botany, Los Alamos Recommended Plants, Principals of Landscape Design, The Plant Environment, Composting, Xeriscape, Ornamental Grasses & Ground Covers, Native Grasses and Turf, Fruit Trees & Small Fruits--Varieties, Planting, Care & Maintenance, Plant Diseases, Entomology, Vegetables, Weed Identification & Control and Evergreen Identification & Evergreen Pests. All 23 participants in the class completed post evaluation instruments with 80% accuracy or better. |