HORTICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
243 Master Volunteers 156 Master Gardeners 87 Master Naturalists
MASTER NATURALISTS TAUGHT WATERSHED LESSON AT CLEAN WATER CELEBRATION
17,300 hours
volunteering reported 11,400 Master Gardeners 5,900 Master Naturalists
Over the past six years, 90 Master Naturalists have taught over 12,000 students from Central Illinois how to help keep our water clean via a demonstration about watersheds. Each year, Master Naturalists receive training to become familiar with the EnviroScape model and work through the logistics of teaching 2,500 students they see throughout the day-long event. This year, “EnviroScape veterans” Lee Maki of Washington, Cathie J. Maguire of Edelstein, and Doug McCarty of Peoria took on additional leadership roles as they became the trainers of the new volunteers.
4,000 hours
continuing education 2,600 Master Gardeners 1,400 Master Naturalists
MASTER GARDENER REJUVENATED GARDENS IN TREMONT
$417,000
value to communities $275,000 Master Gardeners $142,000 Master Naturalists
FULTON, MASON, PEORIA, TAZEWELL 14 YEAR IN REVIEW 2018
Vickie Shipman, a new Master Gardener, headed up two projects in Tazewell County. She rejuvenated the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) garden with the Tazewell County Health Department and a pollinator garden with Tremont Public Library. She has involved other Master Gardeners and community members in her efforts to supply fresh produce to WIC participants as well as providing gardening and pollinator education to children and families.
