Master Gardener Volunteer Webinars
Webinars provide a convenient and free professional development option for people who want to learn new strategies and tools without taking time off work and paying travel expenses. Each hour-long session will be recorded and available on our website to view whenever you’d like.
To Join the Webinar
Webinars are facilitated in Zoom. For help, see “Getting Started” on Zoom.com.
Contact your MGV county coordinator for the registration link.
2024 Upcoming Webinars
All webinars are at 1 p.m. EST
- September 26 – Hurricane Survivors: What Makes it Through the Storm with Stephen Brown
- October 24 – Nematodes: Basics and Beyond with William Crow
- November 14 – Honey Bees: What MGVs Need to Know with Amy Vu
- December 12 – MGV Projects That Make Us Proud with Wendy Wilber
Next Webinar
September 26, 1 pm 2024 » Hurricane Survivors: What Makes it Through the Storm with Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown has been a UF/IFAS faculty member and Lee County horticulture agent for 30 years. Stephen provides horticulture education for commercial landscapers, HOAs, and residents. He earned a Master of Science in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition from UF and is an avid photographer of plants in the landscapes and natural areas. Stephen will discuss how native and other plants fare in the landscape after hurricanes and the adaptations that native plants have to survive these storms.
Recent Webinars
August 22, 1 pm 2024 » Beneficial Insects: IPM and Success Stories with Adam Dale
July 25, 1 pm 2024 » Perennial Peanut: Tough Groundcover for Florida with Kelly Thomas
June 27, 1 pm 2024 » Great Southeast Pollinator Census with Jeremy Rhoden
May 29, 10 am 2024 » Milkweed, Monarchs, and OE in Florida: It’s Complicated with Jaret Daniels
May 23, 1 pm 2024 » Climate Change in Real Life with Larry Figart and Savanna Barry
April 25, 1 pm 2024 » Planting for Success: Trees and Urban Stressors with Ryan Klein
- Watch a recording of the webinar
- Please complete this post-webinar survey
- Trees and Urban Stressors presentation (pdf)
March 28, 1 pm 2024 » Turf and Soil Testing Update with Bryan Unruh
- Watch a recording of the webinar
- Please complete this post-webinar survey
- Turf and Soil Test Update presentation (pdf)
March 20, Noon, 2024 » Special Pest Alert: Thrips Parvispinus with Drs. Lance Osborne and Nicole Benda
February 22, 1 pm 2024 » Tomatoes: Growing for Success with Larry Williams
- Watch a recording of the webinar
- Tomatoes: Growing for Success presentation (pdf)
- Please complete this post-webinar survey