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Advanced MG ClassesThe Advanced Master Gardener program is available to further your skills and knowledge. The program requires you to accrue 20 hours of class time, with a volunteer commitment of two hours of outreach for every hour of class time taken, to be accomplished over a 3-year period.
For more information on the Advanced Master Gardener program contact the Master Gardener Coordinator, Regina Campfield at 203-322-6971.
To register for Advanced Master Gardener classes: http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu
Send registration form to:
UConn Home & Garden Education Center
1380 Storrs Road, Unit 4115
Storrs, CT 06269-4115
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CompostingWednesday, September 22 1:30-3:00pm
Learn the requirements of proper residential composting - the controlled microbial aerobic decomposition of organic matter. Topics covered are the general scientific principles of composting, i.e. the six main requirements of composting, including the proper carbon to nitrogen ratio; the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of compost piles, cages and bins, and proper ingredients for your compost "recipe."
Greg Moonie is an Advanced Master Gardener and has lectured on composting for the Adult Education programs in Stamford, Greenwich and Darien High Schools and at the Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens for the past five years. Recently, Greg prepared the syllabus for the new UConn Master Composter program and worked with Dawn Pettinelli to initiate the first class this past October in Manchester. He is the first person in Connecticut to have completed the full requirements for Master Composter certification.
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The Flora of NepalWednesday, November 10 7:00-9:00pm
The unique geographical, cultural and historical context of this small yet profoundly diverse as well as impoverished agricultural nation will be stressed while introducing its key flora.
Part 1: Geography, Geography, Geography
Part 2: From the tropics to the Death Zone
Part 3: Rice to Rhododendrons
Paul Wicht is a Master Gardener with undergraduate degrees in physics from SUNY Potsdam and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University, as well as graduate degrees in science education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal as an environmental engineer, and taught the earth sciences in New York public schools.
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