We’ve been getting a lot of questions about continuing education requirements for MGEVs. Glad you asked! You’ll note in our updated Program Policies that “MGEVS are encouraged to seek at least 6 hours of continuing education each year and report it within MGLOG.” For the past several years, we have been…
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Mark your calendars for our monthly continuing education webinar series! Thoughtful Thursdays began in 2018 and the GA MGEV State Program Offices leads the series. We have hosted 48 sessions so far! It is exciting to jump into another year with these sessions. The 2023 dates are on our webpage. On…
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Our monthly series for GA MGEVs continues in March with Bob Westerfield, UGA Extension Horticulturist, joining us to share about Vegetable Gardening on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 2 pm. Check your email a few days before the session for the Zoom link. In the meantime, explore a listing of…
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR FIRST Thoughtful Thursday SESSION IN 2022! On February 10, 2021, at 2 pm we will be hearing from Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist, about this year’s weather patterns. Check your email a few days before the session for the Zoom link….
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This Thursday, May 13, 2021, Dr. Carol Robacker will join our Thoughtful Thursday continuing education series for GA MGEVs and share about Abelia Breeding and Plant Introductions at UGA. Master Gardeners, we look forward to seeing you online for this live Zoom session at 2:00 PM this Thursday! Check your…
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“Climate is more than just the average weather,” said Pam Knox, UGA’s Weather Director and this month’s Thoughtful Thursday speaker. Climate is about ranges of temperatures, extremes, and cycles that can be natural or or otherwise. When you start talking about climate trends, the time period really does matter. For…
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Our 2021 Thoughtful Thursday series kicked off on February 11, 2021, with “Horticultural CSI: The Tale of the Long Beach Red Radish,” from Dr. Gary Bachman, Mississippi State. Dr. Bachman shared about an important crop once grown in Mississippi and its disappearance (or not) from seed collections. As gardeners and…
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Thoughtful Thursdays: a monthly webinar series for GA MGEVs brought to you by the State Program Office During our monthly webinar (usually the second Thursday from 2-2:30 pm), UGA specialists share updates on a variety of horticulture topics with MGEVs. We use Zoom for these sessions so MGEVs, trainees, Extension agents…
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For our last Thoughtful Thursday session of 2020, Georgia 4-H specialists Keri Hobbs and Craven Hudson were joined by Donovan Nelson as they shared about the opportunity to shape the next generation of gardeners through the Master Mentoring program. This Georgia 4-H program supports the essential elements of youth development,…
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We are looking forward to the upcoming August Thoughtful Thursday session next week, August 13 at 2 PM. Jason Lessl, Program Coordinator of the Agricultural & Environmental Services Lab (AESL), will join us to discuss Soils. The Zoom link to access the live session will be emailed to GA MGEVs,…
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Here’s the line-up for the summer months of our Thoughtful Thursdays webinar series for Georgia MGEVs: June 18, 2020 – Junior Master Gardener Program, Sheri Dorn July 9, 2020 – Composting, Suki Janssen August 13, 2020 – Soils, Jason Lessl This week, Sheri Dorn, our state program coordinator, will be…
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