- Author: Dona Jenkins
Garden Workshops Planned at the
Chino Basin Water Conservation District
Keynote speaker Dona Jenkins, UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Program Coordinator will kick off the program at 9 a.m. speaking on the topic of How to Become a Master Gardener and an Introduction to the UCCE San Bernardino County Programs.
Master Gardeners are community volunteers who join with the University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) with a mission “to extend research based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to the residents of California." Master Gardeners have given over two million hours of volunteer time since the program's inception in California in 1980.
University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) has been helping people solve their agricultural and horticultural problems since 1913 when Extension Agents (now Farm Advisors) supervised “Victory” gardens during World War I and II. They have helped agriculturalists and home and community gardeners ever since. In addition to serving the needs of agricultural industry, UCCE also supports research and education in the areas of youth development and family and consumer sciences, using thousands of volunteers to extend the research based information and knowledge to its California clientele. This is accomplished through partnerships with growers and others in the agriculture industry, with nutrition education programs, with 4-H Youth Development programs, and with various certificate programs such as California Naturalist, Master Food Preserver, and Master Gardener programs.
Importance of these workshops to San Bernardino (West Valley) residents – “Home gardeners are faced with severe drought conditions and the workshop on water management during drought addresses how to use water efficiently in their gardens. Following water management practices, West Valley home gardeners can more effectively develop sustainable landscapes” – Dona Jenkins, UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Program Coordinator.
Garden Workshop Fall 2015 - CBWCD