2024 Summer Gardening 101 Classes

UF/IFAS Marion County Extension is excited to announce the 2024 Summer Gardening 101 ten-week program class line-up! Starting 6/4/24 and going every Tuesday evening until 8/6/24, we will be providing classes on hot topics in horticulture. Classes will meet from 5:30pm-7:30pm weekly. For only $35, participants can choose any five classes they would like to attend. Couples, or pairs, can receive a discount by registering together for $50, but they must attend the same five classes together. NOTE: Classes cap off at 25 participants. After purchasing your ticket, you must call UF/IFAS Marion County Extension to choose your five classes before 6/4/24. M-F, 8am-5pm, 352-671-8400.

Class Line-Up:

- Tuesday, 6/4 – Growing Microgreens – Dianne B., UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County Master Gardener Volunteer

- Tuesday, 6/11 – Homeowner Turf Management – Amanda Marek, Florida-FriendlyTM Landscaping Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County

- Tuesday, 6/18 – Fruit Trees & Citrus in the Home Landscape – Mark Bailey, Small Farms Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County

- Tuesday, 6/25 – Garden & Landscape Pest Management – Maxine Hunter, Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County

- Tuesday, 7/2 – Spice Things Up - Growing & Using Herbs - Sheena S., UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County Master Gardener Volunteer, Rebecca Elliott, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County, and Jessie Driggers, Marion County Hospital District

- Tuesday, 7/9 – Vegetable Gardening 101 – Jeremy Rhoden, Urban Horticulture Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County

- Tuesday, 7/16 – Gardening for Pollinators – Jeremy Rhoden, Urban Horticulture Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County

- Tuesday, 7/23 – Foodscaping with Florida-FriendlyTM Landscaping – Amanda Marek, Florida-FriendlyTM Landscaping Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County

- Tuesday, 7/30 – Water Ecosystems Tour – Ocala Wetland Recharge Park – Ondine Wells, Water Resources Agent, UF/IFAS Marion County, and Gabriela Sullivan, Water Resources Conservation Coordinator, City of Ocala

- Tuesday, 8/6 – Propagation 101 – Connie B., UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County Master Gardener Volunteer

NOTE: Classes cap off at 25 participants. After purchasing your ticket, you must call UF/IFAS Marion County Extension to choose your five classes before 6/4/24. M-F, 8am-5pm, 352-671-8400.

Florida Cooperative Extension is committed to ensuring equal opportunity for those wishing to benefit from our programs and services. To monitor the effectiveness of these efforts and fulfill our obligations as a recipient of federal funding, we collect data on our participants’ race, ethnicity, and gender. Providing us with this anonymous information is voluntary but if you do, you are helping us to make sure our programming is reaching a diverse audience.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

UF/IFAS Marion County Extension Classroom, 2232 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala, United States