This month's newsletter includes Bay-Wise Advanced Training registration, upcoming continuing education events, and updates from HGIC & Maryland Grows Blog!

Don't forget to catch up with previous continuing education webinars and resources!

Join Emily Zobel, Jon Traunfeld, Dave Clement, and Kurt Vollmer for the fall 2020's Ask a Master Gardener Plant Clinic Training! Register here.

9:00am - 9:45am Insect Update: Emily Zobel, Agent Associate and MG Coordinator, Dorchester County

9:55am - 10:40am Weeds Update: Kurt Vollmer, UME Weed Management Specialist

10:50am - 11:30am Plant Diseases Update: Dave Clement, UME Plant Pathology Specialist

11:40am - 12:25pm Fruit & Veggie Updates: Jon Traunfeld, HGIC Director and UME Fruit & Veggie Specialist

Saving seeds is fun and educational! It connects the sowing/harvesting cycles and helps make our gardens more resilient and genetically diverse. Learn about the requirements for saving seeds from different vegetable families and techniques for collecting, processing, and storing seeds. Register here. 

Native plants are gaining in popularity and use in the home or conservation landscape. Learn to preserve biodiversity and local ecotypes by saving native seed, and engaging with your environment. We will go over the techniques of selecting, collecting, and storing select native plant species. Register here. 

Join Dr. Sara Via for a webinar on the effects of climate change on native plants! Register here.

Check out our website for updates on 2020's Continuing Education events as they become available.

Classes will be held virtually via Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays October 6-22 from 10 am to noon. For questions, contact Rachel Rhodes.

Check out HGIC's updated webpages!

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