{"id":2314,"date":"2021-09-09T18:19:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T22:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2024-05-17T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:38:12","slug":"youth-can-participate-in-a-umes-extension-4-h-stem-junior-master-gardener-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/for-the-media\/news-releases\/youth-can-participate-in-a-umes-extension-4-h-stem-junior-master-gardener-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth can participate in a UMES Extension 4-H STEM Junior Master Gardener course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG_growing_logo.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG_growing_logo.2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG_growing_logo.2-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 9, 2021)-Area youth aged 8-11 can register now through Sept. 20 for a series of six&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jmgkids.us\/\">Junior Master Gardener<\/a>&nbsp;classes this fall.&nbsp; Hosted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/4-h-youth-development\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1711\">University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension 4-H STEM<\/a>, participants can earn Level One certification upon completion of the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youth can learn about soil health and water quality, ecology and environmental horticulture, insects and diseases, plant growth and development, and landscape horticulture.&nbsp; The lead instructor is Lisa Murphy, the Maryland state coordinator for the Junior Master Gardener program and a 4-H STEM senior agent associate with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/Extension\/\">UMES Extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChildren can see a butterfly grow from egg to maturity, watch as soil microbes make electricity and learn how you can \u201csuck a bug\u201d to investigate while keeping you and the bug safe,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG-1.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG-1.1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG-1.1-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2021\/11\/JMG-1.1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course includes three in-person sessions: Sept. 29, Sturgis Park in Snow Hill Md.; Oct. 13, Somerset County; and Oct. 27, Wicomico County; locations to be determined.&nbsp; The Nov. 10 and 24, and Dec. 8 classes will be virtual.&nbsp; All sessions take place from 6-7 p.m.&nbsp; The cost for the course, which includes all six sessions, is $15. Register at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/juniormastergardenerlevel1.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/juniormastergardenerlevel1.eventbrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact Murphy by emailing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lbmurphy@umes.edu\">lbmurphy@umes.edu<\/a>&nbsp;or by calling 443-614-6074.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UMES Extension programs are open to all without regard to race, color, gender, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or national origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, School of Agricultural &amp; Natural Sciences, 410-621-3850,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"mailto:gcstephens@umes.edu\"><em>gcstephens@umes.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 9, 2021)-Area youth aged 8-11 can register now through Sept. 20 for a series of six&nbsp;Junior Master Gardener&nbsp;classes this fall.&nbsp; Hosted by&nbsp;University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension 4-H STEM, participants can earn Level One certification upon completion of the course. Youth can learn about soil health and water quality, ecology and environmental&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/for-the-media\/news-releases\/youth-can-participate-in-a-umes-extension-4-h-stem-junior-master-gardener-course\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Youth can participate in a UMES Extension 4-H STEM Junior Master Gardener course<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":19,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}