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Master Gardener Volunteers - Training Schedule

To become a Master Gardener Volunteer, you must successfully complete 40+ hours of training and volunteer for 40 hours towards community gardening programs and activities. Find out more.

Location Start Date Time Contact
Androscoggin / Sagadahoc Counties
(Lisbon Falls Extension Office)
March 7 – June 13, 2013 Thursdays, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(plus a few Saturdays)
Tori Jackson
Aroostook County (Houlton)
TBA TBA Andrew Plant
Cumberland County (Falmouth)
February 8 – May 17, 2013.
Application process closed for 2013.
Fridays, 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM Amy Witt
Hancock County (Ellsworth)
January 25 – May 3, 2013 Fridays, 8:30 AM to Noon Marjorie Peronto
Kennebec County Applications closed for 2012. Contact us if you are interested in the fall 2013 course.

Caragh Fitzgerald
Knox / Lincoln & Waldo Counties (Belfast area) October 2 – November 15, 2012. Next season (2013 – 2014): Early October. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM. Next season (2013 – 2014): TBA Liz Stanley
Oxford County (2 locations)
1. South Paris January 31, 2013 Thursdays, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM Barb Murphy
2. Mexico Region 9 Technical School February 6, 2013 Wednesdays, 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM Barb Murphy
Penobscot County (Bangor)
March 5 – May, 2013 Tuesdays, 5:00 PM to 8:15 PM Kate Garland
Piscataquis County (Dover-Foxcroft, Charlotte White Center) TBA TBA Donna Coffin;
Hannah Todd
Somerset County (Skowhegan)
Split session format: 1st session is March 4 – May 6, 2013; 2nd session is September 9 – October 7, 2013. Applications due February 2, 2013. Mondays, 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon Kathy Hopkins;
Thomas Goodspeed
Washington County TBA TBA Marjorie Peronto
York County (Springvale) January 16, 2013
Application process closed for 2013.
Wednesdays, 9am to 12:30pm Frank Wertheim

*Many counties are willing to have applicants from other counties attend the trainings space permitting. Some require all or a portion of volunteer time in the county of the training. If your county does not offer Master Gardener training, feel free to contact the county nearest you for their policy.

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Contact Information

Cooperative Extension: Garden & Yard
5741 Libby Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5741
Phone: 207.581.3188, 800.287.0274 (in Maine) or 800.287.8957 (TDD)E-mail: extension@maine.edu
The University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
207.581.1110
A Member of the University of Maine System