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To be an active Master Gardener, you must remain current in annual educational updates - a minimum of 10 hours, and volunteer service hours - a minimum of 20 hours, required by the local program. Thank you for all you do for your communities!
Volunteer Resources
Volunteer Time Tracking System- Givepulse
Training Materials
Start here and click on each link:
- If you're just starting out in Givepulse: Watch a training recording on how to navigate the reporting site: Givepulse
- Review the PDF slides of the training
- Read through the Givepulse FAQ document
- If needed: Review How to Log In Video- updated 2025
- If needed: Review How to Log In Document- updated 2025
- If needed: Review How to Claim Account video
- If needed: Review How to Submit Impact Document- updated 2025
- If needed: Review How to Update Your Impact Document- updated 2025
- If needed: Review How to Download Impact Summary from GivePulse Dashboard Document- updated 2025
- If needed: Review How To Access Master Gardeners or Master Naturalists Group Page Document- updated 2025
- If needed: Search the Givepulse Help Articles
- If needed: Review the list of general event category descriptions
- For help-
- with general questions contact Candice Anderson at mille116@illinois.edu
- with local questions like which event to record a particular impact under, contact your local Extension staff person
- with technical questions or issues regarding the site, contact support@givepulse.com
Additional help for pulling a report of your hours for the year:
- Watch a video on How to Pull a Report of Your Impacts
- Read through How to Determine Volunteer vs Continuing Education Impact Totals
Log your volunteer and continuing education hours on Givepulse
Policies and Guidelines
Newsletters
Resources
- Explore Extension's library of Fact Sheets
- University of Illinois Plant Clinic
- Reports on Plant Diseases
- Morton Arboretum Weekly Plant Healthcare Report
- Soil Sampling Brochure
- Soil Sampling Brochure- Spanish
Merchandise
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Continuing Education
- Monthly Continuing Education Series
- 2021 State Master Gardener Conference
- What's In My Backyard Webinar Series
- Illinois Extension Horticulture YouTube and Forestry YouTube videos
Advanced Training
- Ecology, IPM, Local Foods, Sustainable Landscaping, and Urban Trees are all available for advanced training.
Additional Volunteer Skills Training
- Training: Presenting on Zoom
- Handout: How to Present as a Zoom Host / Co-host
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Reports, awards, and the State Advisory Committee
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Annual Reports: 2018 | 2019 | 2020
2022 MG Volunteer Survey Summary
State Master Gardener Awards
State Advisory Committee
Continuing Education Opportunities
Four Seasons Webinar Series
Live and recorded webinars on a variety of horticulture topics perfect for expanding your knowledge base.
Mastering Urban Tree Health and Identification Advanced Training
Mastering Urban Tree Health and Identification is a train the trainer model of advanced training for Illinois Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists.
Speaker's Bureau Training
Speaker's Bureau training offering a variety of topics that volunteers can become trained on and then present in their communities.
Advanced Master Gardener Training
Ecology, IPM, Local Foods, Sustainable Landscaping, and Urban Trees all available for advanced training.
Horticulture Fact Sheets
Concise, current, and designed to provide quick answers to common horticulture questions.
IPM Online Learning Modules
University of Illinois IPM Online Training Modules. Count for 0.5 CE hours per module.