Web-based Programs for Education Hours
And Justice for All....
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Purdue EMG Advanced Training Series
October 30, 2025- Native Plant Species Alternatives
October 23, 2025 - Invasive Plant Species
- Webinar Recording
- Handout - PPT slides
- A Guide to the Regulated Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species of Indiana
Best management practices resource list:
- https://ag.purdue.edu/department/entm/iisc/bmps.html
- https://www.forestasyst.org/invasive_species.cfm
- https://adkinvasives.com/data/files/Documents/APIPP-BMPs.pdf
October 9, 2025 - Invasive Insect Species
- Webinar Recording
- Handout - PPT slides
- Report Invasives IDNR
- Purdue Report Invasives Website
- Asian Jumping Worms - Purdue Extension publication
- Spotted Lantern Fly Brochure
- EAB University
April 17, 2025 - Vegetable Disease Management
- Webinar Recording
- Handout - PPT slides
- Signs and Symptoms for Plant Program Diagnosis - An Illustrated Glossary - BP-164-W
- Midwest Vegetable Production Guide
April 10, 2025 - Managing Vegetable Insect Pests
April 3, 2025 - Vegetable Propagation
October 24, 2024 - Rainscaping for the Home Landscape
- Webinar Recording
- PowerPoint Slides
- Handout- Sizing Your Rain Garden
- Purdue Rainscaping Website with several additional resources
October 10, 2024 - Season Extension Techniques for the Home Garden
October 3, 2024 - Gardening with Weather Extremes
May 10, 2024 - Seed Labeling Laws and Seed Libraries
April 23, 2024 - Backyard Gardening and Landscaping for Birds
April 16, 2024 - Native Plants for Indiana Landscapes
- Webinar Recording
- PowerPoint Slides
- Recommended Indiana-native Plants for Attracting Pollinators - POL-6-W
April 9, 2024 - Wild by Design
December 7, 2023 - Tree and Shrub Insect Problems
- Webinar Recording
- Handout
- Report Invasives Purdue
- IDNR Invasive Species Website
- EDD Maps - Midwest
- EAB University YouTube
- Purdue EAB
November 30, 2023- Best Practices for Planting and Pruning Trees and Shrubs
- Webinar Recording
- Handout
- Tree Installation: Process and Practices (FNR-433)
- Tree Pruning Essentials (FNR-506)
- Pruning Ornamental Trees and Shrubs (HO-4)
November 2, 2023 - Tree and Shrub Disease Problems
October 19, 2023 - Species Selection: Opting for Native Trees and Shrubs
Carrie Tauscher, Director, Crown Hill Arboretum, Indianapolis, IN
Other resources:
- Purdue Tree Installation publication: https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr-433-w.pdf
- Michigan State article on Alkaline Soils: https://www.canr.msu.edu/hrt/uploads/535/78626/RightTreeAlkalineSoilred.pdf
April 20, 2023 - Composting and Soil Amendments
Michele Jones, Purdue Extension Educator, Morgan County, and Karen Mitchell, Purdue Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist
April 6, 2023 - Understanding Container Soils
Carey Grable, Purdue Extension Educator, Marion County
March 23, 2023 - Soil Testing: Sampling and Interpreting Test Results
Jamie Bultemeier, Director of Sales & Marketing Agronomist, A & L Great Lakes Laboratories, Ft. Wayne, IN
November 9, 2022 - Landscape Design
Sean Rotar, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Purdue University
October 26, 2022 - Color in the Garden
Karen Mitchell, Purdue Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist
October 12, 2022 - Container Gardening
Jo Ellen Meyers-Sharp, Purdue EMG, Marion County
May 11, 2022 - Beneficial Insects in the Garden
Dr. Cliff Sadof, Professor of Entomology, Purdue University
April 21, 2022 - Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants in the Home Landscape
Lisa Meek, Purdue Extension Master Gardener, Hamilton County and Laura McCloughan, Purdue Extension Master Gardener, Hamilton County
March 24, 2022 - Organic Gardening
Ashley Adair, Extension Organic Agriculture Specialist and Karen Mitchell, Purdue Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist
What NonProfits Need to Know about Copyright, November 10, 2021
Risk Management Practices for NonProfits, October 26, 2021
Protecting Pollinators, May 4, 2021
- Webinar Recording
- PowerPoint Slides
- Purdue Pollinator Protection Publications - Purdue Entomology
- Building and Managing Bee Hotels for Wild Bees - Michigan State University
Invasive Species, April 6, 2021
Using Zoom Effectively, March 30, 2021
Purdue Extension Hot Topics
Purdue Extension Hot Topics is a monthly webinar series that hits on a timely subject with an expert. These are free, live and virtual discussions on the latest research and best practices. The sessions are interactive so bring your questions and love for lifelong learning!
- Organics & Composting
- Sustainable Garden Planning
- Diseases in Disguise: Difficult to Diagnose Landscape Problems
- Common Indiana Lawn Weeds
- Turf Hot Topics
- Tomato Diseases and Update
- Poison Hemlock & Other Indiana Invasives
- Indiana Wildlife Update
- Growing Grapes & More in Indiana
- Spotted Lanternfly-IN's Newest Invasive Pest
- Backyard Gardening and Landscaping for Birds
- Ants of Indiana
- Midwestern Regional Climate Center Update
- Lawncare Diseases and Pests
- Indiana Trees
- Vermicomposting!
