{"id":10055,"date":"2018-12-07T18:24:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=10055"},"modified":"2018-12-07T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:24:54","slug":"how-to-become-an-idaho-master-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/07\/how-to-become-an-idaho-master-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become An Idaho Master Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">BY UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO BLAINE COUNTY EXTENSION<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10056\" src=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/master-gardener-ui-extension-4c-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" \/>To become a University of Idaho Extension Master Gardener volunteer, federal standards require a minimum of 40 hours of classroom training, and 40 hours of volunteer service hours; however, fees, training times and volunteer requirements vary by county. Check out our\u00a0class schedule\u00a0or contact\u00a0your county\u2019s University of Idaho Extension office\u00a0for an application and information about the next and nearest volunteer training. Some counties have waiting lists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">University of Idaho Extension Master Gardener volunteer training and laboratories are taught by University of Idaho Extension educators and in your community. Field trips and readings from your copy of the comprehensive\u00a0Idaho Master Gardener Handbook\u00a0will fill out your instructional program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Once you\u2019ve finished your classroom training, passed your exams, and completed your volunteer hours, or \u201cpracticum,\u201d you\u2019ll be certified as a University of Idaho Extension Master Gardener volunteer for one year. And, you\u2019ll be enriched by basic gardening knowledge, pest identification abilities, leadership training and planning skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Many Idaho Master Gardeners choose to extend their certification into future years through advanced training and a commitment of additional volunteer hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">You can even\u00a0earn University of Idaho credits\u00a0for your Master Gardener course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><i>For more information, visit University of Idaho Blaine County Extension Office, 302 S. 1st Ave., Hailey, extension.uidaho.edu\/blaine or call (208) 788-5585.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO BLAINE COUNTY EXTENSION To become a University of Idaho Extension Master Gardener volunteer, federal standards require a minimum of 40 hours of classroom training, and 40 hours of volunteer service hours; however, fees, training times and volunteer requirements vary by county. Check out our\u00a0class schedule\u00a0or contact\u00a0your county\u2019s University of Idaho Extension [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-living-well-ui-blaine-extension","8":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}