Master Gardener Advanced Training Opportunities,

Other Classes and Upcoming COMGA Activities – April 2024

Tim Schindele - VP Master Gardener Education

 

Listed below are upcoming training options to consider to meet the requirement for continuing education hours to remain certified. Also listed are other classes not approved as advanced training but which may be of interest to members, and upcoming COMGA activities tentatively scheduled. Dates are subject to change. This will be updated monthly.

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1. OSU Extension Level Up online classes are now posted for 2024: Growing Oregon Gardeners: Level Up Series for 2024 | OSU Extension Service (oregonstate.edu). The next one is on April 9, entitled “Flavor, Savor: Growing Culinary Herbs.” When you open this page for 2024, look to the left side of the page and find the links for 2021, 2022 and 2023. All of these are approved for advanced training and most are about an hour in length. You cannot claim the hours twice if you already recorded them in your timekeeping in a previous year.

 

2. 10-Minute University online webinars offered by Clackamas County MG Association started in January. Five or six per month at noon mostly on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The January classes were approved for continuing education hours and are available to view now. None of the others are approved since they are largely about gardening on the west side. There may be topics you are interested in, nonetheless.

Go to: https://clackamascountymastergardeners.org/10-minute-university/

 

3. Spring Seminar classes for 2024 begin on April 6. To register, go to: 2024 Spring Seminar | COMGA (gocomga.com). Each class costs $5.00.  If you missed past years’ COMGA Spring Seminar Webinars, or want to watch any of them again, our 2022 and 2023 Spring Seminar Webinars are now posted on COMGA's YouTube channel.  The Webinars are approved for continuing education credit but you cannot claim the hours twice if you already recorded them in your timekeeping previously. How to watch, go to: https://www.youtube.com/user/gocomga

 

4. A field trip to the Sisters Ranger District to collect native plants is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 24. It will likely occur that day, unless there is major snowfall then. The amount of snow in the area will determine where the ranger takes us to dig. Meet at the Sisters Ranger District office at 8:30. Ranger Jeremy Fields or one of his assistants will lead us. You need to have a free permit which you should get beforehand at any Bend, Redmond or Sisters USFS offices. Don’t wait until that morning to get the permit. You don’t need a vehicle NW Forest Pass for this outing. We’re limited to 20 persons total, so notify me if you want to go. I’ll put you on a list and will also create a wait list. If it turns out that there is room for family members or friends, I’ll let you know. Try to arrange carpooling. I live in Redmond and would meet carpoolers at the Redmond Extension Office at 7:15am and leave from there about 7:30 am. I would drive my pickup with a canopy over the bed so we could put our plants there. I can take 3 others with me comfortably. You’ll need to bring gloves, a shovel, water and containers to hold your plants. More details to follow.  Read the brochure: stelprdb5281944.pdf (usda.gov)