Curriculum Units for Instructors

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.

- 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
  - Instructor: Alison O’Connor, PhD
  - Trees Training Guide
  - PowerPoint: CMG Training Class Review Tree Planting and Tree Care
  - PDF of PP: CMG Training Class Review Tree Planting and Tree Care PDF
- 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Colorado State University

Extension