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"Do you have to be trained to dig in the dirt?" If you are going to be a Washington County Master Gardener you do. Forty hours of training and what do you get? You get to be a part of one of the most diverse groups of volunteer organizations in the county. Locals and people from other states; high school students and college professors; housewives and doctors; teenagers and retirement community residents, all come together with one thing in common - they like to grow things in the dirt, which they learn right away is really soil.
Master Gardeners repay by hours of volunteer time, doing what they love to do best, digging in the dirt (soil). Millie Bowman said "The Master Gardeners are the most wonderful group I have ever been in." She says this as she works as a volunteer in Mock Park at Prairie Grove one day a week throughout the growing season. That is just part of her Dirt Digging. She also does the vegetable garden at the homestead of the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, as well as helps with the herb garden there. She also finds time to help with other Master Gardener projects such as: 4-H Arbor Day, Headquarters House, and the Extension Office grounds.
"Master Gardeners are great people. They do great work for the Extension Service and the rest of the County" states Merle Gross, County Extension Agent. "They extend the voice and effort of the Extension home horticulture program 100 fold."
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