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September 24 - 26, 2024
James B. Hunt Library on NC State Centennial Campus
Schedule
EMG College pre-conference tours provide 4 hours of continuing education. Attending both days of the main conference on Sept. 25 & 26 provides 11 hours of continuing education. If you attend all dates, you will earn 15 continuing education hours toward your annual EMG certification requirement! How to report education hours for EMG College.
EMG College pre-conference tours provide 4 hours of continuing education. Attending both days of the main conference on Sept. 25 & 26 provides 11 hours of continuing education. If you attend all dates, you will earn 15 continuing education hours toward your annual EMG certification requirement! How to report education hours for EMG College.
For a printable schedule, click here.
For detailed descriptions of each session, see the Registration Guide.
For a printable schedule, click here.
For detailed descriptions of each session, see the Registration Guide.
Tuesday, September 24
10:00 - 3:00 pm Optional Pre-conference Tours (choose one)
These optional tours have an additional $50 fee, which includes lunch.
Participants will provide their own transportation to the starting point, where parking will be available.
They will then travel together by van or bus for the tour.
Tour 1 Gardens and Green Spaces: Where Learning Blooms
Wilson, NC Wilson Botanical Gardens
Tour 2 Breaking New Ground: Horticultural Exploration and Innovation
Raleigh, NC Juniper Level Botanic Garden
NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Agronomic Services Soil Lab
Tour 3 Irises and Orchids: Collection and Production
Asheboro, NC Broley Homestead
Wednesday, September 25
9:30 - 10:00 am Registration & Coffee
10:00 - 10:15 am Welcome
10:15 - 10:45 am Keynote: The NC State Extension Master Gardener Program: Growing Healthy Plants, Pollinators, and People
Dr. Charlotte Glen, NC State EMG Program Manager
10:45 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm Learn-Grow-Share Lightning Rounds
Extension Master Gardener volunteers from across NC
The Art and Science of Garden Journaling
Sue Scarborough, EMG volunteer, Dare County
Community Garden Network
Rich Woynicz, EMG volunteer, Wake County
Therapeutic Horticulture
Trish Hablutzel, EMG volunteer, Chatham County
Nature at Home
Marge DeForest, EMG volunteer, New Hanover County
Bucket Brigade
Jan Smith, EMG volunteer, Onslow County
12:00 - 12:30 Q&A Session with Lightning Round Presenters
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:45 - 4:30 pm Workshops (choose one)
Workshop 1 Pollinator Garden Design
Debbie Roos, Extension Agent, Sustainable Agriculture
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Chatham County
Workshop 2 Growing Wellness: EMG Volunteers and Therapeutic Horticulture
Heather Kelejian, Extension Agent, Agriculture & Therapeutic Horticulture, N.C. Cooperative Extension,
New Hanover County and Director of The Ability Garden at the New Hanover County Arboretum
Rieppe Hendrick, EMG volunteer, Chatham County and Therapeutic Horticulturist,
NC Department of Public Safety, Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
Workshop 3 Plant Disease Diagnosis Crash Course
Mike Munster, Plant Disease Diagnostician for Commercial Ornamentals,
NC State Plant Disease & Insect Clinic
Thursday, September 26
9:00 - 9:30 Coffee
9:30 - 10:15 Keynote: The Benefits of Gardening and Green Spaces
Dr. Jennifer Bradley, Associate Professor of Plant Science, University of Mount Olive, NC
10:30 - 1:30 pm Tours & Workshops (choose one)
Lunch Included
Tour 1 Behind the Scenes: NC State Plant Sciences
Dr. Carole Saravitz. Research Associate Professor and Phytotron Director
NC State Plant and Microbial Biology
Bret Timmons, Ph.D. Student
NC State Fox Science Teaching Laboratory Greenhouse
Alexandra Nikiforov, Events Manager
NC State Plant Sciences Initiative
Tour 2 Behind the Scenes: NC State Composting & Turf Research
Cory Schumacher, Compost Facility Operator
NC State Facilities, Waste Reduction
Dr. Grady Miller, Professor and Extension Specialist
NC State Crop & Soil Sciences
Tour 3 Community Gardens: A Wake County Tour
Rich Woynicz, Extension Master Gardener volunteer,
Wake County
Tour 4 Critter Walk with Dr. Matt Bertone
Dr. Matt Bertone, Director, Plant Disease & Insect Clinic
NC State Entomology & Plant Pathology
Workshop 1 Managing Mature Landscapes
Julie Sherk, Professor
NC State Horticultural Science
Andrew Pfeifer, Extension Agent, Agriculture & Horticulture
NC Cooperative Extension, Stanly County
Workshop 2 Protecting Pollinator Habitat
Elsa Youngsteadt, Associate Professor
NC State Applied Ecology
Hannah Levenson, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
NC State Entomology & Plant Pathology
Workshop 3 Lifelong Gardening
John Bowen, Extension Master Gardener volunteer
Buncombe County
2:00 - 2:15 pm Howling Cow Ice Cream Social
Enjoy some of NC State’s own Howling Cow ice cream and
share the morning’s tour and workshop experiences with fellow attendees.
2:15 - 3:15 pm Closing Keynote: From Wasteland to Wonder: Easy Ways We Can Help
Heal Earth in the Sub/Urban Landscape
Basil Camu, Treecologist and Wizard of Things
3:20 - 3:30 pm Door Prizes
Extension Master Gardener (EMG) College is a continuing education conference hosted by the NC State Extension Master GardenerSM program. It is open to certified Extension Master Gardener volunteers, interns, students, and Extension employees.
If you have questions about EMG College or registration, please contact us at: NCEMGprogram@ncsu.edu
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