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NGC Gardening School NGC Gardening School NGC Gardening School
Series #1, Course #3 REGISTRATION Course #3 SCHEDULE Series #1, Course #3 COMMITTEE
online at NGC, Inc. website
gardenclub.org/gardening-school Tuesday – November 15, 2022
You pay when you register 10:00 AM Eastern Time: Enter Zoom National Garden Clubs, Inc

Announcements - Tech Check Gardening School Chair:
Course Fee: $55.00
10:15 – 12:15 PM Dr. Kimberly Moore
Charles McLendon
DATE: November 15 – 16, 2022 Factors That Influence Plant Growth
(Tested - 11 Questions) Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc

Permitted Equipment: 12:15 – 12:45 PM - Lunch
State Gardening School Chairman:
Desktop, Laptop computer, Tablet, or 12:50 – 2:30 PM – Dr. Nora Catlin
iPad. New Plant Development and Evaluation Charles McLendon
Operating system: (Circle one): (Tested - 9 Questions) Cell: (919) 330-8690
Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS, Apple 2:30 – 2:35 PM - Break [email protected]
iOS on iPad, Android, or 2:35 – 4:35 PM - Prof. Barbara Schaedler
Tablet. Smart phones NOT permitted Teaching Tour of Botanical Gardens Technical Administrator:
(Tested – 10 Questions) Virtual Team
unless it is for “Hotspot” connectivity
4:35 – 4:50 PM - Break
(Zoom 5.4 or higher) Pat Rupiper
4:50 – 5:00 PM – Questions-Test E-mailed
*Meets Zoom.com System Requirements [email protected]
Wednesday – November 16, 2022
Note: STUDENTS PLEASE COMPLETE 10:00 AM - Eastern Time: Enter Zoom Gardening School Registrar:
FORM 6; REFRESHING CONSULTANTS, Announcements Rebecka Flowers
Form 7 must be filled out with your 10:15 – 12:15 PM - Dr. Kimberly Moore [email protected]
previous schools’ dates, signed by your Container Gardening-Outdoors
State School Chairman. FORMS FOUND (Tested - 11 Questions)
ON THE NGC WEBSITE, SCHOOL 12:15 – 12:45 PM Lunch
RESOURCES, AND E-MAIL TO 12:50 – 2:30 PM - Carol Allen Sponsored by:
Houseplant Basics National Garden Clubs, Inc

Charles McLendon, GS School Chairman
(Tested - 9 Questions)
(Questions or Help?)
2:30 – 2:45 PM Break
Email: [email protected]
2:45 – 3:45 Alex Narramore
Cell: 919-330-8690 cell The Mischief Maker -Inspirations of Sugar
All forms can be found on NGC Website Flower Artist (Not Tested - Relax enjoy)
under Schools Forms 3:45 - 3:50 PM Questions -Test E-mailed
www.gardenclubs.org
NGC Gardening School NGC Gardening School
OBJECTIVES Series 1, Course 3
November 15-16, 2022 National Garden Clubs, Inc

All gardeners can become accomplished
Gardening School
Deadline for Registration: November 11th
horticulturists. To assist its members in
achieving this goal, National Garden Clubs PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE A DESKTOP OR
created the Gardening Schools. A school is a
series of four two-day courses designed to:
LAPTOP COMPUTER, TABLET OR IPAD WITH
AUDIO AND VIDEO CAPABILITY

Series 1, Course 3
• Stimulate interest in the growth of plant PARTICIPANTS MUST ATTEND A
materials to their peak of perfection. TEST/PRACTICE SESSION TO TEST THEIR
• Give the student an understanding of how and ABILITY TO USE ZOOM AND DO A TECH
why a plant grows. CHECK. TIME/DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

• Teach soil structure and methods for making
General Information: The Consultant Certification
the soil more productive

is issued to NGC members after they have
• Provide an understanding of plants’ reactions
completed Gardening School Courses 1-4 with a
to certain weather conditions and how to modify
passing grade of 70 or more on every exam. These
these conditions to encourage optimal growth

four courses must be completed within seven
• Provide an understanding of commercial and
years. Exams are optional. However, if you wish to
natural fungicides and pesticides, growth
be an accredited Gardening Consultant, you must
regulators, and other chemicals used in general
take the exams. After passing two courses, a
horticultural procedures

• Illustrate methods for rapid propagation

student becomes a Provisional Consultant and can November 15 – 16, 2022
join a Gardening Consultants Council. To remain in
• Offer plant identification instruction

Good Standing, every five years Gardening
• Explore growing techniques for garden plants,
Consultants must continue their education by Presented virtually via
vegetables, fruits, houseplants, trees, shrubs,
attending a GS Refresher or a GS Course, no exam
and specialized styles of gardening

required. After a consultant’s fourth refresher, the
• Develop a respect for and appreciation
Consultant becomes a Master Consultant

of plants and their roles in our lives
Consultants or Master Consultants may earn
and activities

refresher credit only once within a calendar year

Gardening Schools provide current infor-
All students are required to read The National Sponsored by:
mation to those interested in horticulture
Gardener, www.gardenclubs.org National Garden Clubs, Inc

and related topics. The curriculum has been
Recommended Reading:
developed by National Garden Clubs, Inc

Capon, Brian, Botany for Gardeners. Timber
(NGC), and is customized by the course
instructors. Classes are open to the public Press. Tallamy, Douglas W., Natures Best Hope:
as well as garden club members. Garden A New Approach to Conservation That Starts
club members who complete the series of in Your Yard. Timber Press (2019) Stell,
four courses (and pass the exams) are Elizabeth, Secrets to Great Soil
certified as NGC Gardening Consultants. (Storey’s Gardening Skills Illustrated)

NGC Gardening School. OBJECTIVES. All gardeners can become accomplished. horticulturists. To assist its members in. achieving th is goal, National Garden Clubs. created the Gardening …