The 20-session program provides gardeners with an intensive educational experience in horticultural principles, practices and pest management.
Topics range from soils and nutrition to vegetable gardening and landscaping.
Participants must pass a final exam and agree to return 50 hours of volunteer service to their communities before the end of 2000. The program is administered by the UGA Cooperative Extension Service and sponsored in Athens by the State Botanical Garden. Space is limited, and students will be selected through an application process. Applications must be returned by Nov. 17. For information or an application, call Paul McClendon at 542-6156.