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PR-05/01/2007: Take Your Gardening to the Next Level

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2007  Contact: Katherine Jones, (650) 726-9059 X 109 Master Gardener Program Coordinator UC Cooperative Extension TAKE YOUR GARDENING TO THE NEXT LEVEL Registration for the 2007 Master Gardener Training Course Now Open Half Moon Bay, Calif. -- The University of California Cooperative Extension will be offering its second Master Gardener Training Course for San Mateo and San Francisco Counties in September 2007. Classes will be held at the Belmont Library on Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from September 5 through November 14. The library is located at 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas in Belmont. Students will learn about all aspects of home gardening. After completing the course, trainees will be required to volunteer 75 hours within the following year on gardening projects around the county and the Cooperative Extension Office Gardening Help Line. The deadline for registration is June 1. To download a copy of the application, go to the UC Cooperative Extension Web site at http://cesanmateo.ucdavis.edu and click on the Master Gardener link. Upon acceptance into the program, students must pay a fee of $175. For more detailed information about the course contact, Katherine Jones, Master Gardener Program Coordinator, by phone at 650-726-9059, extension 109 or e-mail at kajones@ucdavis.edu. ### Cooperative Extension exists in almost every county in the United States and is funded jointly by federal, state and county governments via a three-way partnership between USDA, the state's Land Grant University and county government. Cooperative Extension has been serving San Mateo County since 1945, providing agriculture, natural resources, nutrition education, and youth development (4-H) programs.