1. We are the UC Master Gardener Program of Riverside County Advice to Grow By…Ask Us! Sept 14, 2016
Cathy Konyn
UC Master Gardener

2. Overview Today’s Goal:
Offer a unique look the UC Master Gardener Program of Riverside County
Topics:
Our Office
Program History and Today
Outreach Efforts
Core Projects
Spotlight Project or Outreach Effort

3. UCCE Riverside County Etaferahu Takele - County Director
Janet Hartin - MGP Advisor
Two offices
21150 Box Springs Rd, Moreno Valley, CA
Indio Blvd. Indio, CA

4. Program History First Master Gardener Class 43 grads April, 1980
Started by Ted Stamen
2011 -Yearly trainee classes
2013 – Classes in Palm Desert
Program history is you want.

5. Duke Petersen – class of 1982
Today
230 active UC Master Gardener volunteers
17 Gold Badge
7 Platinum
21,191 Volunteer Hours
4,248 Continuing Education Hours
Ottillia Toots Bier – class of 1983
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Include more fun facts if you want:
Longest serving UC MG?
Duke Petersen – class of 1982

6. Our Website ucanr.edu/sites/RiversideMG/ Water-Wise Gardening
Speakers Bureau
WMWD workshops/tours
Grow Lab
Internet Resources
Informacion en Español
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7. Outreach Efforts Like us … facebook.com/MGPRiverside/ Tweet us …
twitter.com/mgpriverside
Gardening with Lucy
City of Riverside
Vegetable gardening
Gardening Advice Column
Toots Bier
Press Enterprise
OC Register
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8. Core Projects Two Helplines Speakers Bureau Information Tables
124 events
Information Tables
195 events
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9. Partnerships Western Municipal Water District UCR Botanic Gardens
Moorten’s Cactus Garden
Living Desert
Gardening workshops
Trained docent tours
Information tables

10. Community and Youth/School Gardens
Throughout Riverside County
Hands-on instruction
“Toolboxes”:
UCCE researched based gardening knowledge
Reference materials
Contacts

11. Gold Miner Project 2010 focus in Riverside 9 events outside
Gold Miners seek events outside
141 events outside in 2015
Won Search for Excellence 2014
Program history is you want.

12. Other Desert Projects Weekly Farmers’ Market Tables
Gardening Classes at the Braille Institute
Docent Guides at the Coachella Valley Preserve
Monthly Public Classes at Cathedral City Library

13. Riverside Master Gardeners Also Have Fun
Plant Exchanges
Potlucks & Socials

14. Continuing Education Tours...

15. ...and working together

16. Master Gardener Program Overview by Sue Mosbacher
11/27/2012
Thank you!
Cathy Konyn
Riverside County MGP
Amador County Master Gardener Training