Orleans County Master Gardeners:
Planting a Beautiful Orleans County

Master Gardeners are trained volunteers of Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension assisting to expand the agency's educational outreach by providing home gardeners with research-based information.

Each Master Gardener must provide Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orleans County with an additional 90 hours of service over a two year time period following certification for a total of 180 hours altogether. Participation beyond that commitment is encouraged.

To fulfill the volunteer commitment, Master Gardeners have many options, including working in the office to test soil samples, maintain files of gardening information, answer gardening questions, help teach gardening classes, help organize and run Plant Sales, and write articles for the newsletter.

As a Master Gardener volunteer, you are expected to share the knowledge you gained in the training sessions with other gardeners in the community. You can do this by participating in a variety of ways. Every time you answer a gardening question from a friend, you extend the knowledge you have gained. The Cooperative Extension Horticulture Program offers many volunteer opportunities, or volunteers can design their own projects to benefit the community under the direction of appropriate staff members.

 

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Resources You May Find Helpful:

Home Gardening - Flowers, Vegetables and Lawn Care (with links to fact sheets)

Gardening Resources at Cornell

New York State Master Gardener Program

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Contact an Orleans Master Gardener to answer your garden
questions at 585-798-4265, ext 35.

Master Gardener Hotline open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:00am - 12:00pm.