1. Creating Sustainable Funding
Creating Programs that Keep on Giving

2. Your Group Needs Money to Operate

5. Where do We Start?
Showcase what the Master Gardeners do for the community

6. What does your County need that your Group can Provide?

7. There are Variety of Programs
Educational Programs
Plant Sales
Cookbooks & Publications
Plant Shows or Events
Equipment or Tool sales

8. Every County needs some type of Gardening Classes
Consider what you would like to teach
Consider the experts in your group
How big of a class can your group handle?
What would you charge?
Does your county need a series of Classes?
Set the time to be held same time each year.
Pick-up donations, refreshments, sign-in, etc.

10. TYPES OF CLASSES Series of Vegetable Classes Series of Flower Classes
Class on Flower Arrangement
Class on Beginning Landscape Design
Hands-On Fruit Tree Pruning Seminar
Turfgrass Management Class(es)
Building Raised Beds Seminar
Herbs & Their Use
The types of classes are endless

11. Plant Sales

12. Cookbooks & Publications
Master Gardener Cookbooks sell very well
It takes a group effort
It does take work and coordination
Small How-To Publications
Think outside the box

13. Plant Events and Shows Host a yearly event County Fair plant judging
Spring of Summer Flower Show
Herb & Vegetable Luncheon / Dinners
Do your members have a Specialty

15. Host Seminars Your group can host a variety of Seminars
Construct Rain Barrels
Build Raised Bed Kits
Make Garden Labels
Host a Garden Preparation Class
Sponsor a Garden Tool Event
What does your county need / want?