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The Klamath County Master Gardeners will be analyzing soil. Click here for instructions on how to collect a soil sample.

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Master Gardener Program

To learn about being a Master Gardener volunteer, you can read Oregon State University Extension Service Publication EM 8749, entitled "An introduction to Being A Master Gardener Volunteer". You can also access the Master Gardener Program Brochure, EM 8723, to learn more about the Program.

How to Become a Master Gardener^TM

The Oregon State University Master Gardener™ program in Klamath County emphasizes plant-based education, environmental stewardship, responsible home gardening, and community food partnerships.  Master Gardeners are OSU-trained volunteers who extend research-based gardening information to citizens throughout Klamath County.  Volunteers receive extensive classroom instruction in botany, soil science, insect and disease identification, pruning, organic gardening practices, using pesticides safely, grafting, composting, and a host of other classes specific to gardening in Klamath County. If you are interesting in applying for the 2014 Class email Keely Oswald.

OSU also offers an on-line Master Gardener^TM training.  For more information click on the following link:

• Master Gardener^TM Online

More Gardening Resources . . .

For assistance with identifying and controlling plant diseases, insect pests, and weed issues, please visit:

• Oregon State University Gardening Website
• Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook - Online
• Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook - Online
• Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook - Online
• Oregon State University Urban Entomology
• University of California at Davis Pest Management Guidelines
• Spotted Wing Drosophila
• Noxious Weeds of Klamath County
• Common Spiders of Portland, OR
• Information on Box Blight affecting Boxwood Buxus sp.
• Trees to Know in Oregon (EC 1450) - link to ordering information
• Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest - OSU College of Forestry 
• Landscape Plants: Images, Identification, Information - OSU Dept. of Horticulture
• OSU Herbarium
• Woody Plant Identification System - OSU Dept. of Horticulture

Related links:

• OSU Master Gardener^TM
• OSU Extension Service - Northwest Gardening
• Botany Basics for OSU Master Gardeners^TM
• Department of Horticulture at OSU
• National Pesticide Information Center
• OSU Extension Service Publications and Multimedia Catalog
• Klamath County Soil Surveys Online (Natural Resources Conservation Service)
• GardenSmart Oregon (revised June 2010) - A guide to non-invasive plants (pdf)
• Oregon Invasive Species Online Hotline (downloadable file of GardenSmart Oregon available here)
• Oregon's list of noxious weeds
• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (updated 1.25.12)
• Deer Resistant Plants for Central Oregon
• Common Plants of the Upper Klamath Basin (pdf)
• Special Status Plants of Klamath County (pdf)
• Oregon Flora Project
• USDA PLANTS database
• AgriMet - The Pacific Northwest Cooperative Agricultural Weather Network
• EM 8677: Laboratories Serving Oregon - Soil, Water, Plant Tissue, and Feed Analysis
• Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. (msds labels)