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Welcome to registration for the 2021 Utah State University Extension Master Gardener Program in Weber County. Its purpose is to develop a network of trained volunteers who can provide Utah communities with unbiased, research-based horticultural education and technical assistance in gardening and home horticulture. This year’s class will be online only. Links of recorded presentations will be sent to participants. There will be weekly zoom Q&A sessions with the presenters on Wednesdays from 2:00pm-3:00pm. There will also be in-person lab trainings at the Ogden Botanical Gardens. You'll receive 14 weeks of college-level lectures taught by Utah State University Extension Specialists and Extension Faculty in the following areas:

• Basic Botany
• Soils and Fertilizers
• Irrigation
• Fruits and Vegetables
• Trees, Shrubs and Flowers
• Weed Science
• Entomology
• Integrated Pest Management
• Turfgrass
• Landscape Design

With completion of the training, USU Master Gardeners are required to provide a minimum of 40 hours of volunteer service back to their community. New this year for certification, you will also be required to attend several in-person labs held at the Ogden Botanical Gardens.

The 2021 program can admit up to 30 persons and has an entry fee of $235, which also includes a complimentary USU Botanical Center/Ogden Botanical Gardens Membership for you. 

Registration for this program CLOSES on January 13, 2021.

Larry Sagers Master Gardener Scholarships are available.  Please read the following carefully.

If you would like to apply for the Larry Sagers Master Gardener Scholarship Award ($200 towards course fee), you must still register but as a Stand-By Applicant. Your fee will be a nonrefundable $35.

Click HERE for the scholarship letter and application. Please note: the link is found at the bottom of the page.

 You must completely fill out this form, print/save, then follow directions on the form to get it to the Scholarship Award Office by January 4, 2021.

You will be notified the following week and then, if awarded, your registration will be complete.  If not awarded, you must finish your registration by January 13, 2021. 

Please note: “The Sagers Master Gardener scholarship awards a total of $1000 statewide to enrollees with the greatest determined need AND their ability to demonstrate on the application their ability and willingness to help move USU Extension programming forward with their volunteer service. There is not a county quota – selection is based on the applications received.”  -Michael Caron, USU Extension Horticulturalist 

Applicants to the course must attend the following: 

• Zoom Orientation on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, from 6-7 pm. This consists of a question and answer session, and clarification of course background and content.

And then they can attend:

• Master Gardener classes held on Wednesdays beginning January 27. Master Gardener Classes will be online only. Speakers will have a pre-recorded class for you to view on your own time. Links will be sent out to the student via email. There will be a live Question and Answer session with the presenter every Wednesday at 2:00pm - 3:00pm, January 27 through April 28. There will also be in person Labs held at the Ogden Botanical Gardens.  

• Graduation for the class will be in November 2021.

The requirements for certification include the following:

1. Attend a minimum of 12 of the classes.

2. Complete all given assignments.

3. Attend all labs at the Ogden Botanical Gardens.

4. Provide at least 40 hours of volunteer community service, with 20 or more of those hours completed at the Ogden Botanical Gardens. 

If you have any questions at all, please call 801-399-8201 or email helen.muntz@usu.edu

USU Extension Office, Weber County 1181 N Fairgrounds Dr. Ogden, UT 84404