Master Gardener & Composter Programs

"Cultivating Plants, People and Communities since 1973"

About the WSU Master Gardener Program

The Washington State University Extension faculty in King and Pierce counties began training volunteers to serve as WSU Master Gardeners in January of 1973. Little did they realize that they would launch an entire "Master Gardener Movement" which would spread across the nation and overseas, making it a historic, sociological "grassroots" movement with widespread impact. It is considered a premier program within Washington State University, being that only uniquely WSU program with such widespread adoption and impact.

WSU Master Gardener Program Purpose Statement

To provide public education in gardening and home horticulture based on researched-based information from WSU Extension.

Organizational Structure

Guidance for the WSU Master Gardener Program is provided by faculty and staff from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture in close cooperation with the WSU Extension. The central Master Gardener office is locatd at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center. Within each county, the County WSU Extension office, often assisted by local Master Gardener Orgaizations, supervises the Master Gardener Program. (see the Partnerships page.)

The WSU Master Gardener Program also participates in both regional and international Master Gardener conferences and committees, network with other state coordinators across the United States and Canada.

2008 Class Application

2007 VOLUNTEER TIME SHEET PDF
2007 Volunteer Time Sheet in Excel

2008 Volunteer Time Sheet PDF
2008 Volunteer Time Sheet Excel

Time Sheet Instructions

Application in Word
Application in PDF

Interesting Sites

Gardening in Western Washington
Thurston Conservation District
Hortsense
Compost Information

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