Become a Master Gardener
Helping Others Learn to Grow
The Master Gardener Program is a cooperative effort between community volunteers and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension staff to provide unbiased horticultural information to the residents of Barnstable County. Working with Master Gardener volunteers, Extension can expand its ability to provide quality information to the residents of Barnstable County through an array of horticultural programs.
Master Gardeners are adults of all ages who love gardening and who have previous gardening experience. They come from all walks of life and are willing to learn about horticulture and share that research-based information with others!
Click here to view the Master Gardener Brochure.
Master Gardener Program Overview (pdf)
Application for the 2024 Class (deadline October 1, 2023)
Candidates for the program will be chosen through an interview process from the pool of applicants. Once selected the candidates will participate in a training program that will prepare them in becoming Master Gardeners. Upon graduating from the program the candidates will then be required to give back to the program in volunteer hours (largely spent on the plant clinic and hotline).
Master Gardener Programs Include:
- Plant Clinic & Hotline
- Backyard Horticulture
- Children’s Gardens
- Continuing Ed Conference
- Demonstration Garden
- Master Gardener Scholarship
- Annual Plant Sale
- Soil Test Clinics
- Speakers Bureau
and environment through
horticultural education.
research and the research
resources of the University
of Massachusetts.
with their environment by helping
them find sound management
practices for home and urban
natural resources.
maintain an aesthetically
pleasing environment.
well-being through people/plant
interactions and horticulture therapy.
a safe, abundant food supply
through home fruit and
vegetable production.