{"id":190,"date":"2010-02-24T16:32:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T21:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:16:48","slug":"master-gardener-volunteer-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/master-gardener-volunteer-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Master Gardener Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It takes a passion for green and growing things, and interest in sharing your enthusiasm for gardening with friends, neighbors, and the community to be a Master Gardener Volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>Master Gardener Volunteers enjoy helping to create beauty in public as well as private spaces and helping others learn how to grow their own food.<\/p>\n<p>We are young and older; male and female; students, workers, and retirees; and we all share an interest in nature, the environment, and growing things.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not yet a Master Gardener, learn how you can become one by applying to the <strong>York County Master Gardener Program<\/strong>. Then you, too, can become a <strong>Master Gardener Volunteer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Who Can Become a Master Gardener Volunteer?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Everyone who successfully completes the forty-plus hours of training, and volunteers at least 40 hours towards community gardening programs and activities can become a Master Gardener.\u00a0 The participation fee covers the cost of the reference manual, handouts, and training expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Find Out How to Become a Master Gardener Volunteer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/toolkit\/new-mgv-project-request-form\/\"> MGV Request to approve a new project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/master-gardeners\/public-request-for-assistance-from-master-gardener-volunteers\/\">Request for MGV support to a community project\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/toolkit\/reporting-mgv-hours\/\">MGV Hours Reporting Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"UMaine Gardening and Horticulture\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UMaine Gardening &amp; Horticulture Info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Release (Photo, etc.) Forms\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/technology-marketing-communications\/marketing\/release-photo-etc-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photo Release Form (Word)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6743\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/MHH19-sign-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Maine Harvest for Hunger sign\" width=\"196\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/MHH19-sign-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/MHH19-sign-105x80.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/MHH19-sign-317x243.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/MHH19-sign.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,196px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6724\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Kids Can Grow&quot; youth participant stands proudly next to her newly planted square-foot, raised-bed garden\" width=\"212\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-105x74.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-317x224.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-423x299.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-634x448.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-846x597.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2-951x671.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/KCG-square-foot-garden-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,212px\" \/>Other Master Gardener Programs:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/kids-can-grow-in-york-county\/\">Kids Can Grow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/harvest-for-hunger\/\">Maine Harvest for Hunger<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>For More Information, Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>UMaine Cooperative Extension in York County<br \/>\n45 Kennebunk Road,<\/p>\n<p>Alfred, ME 04002<\/p>\n<p>Tel: <span id=\"footer-inner-phone\">207.324.2814 or 1.800.287.1535 (in Maine)<\/span><br \/>\nEmail: jennifer.<span id=\"m_-6972218485937989395:zw.1\" role=\"menuitem\">cappelloruggiero<\/span>@<a href=\"jennifer.cappelloruggiero@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/maine.edu&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1761742081804000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0O6XQyD90lttdllFTD41is\">maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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