Here are some ideas on how to obtain these hours

Note that hours earned working directly for a business, including those spent developing a website, writing promotional material or preparing for and attending work-related conferences, are not Volunteer Service.

Volunteer Service

• Researching/presenting a topic for an in-person or Zoom gardening session

• Preparing for and speaking/presenting at a local garden club, association or library or at monthly AMGA gardening sessions

• Conducting a webinar/workshop

• Working at an “Ask a Master Gardener” kiosk or serving as a panelist at a garden show

• Joining a gardening/landscaping work party at a hospital, hospice, or community centre

• Assisting at a community garden/plant sale/garden show

• Researching/writing articles for a local, NSAGC or AMGA newsletter

• Serving on an AMGA or garden club committee or executive

• Participating in an AMGA or garden club AGM

• Developing teaching materials for a gardening course/workshop/training session

• Training for/judging in a garden show

• Developing/maintaining a garden club’s website

• Advising gardening project participants

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Continuing Education / Training

• Participating as a learner in a Zoom or in-person AMGA or garden club educational session​

• Attending as a learner a gardening conference/workshop/webinar

  • AMGA Conference is worth 8 continuing education hours

• Taking a horticultural course from an accredited institution

         e.g., The New Prairie Landscape Course, Dalhousie University

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