HORTICULTURE …Training is taught by Cornell University professors and other horticulture professionals
The CCE Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) program is a national program of trained volunteers who work in partnership with their county Cooperative Extension office to educate the public. (Photo by Lumi W on Unsplash)
WATERLOO, N.Y. — Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer training classes for Seneca County are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, September 10 at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva and continue every Wednesday through December 3, 2025 (except for November 19 & 26). Classes will start at 9:30 AM and run until 3:00 PM, with a half hour for lunch and a fifteen-minute break morning and afternoon.
The cost of this year’s classes will be $150.00. Partial scholarships are available. This cost will include all the handouts for each class, refreshments, speaker’s fees, travel costs, and administrative fees.
The training is taught by Cornell University professors and other professionals in the horticulture field. A commitment on your part for 50 volunteer hours over a two-year period is also required. These hours can be completed with such projects as: speaking to gardening groups, answering questions on the Horticulture Hot Line, working with 4-H Youth Development, booth participation at the Seneca County Fair and other events, writing articles or radio spots.
The CCE Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) program is a national program of trained volunteers who work in partnership with their county Cooperative Extension office to educate the public. The program possibilities are only limited by the volunteers’ imagination, so join us for this training to help shape the MGV program in Seneca County!
If you are interested, the application can be found on our website at: www.senecacountycce.org under the events. For questions, contact Tricia Carvalho at 315-539-9251 ext. 1010 or email [email protected]. For more information about CCE Master Gardener Volunteers, go to: https://senecacountycce.org/gardening/master-gardener-volunteers
With over 100 years of serving the people of the County, Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension, named the 2023 Seneca County Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Small Business of the Year, puts to practical use the scholarship and research of Cornell University and the national land grant system in the areas of agriculture and food systems sustainability; nutrition, food safety and security, and obesity prevention; 4-H youth development, and children, youth , and families; environment and natural resources, sustainable energy and climate change; and community and economic vitality. The office is located at 369 East Main Street in Waterloo. For more information about this and other programs, please visit our website: www.senecacountycce.org and our Facebook pages: @CCESeneca, @SenecaCounty4HNY, @CCESenecaF2S. Contact us at 315-539-9251 or [email protected].
— Cornell Cooperative Extension | Seneca County
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