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Ohio Master Gardener Volunteer Program
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The Master Gardener Volunteer Program provides intensive training in horticulture to interested gardeners who then volunteer their time assisting with educational programs and activities for Ohio residents through their local Ohio State University Extension county office.
Working with county Extension personnel, Master Gardener Volunteers provide such educational services to their communities as: answering gardening questions from the public; conducting plant clinics; gardening activities with children, senior citizens, or disabled persons; beautifying the community; developing community or demonstration gardens; and other horticultural activities.
The Brown County Master Gardener Volunteers kicked-off their 2008 community service projects with some tree pruning on March 22, 2008. The Bradford callery pears lining the county campus driveway were long overdue for trimming. Indeed, one pear near the Administration Building had just split down the center--a common problem with these trees--and was eventually removed. 
Master Gardener volunteers throughout the state of Ohio - mark Oct. 3 and 4 on your calendars for the 2008 state Master Gardener conference to be held in Trumbull County in Northeast Ohio. This is a conference you won't want to miss! Extension educators and Master Gardener volunteers from six regional counties, making up the Northeast Region in Ohio have been meeting regularly since November to plan the conference, which is expected to not only be exciting but uniquely educational. 
The Brown County Master Gardener volunteers recently helped the Gardening Group prepare their beds for winter. Twenty residents make up the Gardening Group at the Ohio Veterans' Home in Georgetown, Ohio. They had been growing many varieties of tomatoes, peppers and other produce all season long in their community garden at the Home. They needed some help closing their garden area before the winter freeze. 