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Current York County Master Gardener Community Projects
Current York County Master Gardener Community Projects
As a new
Master Gardener trainee you may choose to focus some of your
volunteer time on a community project of your choosing. The
majority of your time (30 hours) in your first year of certification
should be in one of our community projects as outlined below.
Master Gardener Volunteers have found that by working together on
shared projects they are much more likely to succeed and have a
positive Master Gardener experience. Any Master Gardener may
initiate a new community project by putting in a request to the York
County Master Gardener Association Board.
The following
is a brief description of some – not all – of our community
projects.
Kids Can
Grow – Youth gardening
program. Master Gardener Volunteers help develop and coordinate the
program, teaching, and mentoring children. The series of classes is
held on Saturdays, once a month from April – August. Volunteers also
mentor participating youth at their home gardens.
Plant-A-Row for the Hungry
– Program recruits farmers and home gardeners to donate produce from
their farm/garden to area food pantries, shelters and senior housing
projects. Master Gardeners can serve on the organizational team to
coordinate this county-wide program, networking with the media and
shelters, soup kitchens, food pantries, etc. or give their time to
gleaning/delivering produce.
Laudholm
Farm Master Gardener Volunteers
– Master Gardener Volunteers serve
to manage the native plant demonstration garden and the pumpkin
patch on the grounds of Laudholm Farm at Wells Reserve. In addition
volunteers will help coordinate educational gardening displays for
the general public at public events such as Earth Day and
Punkinfiddle.
Plant
Sale and Raffle –
Coordinated by 2-4 Master Gardeners with the Master Gardener
Association Board and support from all Master Gardener Volunteers.
This is a major fundraising event for the York County Master
Gardener Association, to support all York County Master Gardener
Projects and is usually held on a Saturday in May.
Garden
Angel - Program links
Master Gardeners (Garden Angels) with Recipients who usually are
elderly persons with physical or mental and financial limitations
who love to garden but need a friend/helping hand/Garden Angel to
help them be able to continue gardening.
Caring
Unlimited – Master
Gardener’s garden with residents of a Caring Unlimited Shelter in
Sanford, teaching them garden basics and helping them to grow
flowers, herbs, and vegetables, and care for trees and shrubs.
Community
Garden – This project is
in development.
Farmers’
Market Volunteers –
Outreach education on gardening to the general public through Master
Gardener displays at York County Farmer’s Markets. Volunteering at
market typically runs from mid July – August, though some Master
Gardener groups choose to start earlier and go longer in the season.
Workshops
– Held once or twice a
year, this is a program offered by Master Gardeners, covering many
subjects, and open to the public.
Other
Community Projects, including Jr. Master Gardeners and growing
winter greens, currently utilize a small number of volunteers
Updated 10/30/2007
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