JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NDSU Ext.) – Several Extension Master Gardeners were honored during the recent North Dakota State University Extension Master Gardener Program awards ceremony.
The NDSU Extension Master Gardener Program is a volunteer service organization that beautifies communities, educates the public about gardening, donates fresh produce to local food pantries and encourages pollinator conservation.
After participants complete 40 hours of class work, they are known as Master Gardener interns. They can become certified Master Gardener volunteers by volunteering 48 hours of time during a two-year period on gardening and education projects in cooperation with NDSU Extension.
Those locally who were honored at the awards program include:
Best Elder Care Project – Curt Larson, Forman
Youth Education Award – Cecelia Collins and Laurie Podoll, Jamestown
Friend of the Extension Master Gardener Program – Breana Kiser, NDSU Extension agent for Dickey County
100 Hour Service Club Members – These Master Gardeners volunteered 100 hours or more but less than 200 hours (volunteer hours in parentheses):
Sandy Bieber (110.5), Mary Heyerman (180.5), Annette Kost (143.5), Don Reiner (124.5), Bismarck
Myla Alsaker (100), Felicia Davis Cooper (164), Julie Garden-Robinson (114), Cindy McLean (141), Will Robinson (114), Nola Storm (158.5), Fargo
Cindy Filler (156), Grand Forks
Nicole Severance (102.5), Hunter
Kathryn Torkelson (144.5), Lansford
Ann Guanella (148), Oberon
Linda Hovda (176.5), Parshall
Lynnette Vachal (119.5), Ross
Brenda Jorgenson (158), Tioga
Penny Seifert (164.5), Wahpeton
Barbara Keyes (180.75), West Fargo
200 Hour Service Club Members – These Master Gardeners volunteered 200 plus hours in the previous year (volunteer hours in parentheses):
Meigan Cameron (254), Bismarck
Jennifer Skoog (401.5), Christine
Joan Bishoff (341), Anita Hofsommer (332), Kathleen Johnson (211), Rhonda Miller (221), Jack Wood (580), Linda Worner (276), Fargo
Anne Smith (215.5), Grand Forks
Laurie Podoll (243.5), Jamestown
Rebeccah Eman (258.25), Minot
Candace Allen (296.5), Moorhead, Minnesota
Karen Weber (304), Wahpeton
Certified Master Gardener Volunteers – These individuals completed their 48-hour volunteer internship in 2021 and were certified as Master Gardener volunteers:
Sophia Asbury, Debra Gallagher, Kim Lee, Breanna Miller, Greg Tschider, Bismarck
Lee Briese, Edgeley
Joyce Hanna, Breanna Kompelien, Nick Moszer, Bette Stieglitz, Maria Toomey, Amber Ueland, Arielle Windham, Fargo
Jo-Anne LaVigne, Larimore
Tamara Metzen, Milnor
Jacob Thrailkill, Minot
Cheryl Doll, New Salem
Elizabeth Suhr, Ray
Amy Koehler, Upham
Daniel Sikkink, West Fargo
Master Gardener Diagnosticians – These individuals completed their 20-hour apprenticeship in 2021 and earned the elevated title of Master Gardener Diagnostician:
Emily Hilgers, Fargo
Cindy Filler, Grand Forks
Christy Ames-Davis, Mandan
Ann Guanella, Oberon
Linda Hovda, Parshall
Lynnette Vachal, Ross
Theresa Martin-Johnson, Tolna
Renee Jean, Williston