MASTER GARDENER CLASS SCHEDULE
SARASOTA COUNTY
CLASS 1
August 3 8:45 - 10:45 Introductions – all class members
Wednesday 10:45 - 11:00 Break
(Separate Classes) 11:00 - 11:30 Plants of the Day
11:30 - 1:00 Potluck Lunch provided by Veteran Master Gardeners
1:00 - 3:00 Environmental Landscape Management and Florida Yards & Neighborhoods –Patricia Porchey
3:00 - 3:30 Overview of the Extension Service – Donald Rainey, Environmental Horticulture Agent, Sarasota County
Class 1 Location: Florida House Learning Center, SCTI campus, Beneva & Proctor, Sarasota
We’ll be outside in the morning/inside in the afternoon.
CLASS 2
August 10 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:00 Basic Botany and Plant Science – Donald Rainey,
Environmental Horticulture Agent, Sarasota County
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 3:30 Household Pests – Dr. Fred Santana, Integrated Pest
Management Coordinator, Sarasota County
Class 2 Location: Bee Ridge Park, 4430 South Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota
(Bee Ridge to Lockwood Ridge, south past Wilkinson Road)
CLASS 3
August 17 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:30 Plant Pruning – Annemarie Post, Florida Yard and
Neighborhood Outreach Horticulturist, Sarasota County
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 3:30 Basic Entomology – Jane Morse, Environmental Horticulture Agent, Manatee County
Class 3 Location: Kendrick Auditorium, Manatee Agricultural Center, 1303 17th Street West, Palmetto
CLASS 4
August 24 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:30 Vegetable Gardening & Pest Management – Dr. Phyllis
Gilreath, Vegetable Extension Agent, Manatee County
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 2:30 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – Jane Morse,
Environmental Horticulture Agent, Manatee County
2:30 - 3:30 Understanding Pesticide Labels – Peggy Dessaint,
Commercial Landscape Horticulture Extension Agent,
Manatee County
Class 4 Location: Rogers Auditorium, Manatee Agricultural Center, 1303 17th Street West, Palmetto
FOR NEXT CLASS: Bring plant disease/insect samples from home!
CLASS 5
August 31 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 11:30 Trouble Shooting Plant Problems – Peggy Dessaint,
Commercial Landscape Horticulture Extension Agent,
Manatee County
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch (on your own)
12:30 - 1:30 Plant Problem Diagnosis Exercise, Peggy Dessaint,
Commercial Landscape Horticulture Extension Agent,
Manatee County
1:30 - 3:00 Urban Wildlife & Wildlife Habitat, Jane Morse,
Environmental Horticulture Extension Agent, Manatee
County
3:00 - 3:30 Annuals & Perennials – Patricia Porchey, Horticulturist, Sarasota County
Class 5 Location: Kendrick Auditorium, Palmetto (Bring plant problem samples to share)
CLASS 6
September 7 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:30 Citrus Selection & Care – Dr. Steve Futch, Multi-County
Extension Agent, Citrus Research and Education Center,
Lake Alfred
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 3:30 Tropical Fruits – Mike Holsinger, Past Urban
Horticulture Extension Agent and County Extension
Director, Sarasota County
Class 6 Location: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota
TRAINING ACTIVITY
September 12 7:30 - 11:30 Propagation/Landscape Workday
Monday Florida House Learning Center
(Sarasota only)
Wear work clothes!
Gardening Day Location: Florida House Learning Center, SCTI campus, Beneva & Proctor, Sarasota
CLASS 7
September 21 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:30 Field Trip to Quick Point Nature Reserve and New Pass
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 3:30 Coastal Vegetation/Shoreline Management – John
Stevely, Multi-County Marine Agent, Sea Grant Program,
Manatee County Extension Service
Class 7 Location: Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota
Buchanan Room, 3rd Floor Board Room
(Bring hat, sunscreen, and wading shoes and clothes)
CLASS 8
September 28 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:30 Soil Science – Jane Morse, Environmental Horticulture
Extension Agent, Manatee County
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 3:30 Plant Nutrition & Nutritional Deficiencies - Donald Rainey, ?
Class 8 Location: Kendrick Auditorium, Palmetto
CLASS 9
October 5 8:30 - 9:00 Quiz on last class’s material
Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30 Plants of the Day
(Joint Classes) 9:30 - 12:00 Turf Selection and Care – Jane Morse, Environmental
Horticulture Extension Agent, Manatee County
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 3:30 Irrigation – Jack Tichenor, Water Conservation Extension
Agent, Manatee County
Class 9 Location: Kendrick Auditorium, Palmetto
Receive Final Exam
TRAINING ACTIVITY
October 10 8:30 - 10:30 Landscape Workday
Monday Green Office
(Sarasota only)
Wear work clothes!
Gardening Day Location: Sarasota Extension Office, 6700 Clark Road, Sarasota.
More grows in the garden than was sown there.
MASTER GARDENER CLASS SCHEDULE
SARASOTA COUNTY
CLASS 10
October 19 8:30 - 9:30 Plant ID Exam Setup & Personal Review
Wednesday 9:30 - 10:30 Plant ID Exam
(Joint Classes) 10:30 - 3:30 Environmental Landscape Design – Patricia Porchey,
Horticulturist, Sarasota County Extension
(working lunch – bring quick food)
Receive Final Exam!
Class Location: Bee Ridge Park, 4430 South Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota
(Bee Ridge to Lockwood Ridge, south past Wilkinson Road)
CLASS 11 LAST CLASSROOM DAY – HOORAY!!!
November 2 9:00 - 10:00 Tour of Green Office –
Wednesday Donald Rainey
(Separate Classes) 10:00 - 12:00 Telephone Skills, Office Procedures – Patricia Porchey
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (brown bag lunch)
1:00 - 3:15 Wrap-up & What It Means to Be a Master Gardener -
Donald Rainey
Final Exam Due!!!
Class 11 Location: Sarasota Extension Office, 6700 Clark Road, Sarasota.
GRADUATION
Spouses and/or friends are invited to attend the Master Gardener Graduation and Holiday Party
In December. Date to be announced later.
More grows in the garden than was sown there.