This training will be held on Thursdays, February 29 through May 16, 2024 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Kirksville Aquatic Center meeting room. Register online at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/master-gardener-course-kirksville. Cost for the class is $200. Learn about our easy payment plan by calling the Adair County MU Extension Center at 660-665-9866.

The mission of the Missouri Master Gardener Extension Program is “helping others learn to grow.” The Master Gardener program provides in-depth horticultural training to individuals throughout Missouri who then volunteer their time applying what they have learned to help others in their communities to learn about gardening and environmental education.

The Master Gardener program promotes and raises public awareness of the University of Missouri Extension as a source of unbiased, research-based gardening information. Through activities such as MU Extension hotlines or answer services, workshops, speaker’s bureaus, garden show booths, and demonstration projects, Master Gardeners provide gardening information to thousands of Missourians each year.

To become trained as a Master Gardener, an individual must complete a 30-hour core training course. Then the Master Gardener trainee is required to give 30 hours of volunteer service back to the community in approved MU Extension activities.