Training Classes
2024 Training Schedule—with speakers and reading assignments
Week 1: Plant Science and Plant ID
Week 2: Home Orchards and Small Fruits (Activity - Pruning)
Week 3: Controlling Vertebrate Pests
Week 4: Giving Presentations, MG Foundation, Givepulse, background checks
Week 5: Looking at Bugs
Week 6: Pollinators
Week 7: Soil Science
Week 8: Having a Garden
Week 9: Tour-Greenhouse, Demo Garden, Plant and Insect Clinic
Week 10: Plant Propagation, Planting Seeds in the Greenhouse (Activity)
Week 11: Native Plants, Tour of Watershed Gardens
Week 12: Communication with others
Week 13: Diagnosing Plant Problems (Plant and Insect Clinic)
Week 14: Pesticide Safety and NW Weeds
Week 15: Urban Forestry 101 (Activity - Designing a Firewise Landscape)
Week 16: Landscaping (Activity - design a home landscape)
Week 17: Plant Sale—no class
Week 18: Waterwise Practices (Activity - Irrigation of Garden, Rain Barrel)
Week 19: Composting and vermicomposting (Activity - make a compost bin)
Week 20: Final Presentations, graduation, and potluck