Thank you for your interest in becoming a Madison County Master Gardener Volunteer! Please read all the instructions in your confirmation email after submitting this registration. This training will take place almost entirely IN PERSON at the Waterville Public Library (see full roster below, some classes take place elsewhere). We are teaming up with CCE Oneida to offer you this training! If you are from another county, you MUST contact ther MGV coordinator for your county and do your hours in your county. Scholarships mentioned in this registration platform are only for Madison County residents.

Master Gardener Volunteers are a boon to their community! Join us for the Seed To Supper program, help out with the installation of the Teaching Garden which will help teach others how to grow their own food and help Madison County community members with their many small farm and gardening questions. Teach classes, develop fact-sheets on hot gardening topics, write articles for the newspaper and more!

This training will equip you to be citizen scientists in your community and teach you a wealth of knowledge, supplementing your existing knowledge, that you can turn around and use to help others in your community.  Once your training is complete in the spring of 2025, applicants must commit to monthly meetings at CCE Madison in Morrisville where we solidify our team, develop a game-plan for current projects, and brainstorm ways to help others.

Once your background check is completed, we will contact you to schedule an in-person interview about the program. Payment on a sliding scale of anywhere from $100 to $150 is due directly after the interview. We accept cash, check or Paypal.

If you have any questions about the training or the application process, please contact Patty Stimmel: MGV Coordinator at 315-684-3001 ext. 108

All sessions in person unless Zoom is better due to 

inclement weather!

October 5th @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Orientation & MGV Moodle Intro

1pm-3pm: Basic Botany lesson

October 19th @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Woody Plants

1pm-3pm: Program or Activity

November 2nd @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Soils

1pm-3pm: Composting

November 16th @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Lightning Rounds Tree/Shrub Presentations 

Guess the tree/shrub based on habit & attributes (5 mins/person)

December 7th @ SUNY Morrisville Spader Greenhouses

10am-12pm: Plant Propagation

1pm-3pm: Program or Activity

January 18th @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Plant Pathology

1pm-3pm: Program or Activity

February 1st @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Annuals

1pm-3pm: Perennials

February 15th @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Program or Activity

1pm-3pm: Native Plants

March 1st @SUNY Morrisville Arb. (behind Brooks Hall)

10am-12pm: Pruning

1pm-3pm: Addressing Pesticide Options as a Master Gardener Volunteer

March 15th on ZOOM

10am-12pm: Lightning Rounds Annual/Perennial Presentations

10 minute presentations on a chosen annual or perennial

1pm-3pm: Program or Activity

March 29th @ Waterville Public Library

10am-12pm: Entomology

1pm-3pm: Vegetables

April 12th @ Home Counties

10am-1pm: Graduation and Final Action Project presentations