Welcome to the South Dakota Extension Master Gardener website!
Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who assist the SD Cooperative Extension Service in providing yard and garden educational activities across the state.
Extension Master Gardener Training Information
Over 900 South Dakotans have received the training, and have returned over 51,000 reported hours service to the state. If you want to learn more about plants and gardening and would enjoy sharing that knowledge, the Extension Master Gardener may be your ticket!
2008 locations: Rapid City (already finished), Sioux Falls (Fridays, May 16-July 17), Aberdeen (Mondays, Apr. 21-June 16), Huron (Tuesdays, Apr.22-June 15); 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tentative 2009 locations: Hot Springs, Brookings, and ???
For more information, contact Rhoda Burrows 605-688-4731 or rhoda.burrows@sdstate.edu
Don't miss the Master Gardener "Update" Fall Convention!
The 2008 "Update," our annual advanced training conference, will be held Sept. 12-13 in Hot Springs. Featured speakers include Panayoti Kelaides, curator of plant collections for the Denver Botanical Gardens. In addition there will be field trips and breakout sessions. Cindy Reed, president of the Great Plains Native Plant Society will present a program on penstemons. Another session will discuss how global warming affects native plants. Click here for speaker bios.
Click here for Update Program & Registration form Contribute an item to the Silent Auction at the Update. It'll be very helpful to the event planners if you can fill out this bid form, and send it in ahead of time.
Newsletters (click on the following):
Across Prairies & Pines - Statewide MG Newsletter Statewide Newsletter
Brown County Master Gardeners:
Current questions and answers
Minnehaha County Master Gardeners Newsletter: From the Ground Up
Pest-Alert Archives 2006+
Pest-Alert Archives 1998-2001
Volunteers' Report Form: Word or
Excel
Spreadsheet
Master Gardener Endowment Fund Interest from this fund is used for small grants to individuals or groups involved in horticulture educational projects in South Dakota. Applications are due March 1 2008. Grant Application
State Master Gardener Officers:
President: Lori Van den Hoek, 807 North Duff Street, Plankinton, SD 57368
Vice President: Shirley Masteller, 109 N. Riverview Drive, Glenham, SD 57631
Secretary: JoAnn Letellier HC 75, Box 923, Norris, SD 57521-9700
Treasurer: Louise Engelstad, 23716 Mulligan Mile, Rapid City, SD 57702 lengelstad@rap.midco.net
Newsletter Editors: Louise Engelstad, 23716 Mulligan Mile, Rapid City, SD 57702 Phone 605-719-9123 lengelstad@rap.midco.net
Tammy Glover, 2513 Judy Ave., Rapid City, SD 57702 mtglover@rushmore.com
SDSU
Extension Horticulture
Most recent revision July 30, 2008
