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Continuing Education

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Template Tip: Coordinators receive frequent questions regarding ‘CE’. This would be your one stop shop for all that is ‘CE’. Note below that we have sorted the opportunities by program priority. As always, edit to your county’s requirements. Stay on top of your annual Continuing Education (‘CE’) Requirements:

  • This is a tool to assist you in achieving your annual ‘CE’ requirement.
  • It provides you a listing of pre-approved CE sorted by Program Priority
  • With a list of Frequently Asked Questions.

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What is Continuing Education ‘CE’?:

Education designed to improve a volunteer’s knowledge and skill base for performing work as a horticulture adviser and serving as a resource on issues of sustainable gardening. Volunteers must earn a certain number of hours (10 hours for certified MGs and 5 hours for emeritus MGs) of continuing education per year to be considered for reapplication. CE must be reported in GivePulse when earned.

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From the Ground & Up

This annual event is organized by MG Volunteers in Pierce County to give you and efficient and effective way to tackle your continuing education.

Approved CE Catalog:

Spirit mark for Master Gardener Priority: Water Conservation

Water Conservation CE Resources

Below are some approved CE opportunities around Water Conservation:
Spirit mark for Master Gardener Priority: Pollinators

Pollinators CE Resources

Below are some approved CE opportunities around Pollinators:
Spirit mark for Master Gardener Priority: Clean Water

Clean Water CE Resources

Below are some approved CE opportunities around Clean Water:
Spirit mark for Master Gardener Priority: Wildfire Preparedness

Wildfire Preparedness CE Resources

Below are some approved CE opportunities around Wildfire Preparedness:
Spirit mark for Master Gardener Priority: Nearby Nature

Nearby Nature CE Resources

Below are some approved CE opportunities around Nearby Nature:

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Horticultural courses given by WSU, including retaking basic Master Gardener training.
  • Webinars, field trips, and workshops sponsored by Extension.
  • Classes offered by accredited institutions: community colleges, technical colleges, universities.
  • WA State Department of Agriculture approved pesticide classes.
  • Classes taught by professional associations, such as Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association, Washington Association of
  • Landscape Professionals, International Society of Arboriculture, etc.
  • Time spent doing research preparing a Master Gardener presentation which is then delivered to the community (limit of four times the length of the presentation).
  • Time spent doing research for a newspaper or Master Gardener newsletter article which is then published (limit of four hours).
  • Other activities, including training on how programs are planned, delivered, or evaluated; presentation skills; meeting facilitation; etc., may qualify.

Contact your program coordinator for pre-approval before reporting or enrolling.

  • Trips and tours not preapproved by the program coordinator.
  • Garden craft or photography classes.
  • Personal research, reading, viewing not related to a WSU Master Gardener project or presentation.
  • Travel time to and from events.
  • Anything outside the state of Washington unless preapproved by the State WSU Master Gardener Program Leader.