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Want to get more healthy greens and veggies from your garden – boost the health of a heritage fruit tree on your land – or grow your most radiant flowers yet? Learn gardening basics and explore more advances topics of horticulture, too, when County Extension Agent Christopher Jones hosts a weekly class that runs Wednesday afternoons at the Payson campus, and also Thursday mornings at the Gila Pueblo campus of Eastern Arizona College  starting Jan. 18-19, and featuring expert guest speakers from throughout Gila County and also the University of Arizona.

You’ll find it listed online as AGR230 “Gardening and Landscape” and offered during Spring semester 2023. County Extension Agent Christopher Jones, and his guest speakers, will host a weekly lecture and provide hands-on activities to make this course exceptionally informative and well-tailored to southern Gila County. Did you know this is among other classes offered free to students age 55 years and older? Make sure to ask about the senior waiver when you register. Cost for the course includes standard tuition and fees required by Eastern Arizona College. The text is the Arizona Master Gardener Manual, available online from UA Cooperative Extension Publications. Register at Gila County Community College in person, by phone at (928)-425-8481 in Globe or at https://www.gilaccc.org/. January 20th is the last day to register for classes. This class also provides the training and opportunity to become a Master Gardener volunteer for Gila County. A Master Gardener receives certification after successfully completing the course, registering as an official UA volunteer and remaining active by conducting at least 50 hours of volunteer educational service in the following 12 months. Any student with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting Mori Farmer, (928) 474-4160. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. For more information about the class and project, call Chris Jones at (928) 402-8586.

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