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.
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- Soils, Amendments & Fertilizers
- Instructor: Eric Hammond
- Soils Lab Training Guide
- 252-WS-Soils Texture ANSWER GUIDE
- 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: 155-HW-ANS-Botany_2020
- Worksheet: 151-WS-Structures ANSWER GUIDE
- Worksheet: 152-WS-Plant Processes 1 2 3 ANSWER GUIDE
- Worksheet (Optional): 150-WS-ANS Leaf Identification Characteristics ANSWER GUIDE
- Plant Pathology
- Instructor: Mary Ortiz-Castro
- Plant Pathology Training Guide
- NOTE: Activities may need to be customized based on local samples available.
- Worksheet: GN333-WS-ANS-Plant Pathology ANSWER GUIDE
- Homework: GN-HW-ANS-332-Plant Pathology ANSWER GUIDE
- Presentation: PDF copy of Plant Path Presentation slides
- DE Presentation: DE Plant Pathology-How to Diagnose revised 2.24.2020
- >>DISTANCE ED RECORDING FOR PLANT PATH (4 hrs 27 mins) Recorded 3.3.2020
- IPM and Diagnostics
- Instructors: John Murgel & Lisa Blecker
- IPM and Diagnostics Training Guide_2020
- Worksheet: 105-HW-IPM_Dx_2020
- Homework: 105-HW-IPM ANSWER GUIDE
- Worksheet: GN-103-WS-IPM Pesticide Label Lab_ANSWER GUIDE
- Entomology
- Instructors: Whitney Cranshaw PhD, John Murgel & Lisa Mason
- Homework (Optional): GN 318 HW-ANS Entomology ANSWER GUIDE
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Turf Management
- Instructor: Tony Koski, PhD
- Turfgrass Training Guide
- PowerPoint: CMG Training Class Review_Turfgrass_2020
- Worksheet: GN571-WS-Turf Diagnostics
- CMG Turf Management Crossword Puzzle Answer Key
- Handouts: Sprinkler Types for Lawn Irrigation & Lawn Watering Guide
- Weed Management
- Instructor Bio: Tony Koski, PhD
- Weeds Lab Training Guide
- PowerPoint: CMG Training Class Review_Weeds Lab_2020
- Worksheet: GN356-WS-Weed Management
- Colorado Gardening Challenges
- Instructor: Irene Shonle, PhD
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Science of Planting Trees & Tree Care
- Vegetables
- Instructors: Cassey Anderson & Amy Lentz
- No labs/activities for this course.
- PDF of PP: Vegetable Presentation_Handout PDF
- Intro to the Colorado Master Gardener Program
- Instructor: Katie Dunker
- CMG Program Training Guide
- PowerPoint: CMG Training Intro Class Needs to be revised
- PP with Instructor Notes: CMG Training Intro Class Review 2020
- CMG Program Introduction Crossword Answer Key
- Small Fruits
- Instructors: Yvette Henson & Amy Lentz
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Pruning
- Instructors: Eric Hammond
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Tree Fruits
- Instructor: Susan Carter
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Water Wise Landscapes
- Not a Green School training program
- Available for purchase through the Certified Gardener Digital Badging program – www.certifiedgardenercsu.com
- Irrigation
- Instructor: Tony Koski, PhD
- No labs/activities for this course.
- Soils, Amendments & Fertilizers
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:
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
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
- 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
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
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
- 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
Weed Management
- CMG Weeds.pptx, revised January 2014
- CMG Weeds.ppt, revised January 2014