- Seed Saving & Preservation
- Tree Pruning
- Which Pine is Mine? Conifer ID
- Adaptive Gardening
- Strawberry Research
- History of Extension
Horticulture Webinars
- Sweet on Bees (from the Purdue Women in Agriculture team, August 20, 2019) (1.25 education hour)
- How to Make an Under the Sink Compost Bin Using Red Worms (from the Purdue Women in Agriculture team, May 23, 2019) (.75 education hour)
- Gardening for Royalty: Native Plants for the Monarchs and Queens (from the Purdue Women in Agriculture team, April 18, 2019) (1 education hour)
- Emerald Ash Borer University (1 education hour for each webinar)
- Food Safety Training Video used for Purdue "Growing Together" project (0.5 education hour)
- Food Security Training Video used for Purdue "Growing Together" project (1.0 education hour)
- Practical Food Safety in the Garden (From Oregon State University Extension, June 28, 2018) (1 education hour)
- Frontiers in Slug and Snail Management (From Oregon State University Extension, January 29, 2018) (1 education hour)
- Powdery Mildew: Biology & Management in the Garden (From Oregon State University Extension, April 16, 2018) (1 education hour)
- Never doubt how a small, thoughtful & committed pollinator habitat can change the world (from Oregon State University Extension, September 2017) (1 education hour)
- Organic Pesticides for Home Gardens (from Oregon State University Extension, August, 2017) (1 education hour)
- Nursery Dealer's License and IDNR Update (June 12, 2018) (1.25 education hours) - This webinar gives an explanation of the requirements for hosting plant sale fundraisers in Indiana according the Indiana Department of Natural Resources state regulations.
- University of Illinois Extension Vegetable Gardening Playlist
- Purdue Extension Home Gardening Playlist (3 education hours for watching all videos)
- Purdue Youtube Playlist - Assessing Spring Freeze Damage on Fruit
- Starting Seeds Indoors (Phil Woolery, Purdue Extension, Starke County)
- Introduction to Rain Gardens and Rainscaping Webinar
- Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Lunch and Learn Webinars
- Purdue Plant ID Pal Website Quizzes - Take quizzes on website to test your knowledge of plant identification - 1 education hour for each completed section with a total of 4 education hours for completing all 4 sections as explained here: https://www.hort.purdue.edu/plant-id-pal/suggestions.html
- Winter Twig Identification by Rosie Lerner
Organizational & Leadership Webinars
- Social Media Best Practices (March 2, 2018) (1 education hour)
- Non-Profit Financial Practices (February 9, 2018) (1 education hour)
- Revising Non-Profit By-Laws (January 18, 2018) (1 education hour)
- The Basics of Roberts Rules of Order (Parliamentary Procedure) (March 7, 2017) (1 education hour)
- Master Gardener Mentoring Programs (January 19, 2017) (1 education hour)
- La Porte Materials
- Tippecanoe Materials
- PowerPoint Slides
- MG Trellis and Vines Form (PDF)
- MG Trellis and Vines Form (Word with merge to Excel)
- 2017_MG-orientation-survey
- Making Group Decisions (March 1, 2016) (1.25 education hours)
- Starting a Master Gardener Hotline (January 12, 2016) (1.25 education hours)
- Growing Your Presentation Skills - Watch all videos and complete the quizzes after each video to earn 3 education hours.
- Working with Volunteers (April, 2022 - John Orick, Purdue EMG State Coordinator for "Growing Together" project teams and partners)
- Special Webinar - New Requirements for Non-Profits (February 8, 2023 - Miriam Robeson, Harmon Robeson Law, LLP)
Citizen Science
Indiana University Herbarium Photo Scavenger Hunt Training
- Photo Scavenger Hunt Website
- Consortia of Midwest Herbaria Website
- Purdue EMG Reporting Guidelines for IU Herbarium Project
CoCoRaHS Training
- Learn more about serving as a volunteer observer for CoCoRaHS here: https://www.cocorahs.org/state.aspx?state=in
- All volunteer observers are strongly encouraged to go through training to best understand the observational best practices that make the citizen science effort most valuable to users of the data. Two duplicate training webinars will be held on May 7, 2020.
- Visit https://www.cocorahs.org/state.aspx?state=in to find connection information for these webinars!
Other Resources
Purdue Online Gardening Resources
Brown County Native Woodlands Project
The Brown County Native Woodlands Project's mission is to protect the forests of the Brown County Hills from the devastating effects of invasive plant species through education, training, and eradication of non-native invasive plants. They will host Nature Daze 2023 on Saturday, September 9, 2023.
reportINvasive YouTube Channel
Tune Up Your Diagnostic Skills with a Podcast and the Purdue Plant Doctor
Just in time for the growing season, there is a new podcast to help you brush up your plant diagnostic skills. In this podcast Margaret Roach, garden writer for the New York Times, interviewed the creators of the Purdue Plant Doctor web page, Professors Janna Beckerman and Cliff Sadof on how to diagnose problems you may encounter on you plants. After discussing the diagnostic process, they describe how you can use the Purdue Plant Doctor web page to help you identify and manage plants problem. See this link for a transcript of the interview and a link to the podcast https://awaytogarden.com/diagnosing-plant-troubles-with-the-purdue-plant-doctor/.
A separate, short demonstration of the webpage is available here https://youtu.be/C4rGAP4Jerk
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest - Education Programming
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest offers adult education opportunities around sustainable gardening practices. Events are both virtual and in person. Check this events calendar regularly for updates or email Kristin Faurest at Kristin.faurest@bernheim.org