Lost River Master Gardening Workshops Begin April 11th

The University of Idaho Butte County Extension Office is offering a series of eleven gardening workshops on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, from 1 PM to 4 PM in the Business Center, in Arco.  The classes will cover a wide variety of subjects of interest to gardeners in the Lost Rivers Valleys.  Participants who pay the fee and complete the course, optional quizzes and 30 hours of volunteer work will receive certification as “Master Gardeners” and a $100 refund on their fees. 

We need 15 full time participants enrolled before April 11^th in order to hold the gardening workshops.  For more information or to enroll, please call the Butte County Extension Office at 527-8587 or email butte@uidaho.edu.

The workshops will be presented by University of Idaho Extension faculty with special expertise in the subjects being covered.  Presentation will include:

April 11th	Introduction to Botany and Botany Laboratory	Chad Cheyney	Extension Educator
April 13th	*Weed Management in the Landscape	Chad Cheyney Brad Gamett	Extension Educator Weed Superintendent
April 18th	Xeriscaping and Coposting	Susan Bell	Extension Educator
April 20th	Fruit Tree and Cane Berry Culture	Lance Ellis	Extension Educator
April 25	*Introduction to Plant Pathology	Dr. Wayne Jones	Interim District Director and Extension Educator
April 27th	Native and Woody Plants in the Landscape	Dr. Stephen Love	Extension Specialist Horticulture
May 2nd	Irrigation Management	Dr. Howard Neibling	Extension Specialist Irrigation
May 4th	Vegetable Culture	Stuart Parkinson	Extension Educator
May 9th	*Introduction to Entomology	Dr. Arash Rashed	Extension Specialist Entomology
May 11th	Soils and Plant Nutrition	Chad Cheyney	Extension Educator
May 18th	*Diagnosis of Plant Disorders	Chad Cheyney	Extension Educator

The fee for all eleven classes is $150 and includes a copy of the University of Idaho’s, Master Gardener’s Handbook, and all handout and laboratory materials.  We must have 15 full-time participants in order to justify holding the workshops.  Individual workshops will be available for $20 each.  Pesticide recertification credit will be available for workshops indicated with an asterisk.