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Volunteer Hours
Requirements & Reporting

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In general, volunteer service falls into three major categories: educational service, administration, and community service. Educational service is the most important as it directly reflects the mission of Clemson Cooperative Extension and the South Carolina Master Gardener Program.

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See descriptions below for activities included in each of the categories.
Master Gardener Annual Volunteer Requirements
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To maintain certification, a South Carolina Master Gardener must complete the following requirements each reporting year (July 1 – June 30).

 

  • 10 hours of continuing education

  • 20 hours of educational service

 

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Educational Service​
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  • Any work at an Ask-a-Master Gardener booth

  • Any work at a demonstration garden (Compost, Children’s, Carolina Yard, Turfgrass)

  • Any review or preparation of PowerPoint presentations

  • Any presentation at a library, garden club, or other venue approved by the RCMGA MasterGardener Coordinator (Jackie Jordan)

  • Any work preparing for the annual plant sale or during the plant sale (excluding cashier)

  • Authoring an article for the Gardening in Rich Land newsletter

  • Authoring an article or producing a short video for RCMGA Social Media

 

Include your travel time up to 1 hour total.

Continuing Education​
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  • Membership meetings in which there is a speaker (1 hour per meeting)

  • Master Gardener conferences, jamborees, or symposia

  • Programs by Clemson agents

  • Programs focusing on horticulture presented by any other organization including nativeplant societies, garden clubs, other Extensions.*

 

*Programs covering topics like those in our Master Gardener Training Manual are acceptable.

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Examples of presentations that are not

approved for Continuing Education include Making It Grow, programs on using herbs asmedicine, programs discussing agriculture.

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Do not include your travel time.

Administration

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  • Any meeting or preparation for a meeting

  • Production of the RCMGA Digest, layout of the Gardening in Rich Land newsletter​
     

Include your travel time up to 1 hour total if needed.

Community Education
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Any work in a community garden or a church garden that does not involve educating the public. If the work includes educating the public, document it as Educational Service.

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Include your travel time up to 1 hour total

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