Master Gardener Program Collection,
Scope and Content
This collection contains 4 boxes of slide sets, some with related scripts, for Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Program. Most materials are undated, but likely date from between the 1970s and early 2000s. The collection is organized into 13 series by broad topic area: Series I: Annuals and Perennials, Series II: Careers in Horticulture, Series III: Flowers, Series IV: 4-H, Series V: Fruits and Vegetables, Series VI: Gardening and Composting, Series VII: Indoor Houseplants and Indoor Gardening, Series VIII: Landscaping and Lawns, Series IX: Pesticides and Fertilizer, Series X: Plants/Trees/Shrubs, Series XI: Pruning, Series XII: Turfgrass Maintenance, and Series XIII: Weed Control.
Dates
- Creation: 1970s-2000s
Creator
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Service (Organization)
- Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Master Gardener Program Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Administrative History
From the Master Gardener Program website:
The Master Gardener training was created by Extension to meet an enormous increase in requests from home gardeners for unbiased, research-based horticultural information. This increase was a result of the urban and transient nature of modern American life.
Master Gardeners provide a resource for all Extension program areas and for professionals from many other agencies. They provide communities with locally identified programs, including answers to individual questions via hotlines and plant clinics; radio, newspaper, and computer links; educational programs to meet targeted needs; education for the preservation of historic landscapes; urban tree planting programs; and guidance in making the natural environment accessible to all residents regardless of disabilities, incomes, or where they live.
More information about the Master Gardner Program is available online at the Virginia Cooperative Extension website.
Full Extent
6 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains four boxes of slide sets, some with related scripts, for Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Program. Most materials are undated, but likely date from between the 1970s and early 2000s.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 13 series by broad topic area: Series I: Annuals and Perennials, Series II: Careers in Horticulture, Series III: Flowers, Series IV: 4-H, Series V: Fruits and Vegetables, Seires VI: Gardening and Composting, Series VII: Indoor Houseplants and Indoor Gardening, Series VIII: Landscaping and Lawns, Series IX: Pesticides and Fertilizer, Series X: Plants/Trees/Shrubs, Series XI: Pruning, Series XII: Turfgrass Maintenance, and Series XIII: Weed Control.
Each series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Acquisition Information
The Master Gardener Program Collection was transferred to Special Collections in October 2012.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Master Gardener Program Collection was completed in May 2015.
- Title
- Master Gardener Program Collection, 1970s-2000s
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katie Herring and Sydney Vaile, Student Assistants and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2015 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu