Training Guides for Coordinators 

This section contains information you’ll need to coordinate in-person optional labs and online class reviews. For copies of the student worksheets – see the Training Information for students on GardenNotes.

• • Intro to Green School
    • Instructors: Katie Dunker, Mary Ortiz Castro, Alisson O’Connor, Chris Hilgert
    • CMG Program Training Guide
    • Canvas Cheatsheet
  • Soils, Amendments & Fertilizers
    • Instructor: Eric Hammond
    • Soils Lab Training Guide
    • Worksheet: GN252 Soils Texture and Free Lime Lab
    • Worksheet: GN252 Soils Texture and Free Lime Lab Answers
    • Soil Texture Video from Kansas State University (6 mins)
    • USDA Guide to Estimating Soil Moisture
  • Botany: How Plants Grow
    • Instructor: Sherie Shaffer
    • Botany Training Guide
    • Homework: GN155 Botany
    • Homework: GN155 Botany Answers
    • Worksheet: GN150 Leaf Characteristics
    • Worksheet: GN150 Leaf Characteristics Answers
    • Worksheet: GN151 Plant Structures
    • Worksheet: GN151 Plant Structures Answers
    • Worksheet: GN152-1 Plant Processes
    • Worksheet: GN152-2 Plant Processes
  • Science of Planting Trees & Tree Care
    • Instructor: Alison O’Connor, PhD
    • Trees Training Guide
    • Homework: GN618 Pruning
    • Homework: GN618 Pruning Answers
    • PowerPoint: Tree Care Class Review
    • PDF of PP: Tree Care Class Review PDF
  • IPM and Diagnostics
    • Instructors: John Murgel & Lisa Blecker
    • IPM and Diagnostics Training Guide
    • Homework: GN105 IPM and Diagnostics
    • Homework: GN105 IPM and Diagnostics Answers
    • Worksheet: GN103 Reading Pesticide Labels
    • Worksheet: GN103 Reading Pesticide Labels Answers
    • Worksheet: GN108 IPM and Diagnostics Practice Lab
    • Worksheet: GN108 IPM and Diagnostics Practice Labe Answers
  • Lawn Care
    • Instructor: Tony Koski, PhD
    • Turfgrass Training Guide
    • PowerPoint: Turfgrass Training Class Review
    • Worksheet: GN571 Turf Diagnostics
    • Worksheet: GN571 Turf Diagnostics Answers
    • Handouts: Sprinkler Types for Lawn Irrigation & Lawn Watering Guide
  • Weed Management
    • Instructor Bio: Tony Koski, PhD
    • Weed Management Training Guide
    • PowerPoint: Weeds Training Class Review
    • Worksheet: GN356 Weed Management
    • Worksheet: GN356 Weed Management Answers
  • Entomology
    • Instructors: Lisa Mason & Melissa Schreiner
    • Homework: GN318 Entomology
    • Homework: GN318 Entomology Answers
    • No labs/activities for this course.
  • Plant Pathology
    • Instructor: Mary Ortiz-Castro
    • Plant Pathology Training Guide
    • NOTE: Activities may need to be customized based on local samples available.
    • Homework: GN332 Plant Pathology
    • Homework: GN332 Plant Pathology Answers
    • Worksheet: GN333 Plant Pathology
    • Worksheet: GN333 Plant Pathology Answers
  • Colorado Gardening Challenges
    • Instructor: Irene Shonle, PhD
    • No labs/activities for this course.
  • Vegetables
    • Instructors: Cassey Anderson & Amy Lentz
    • No labs/activities for this course.
    • PDF of PP: Vegetable Presentation_Handout PDF

Older Resources: Instructor/Host Outlines, PowerPoint Files

Introduction to the Colorado Master Gardener Program

• This is an online class. It is not available outside of Canvas.
• CMG Introduction Video

Diagnosing Trees

• #116, Worksheet: Root Spread.pdf
• #117, Homework: Root Spread.pdf
• #117, Homework ANSWERS: Root Spread.pdf
• #119, Worksheet: Pest Management Options.pdf
• #119, Homework: Pest Management Options.pdf
• #119, Homework Answers: Pest Management Options.pdf
• #110, Homework: Ips & Mountain Pine Beetle.pdf
• #110, Homework ANSWERS: Ips & Mountain Pine Beetles.pdf
• CMG-Diagnosoing Abiotic Tree Disorders.pptx — revised March 2014
• CMG-Diagnosing Insects & Diseases of Trees.pptx — revised Jan 2015

Botany

• This is an online class. It is not available outside of Canvas. Below are older resources that may be useful:
  • Flower Inforescence Lab Photos
  • Botany PowerPoint
  • Plant Process PowerPoint

Herbaceous Plants: Right Plant, Right Place

There is no answer sheet for the homework, as the homework is site specific.

