2012 Organic Master Gardener

Date/Time
Date(s) - Jun 5 - Jul 28
12:00 am

Be prepared for a major shift in paradigms! This is a gardening course, and so much more. Students have called it “life changing” – because once you truly understand the connection between soil health, plant health, human health and environmental health you will look at the world with different eyes.This course is intense – challenging – inspiring!

Program Description

Organic gardening practices are based on the understanding that we are but stewards of the land, and can at best hope to work with nature, never to dominate it. This is why O.U.R. Ecovillage is very pleased to partner with Gaia College for the Organic Master Gardener Course. O.U.R. Ecovillage is a unique setting for Gaia College as it is not only an organic working farm but also a 25-acre sustainable village demonstration site and education center.

Learn to create fabulous food and ornamental gardens without pesticides and other harmful chemicals
Become involved with SOUL (Society for Organic Urban Land Care) and share your knowledge with your community through workshops, talks and other creative ways
Gain essential skills to start or enhance your own business in the rapidly growing organic land care industry
Prepare to write the SOUL Organic Certification exam for land care professionals
Earn generous Continuing Education Credits to maintain your industry certifications (ISA, CNLA, BCSLA, SOUL)

Everyone is welcome. No previous experience required. Just come, learn and have fun. This is a practical experience-based course consisting of lectures and hands-on exercises. To receive a Certificate of Completion students must attend all sessions and satisfactorily complete all assignments and quizzes.
Organic Master Gardener ®is a registered trademark of Gaia College.

We welcome volunteers who wish to work on practicum hours in relation to any of the diploma, or other Gaia College courses.
Residential options also exist for students who are interested in a full-featured community life experience.

To fully participate in the course, students must have:

Internet access and an e-mail account
Basic gardening tools, including bypass pruners

Free Information Session – May 8th, 2012, 7.30-8.30pm, at O.U.R. Ecovillage.

Detailed Schedule: June 5th – July 28th, 2012

The saturdays are 9am-12pm and the weekdays are 6:30-9:30pm.

Tuesday June 5th
Thursday June 7th
Tuesday June 12th
Thursday June 14th
Tuesday June 19th
Saturday June 23rd
Tuesday June 26th
Thursday June 28th
Tuesday July 3rd
Saturday July 7th
Tuesday July 10th
Saturday July 14th
Tuesday July 17th
Thursday July 19th
Tuesday July 24th
Saturday July 28th

How do I register

The course fee is 695.00 (no GST) which includes

All texts, handouts and supplies
One year access to the Gaia College on-line resources, including online library, plant data base, and much more.
One year membership to the Society for Organic Urban Land Care

There is no set deadline, However, this course fills up quickly – be sure to register as early as possible.