WHAT IS A MASTER GARDENER?

What does a Master Gardener Do?

•  Answers questions concerning plants, insects, landscaping and more via the  Rutgers Cooperative Extension Helpline 
• Offers gardening and educational  presentations
• Participates  at county fairs and other public events
• Assists in research
• Plants and harvests vegetables  for food banks
• Works with the community and youth  
• Meet monthly to continue their education
• Designs, plans, organizes, records and more

What projects can a  Passaic County Master Gardeners join?

• Bloomingdale Senior Center - Sunny's Garden  - Beautification Project 

Meditation Garden, butterfly garden,  native plant garden

• Clifton Memorial  Library 

Maintain butterfly and vegetable garden, replace annuals and vegetables.

• Clifton Library Allwood Branch

Maintain butterfly and vegetable garden, replace annuals and vegetables.                        

• Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum 

Planting and maintaining Arboretum on weekly basis from spring to fall

• Gardening for Hummingbirds 

Speaker: Kathy Sauerborn  Educate public about  hummingbirds and their habitat

• Monarch Butterflies Speaker: Kathy Sauerborn 

Educate public about Monarch butterflies and  their habitat

•  Holiday Open House at New Jersey Botanical Garden

Festive decorations at the  Ringwood Manor mansion 

• Little Falls Women’s Club Memorial Garden

Plant and maintain garden honoring women

•   Morris Canal Park

Restore native plants and remove invasives  

• New Jersey Botanical Garden (NJBG) 

Maintain and  enhance the State Botanical Garden, which attracts over 1000 visitors  each year. 

• Passaic  County Fair, Garrett Mountain

Educate public on various gardening related activities  

• Plant Sale

Annual fundraiser 

• Wayne High Tunnel 

Plant, harvest, and pack produce to be donated to food pantries.  Maintain vegetable, herb, and ornamentals gardens