• CMG-HerbaceousPlants.pptx — Revised March 2013
• DE-Herbaceous Plants.pptx — Revised March 2013

Identifying Insects and Entomology

• Teaching Outline: Identifying Insects.doc
• #316, Worksheet: Identifying Insects.pdf
• #316, Worksheet ANSWERS: Identifying Insects.pdf
• #317, Homework: Identifying Insects.pdf
• #317, Homework ANSWERS: Identifying Insects.pdf
• CMG-InsectOrders.pptx – Revised Jan 2015

Identifying Trees and Shrubs

• CMG-treeID.ppt

IPM and the Diagnostic Process

• This is an online class. It is not available outside of Canvas. Below are older resources that may be useful:
  • IPM and the Diagnostic Process PowerPoint

Lawn Care – Turfgrass Management

• CMG Turfgrass Management PowerPoint

Native Plants

• CMG-Revised Intro to Native Plants 2011.ppt
• CMG1-Native Perennials.ppt
• CMG2-Native Woodies.ppt
• CMG3-Native Grasses.ppt
• Outline: Native Plants.doc

Plant Pathology

• CMG-Plant Path (Revised September 2018)

Pruning

• #618, Homework: Purning.pdf
• CMG-PruningIntro.pptx — Revised April 2014
• CMG-PruningIntro.ppt — Revised April 2014
• CMG-StructuralTraining.pptx — Revised April 2014
• CMG-StructuralTraining.ppt — Revised April 2014
• CMG-MatureTrees.pptx — Revised March 2014
• CMG-MatureTrees.ppt — Revised March 2014
• CMG-Shrubs.pptx — Revised March 2014
• CMG-Shrubs.ppt — Revised March 2014

Small Fruit

• CMG-Small Fruit.pptx
• CMG-Small Fruit.ppt

Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments

PowerPoint Files

• CMG-Soils1.pptx — Revised January 2014
• CMG-Soils1.ppt — Revised January 2014
• CMG-Soils2-Amendments.pptx — Revised January 2014
• CMG-Soils2-Amendments.ppt — Revised January 2014
• CMG-Soils3-Fertilizers.pptx — Revised February 2014
• CMG-Soils3-Fertilizers.ppt — Revised February 2014

• DE-Soils1.pdf (for site facilitators) – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils1.pptx – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils1.ppt – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils2-Amendments.pdf (for site facilitators) – January 2014
• DE-Soils2-Amendments.pptx – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils2-Amendments.ppt – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils3-Fertilizers.pdf (for site facilitators) – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils3-Fertilizers.pptx – Revised January 2014
• DE-Soils3-Fertilizers.ppt – Revised January 2014

Video Clips (These are mp4 files to play in Windows Media Player. If you are experience with PowerPoint, they could be linked to your PowerPoint file or embedded into your PowerPoint file.)

• Water Movement Across Soil Texture Interface (3 minutes)
• Adding Organic Matter to Sandy Soil (2 minutes)
• Soil Texture by Feel (4 minutes)
• Soil too Wet to Cultivate (1 minute)

Tree Planting – The Science of Planting Trees

• CSU Online Classroom Challenge
• Classroom Challenge Leader’s Guide

• DE Site Facilitators Outline-Tree Planting.docx
• DE Site Facilitator’s Outline-Tree Planting.pdf
• CMG-Planting.pptx – Revised April 2014
• CMG-Planting.ppt – Revised April 2014

• DE-Planting.pdf (for site facilitators) – Revised March 2013
• DE-Planting.pptx – Revised February 2013
• DE-Planting.ppt – Revised February 2013
• Videos
• Field Planting – Transplanter
• Field Balled and Burlapped-Conical truncated
• Field Bare Root-Trees
• Field Bare Root – Grading-Bailey
• Field Bare Root –Bare Root to container
• Propagation Cuttings – Ground Beds

Vegetables

• CMG-Vegetables.pptx
• CMG-Vegetbles.ppt

Weed Management

• CMG Weeds.pptx, revised January 2014
• CMG Weeds.ppt, revised January 2014