Teaching CMG/CGC Training
Curriculum Units
Training Information for Students
- Student Training Guide_2021 Coming soon
- Contains course syllabus, reading list, homework and class notes.
- Student Worksheet Packet 2021 Coming soon
- Optional for students to print and utilize to accompany online classes and reviews.
- CMG Course Syllabus_2021
- 2021 Training Tuition and materials
Schedules
Training Guides for Coordinators
This section contains information you’ll need to coordinate in-person classes, labs, and online class reviews. For copies of the student worksheets – see the Training Information for students (above) or GardenNotes.
- Intro to the Colorado Master Gardener Program
- Soils, Amendments & Fertilizers
- Botany: How Plants Grow
- Plant Pathology
- IPM and Diagnostics
- Entomology
- Turf Management
- Weed Management
- Colorado Gardening Challenges
- Science of Planting Trees & Tree Care
- Vegetables
- Small Fruits
- This is an online class in Canvas.
- Instructors: Yvette Henson
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Pruning
- This is an online class in Canvas.
- Tree Fruits
- This is an online class in Canvas.
- Water Wise Landscapes
- Not a standard course offered for 2021.
- Available for purchase through the Certified Gardener Digital Badging program – www.certifiedgardenercsu.com
- Irrigation
- This is an online class in Canvas.
Course Links
Teaching CMG/CGC Training
Training courses are intended for trainees-only. These are Colorado Master Gardener Apprentice Volunteers (CMGA) and Colorado Gardener Certificate (CGC) students. CGCs are auditing the CMG Training, meaning they have not applied to volunteer, they are simply taking the training for the course content.
All students are expected to complete 100% of online courses, attend 80% of all trainings, and pass the final exam (offered online) with a 70% or greater. The materials on this site are guides meant to support your success as staff coordinating and implementing the courses. Feel free to edit some activities for local needs and provide horticultural examples specific to your area/region.
Curriculum Units – Instructor/Host Outlines, PowerPoint Files
Introduction to the Colorado Master Gardener Program
Diagnosing Trees
Botany
- This is an online class. It is not available outside of Canvas. Below are older resources that may be useful:
Herbaceous Plants: Right Plant, Right Place
There is no answer sheet for the homework, as the homework is site specific.
Identifying Insects and Entomology
Identifying Trees and Shrubs
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:
Lawn Care – Turfgrass Management
Native Plants
Plant Pathology
Pruning
Small Fruit
Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
PowerPoint Files
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.)
Tree Planting – The Science of Planting Trees
Vegetables
Weed Management
