Volunteer Service

2023 Volunteer & Education/Continuing training hours can now be submitted as you earn them on our Members Only page.

Hours may also be submitted using MS Excel spreadsheet or email.

Information required: date, description of events, and hours.

AMGA Volunteer Co-Ordinator - helencook123@gmail.com

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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

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