Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Applications Are Ready For Gardeners

Ron Matlock

Want to be a Master Gardener? Applications are being taken in the Clark County Extension office for persons who want to sharpen their horticultural skills and then share their knowledge with others.

The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is conducting the Master Gardener training program. Enrollment will be limited and the sign-up deadline is December 15 for the yearly program which will be five Wednesday?s in January and February. This year the classes will be held in Arkadelphia.

Gardeners who take the training are asked to donate 40 hours toward community service and to train other gardeners.

Instruction will be given on basic botany, principles of horticulture, soils and fertilizers, irrigation, pest control and pesticide use.

Other training sessions include vegetable production, home fruit production, landscaping and lawn.

The $60.00 registration fee includes meals and a detailed Master Gardener reference notebook.

For details or an application, contact the Clark County Extension office at 246-2281.