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Mississippi Master Gardener

Possible Projects

  • Staffing plant clinics in the Extension office or other locations
  • Developing, setting up, and staffing educational exhibits
  • Planting and maintaining demonstration areas (turf, flowers, vegetables, water conservation, native plants, etc.)
  • Serving as 4-H horticulture project leaders
  • Teaching 4-H horticulture enrichment units in local schools
  • Speaking to civic groups and garden clubs
  • Conducting horticulture tours
  • Answering horticulture questions that come to the county Extension office by phone, office visitor, and letter
  • Conducting horticulture therapy programs at nursing homes
  • Judging horticulture exhibits or school science fair projects
  • Judging 4-H horticulture demonstrations or illustrated talks
  • Mailing newsletters, publications, and bulletins to noncommercial horticultural clientele
  • Appearing on television or radio programs to discuss home horticulture topics