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Continuing Education


How to report and get your 10 hours per year of continuing education for MG certification

Online Reporting System
https://mastergardener.extension.wisc.edu/report-your-hours/

To report Continuing education hours on the Online Reporting System:
  • Click on Report Your Hours
  • Log in with name and password
  • On the menu bar select Add Hours
  • Click on Continuing Education Hours
  • Click on Go
  • Input date if different than current date
  • Give a brief description with article title and/or web link
  • Input hours using decimals for parts of hours.
  • Click on Add to add these hours

To check your accumulated hours for the year:
  • Click on My Hours on menu bar
  • Click on My CE Hours on drop down box
  • Click on Options
  • Select Group By
  • Drag Year over to Selected Fields
  • Click on Apply
  • Scroll down to current year

Educational Opportunities

Learn more about what interests you, refresh your basic knowledge and seek out new areas of gardening interest that will help you become a better gardener and a better master gardener!

Below are some websites that offer educational opportunities in gardening and horticulture.  Books and magazines available at your local library are also great sources for continuing education. Any research you do for your own gardening, or for others (if not counted as volunteer hours), such as pest management or invasive species  mitigation also qualify for continuing education credit.

UW Madison Extension Master Gardener site educational opportunity links
https://mastergardener.extension.wisc.edu/being-a-master-gardener/

UW Madison Extension Wisconsin Horticulture site links to articles and videos
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/

UW Madison Extension Master Gardener site Plants Plus
https://mastergardener.extension.wisc.edu/plants-plus/

UW Madison Extension Master Gardener YouTube Extra stuff
https://www.youtube.com/user/WImastergardener/featured

PBS Wisconsin Gardener on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCD99D282D8C2CDF

WPR Garden Talk radio program on gardening
https://www.wpr.org/programs/garden-talk

"Wisconsin gardening" YouTube search
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wisconsin+gardening

"Minnesota gardening" YouTube search
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Minnesota+gardening

"Northern gardening" YouTube search
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=northern+gardening

UMN Extension Master Gardener Program YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvc5-6NDo3FnOaBPOAKn1Q

NCMGV website
https://www.northcountrymgv.org/videos.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbuy_OhRd9XNRbAmYZOxlQ/videos


Location

Visit the Teaching & Display Gardens

The Teaching and Display Gardens  are a joint effort between the Spooner Agriculture Research Station, operated by the University of Wisconsin - Madison College of Agriculture and Life Science, the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension and area UW-Extension Master Gardener Volunteers.  

Open to the public for self-guided tours during day light hours seven days a week mid-May through mid-September. 

Contact Us

  • Home
  • Teaching Gardens
    • Twilight Garden Tour >
      • 2020 Virtual Twilight Garden Tour
  • Archives
    • Members >
      • Meetings
      • Committees
      • Member Handbook
      • Presentation Resources for Members
      • Volunteer Opportunities
      • Continuing Education
      • Onboarding
    • Press Releases
    • Plant Sale
    • Kids in the Garden
    • 2021 Handouts
    • 2020 Handouts
    • 2019 Event Handouts
    • 2018 Handouts
    • 2017 Handouts & Slides
    • 2016 Handouts & Slides
    • Archive Photos Pinwheels
  • About/Contacts
    • Speakers Available
  • Helpful Links
  • Training
  • Blog
    • Videos