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where they live, providing gardening and horticultural information to their neighbors. They are trained in a com-] plete range of horticultural subjects including entomology, plant pathok>-> gy, plant propagation, wood and herbaceous plants, fruits, vegetables, lawns, pruning, pesticides, composting, soils, and fertilizers.
Students are required to repay their volunteer training with an equal; number of hours of work in their local Extension offices. This volunteer work will usually be spent by answering telephone inquiries and walk-in problems related to home horticulture and gardening. Some volunteers have preferred to do theit volunteer work in the schools or wjth( local 4-H clubs. •
As the volunteer community educators in their counties, Master Gardener Volunteers provide their communities with access to the latest research-based information from Virginia Tech and Virginia State University through their local Cooperative Extension offices. They have access to the latest computer technology, with training provided to use the Internet.
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