MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER
ACTIVITY LOG
Total Hours by Activity Code
1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4._______
Months__________ Year __________ County _____________
First Name_______________ Last Name____________________
PLEASE TOTAL
YOUR HOURS
HERE
5. _______ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______
9. _______ 10. _______ 11. _______12. _______
(please do not combine different years on the same log)
13. Continuing or advanced training hours _________
VOLUNTEER HOURS LOG
Date
Hours
Activity
Code # Worked
Brief Description of Volunteer Activity
# of
youths Unknown
reached
Number of Contacts by Race and Gender
(for MG’s
personal
use only)
(See instructions on back)
White
AfAmer/
Black
Asian/
Hispanic
Pacific Is.
M F
M F
M
F
M F
Native
Amer.
Undetermined
M F
M F
Miles
Traveled
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Total Hours
Total Contacts
Worked
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EDUCATION LOG (Code 13)
Hours
Hours
Date
Date
Brief Description of Continuing Education Activity
Brief Description of Continuing Education Activity
Learning
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Learning
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It is the policy of MD Cooperative Extension that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, gender, disability, religion, age, or national origin.
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Plant Clinics
Soils/Composting (Urban Nutrient Management) - Backyard and community composting; soil testing, improvement and
conservation; proper fertilizer use.
Environmental Horticulture - Education around proper cultural practices, specific groups of plants, and types of gardening. All
activities are intended to help minimize or eliminate the negative environmental impacts of gardening.
Bay-Wise Landscaping Program
Backyard and Community Food Production - Teaching and promoting local, sustainable food production- fruit, vegetables, herbs.
Community Greening (Beautification) - Assisting residents to improve their communities with gardens, plantings, and sustainable
landscapes.
Therapeutic Horticulture - Improving the quality of life for vulnerable populations
Demonstration and Historic Gardens
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12. Subjects Not Covered Above
------------------------------------------13. Continuing Education - (For MGs who do not report this on a separate form.) This category does not count as volunteer hours.
11. Internal Administration of MG Program - All administrative work that is not directly related to one of the codes above. For
example, screening applicants, organizing basic training, mentoring, hosting, communications (newsletter, website, phone tree),
fundraising, public relations/marketing, advocacy, committee work, recordkeeping, writing reports, recognition of volunteers, etc.
10. Special Events, Judging, Information Booths* - *Work at information table/booth that is not reported under specific subject.
IPM - Plant and pest diagnosis and problem solving (including weeds)
1.
Educational activities: classes, workshops, presentations, demonstrations (including preparing and developing
materials); phone consultations, posters, displays, articles, research, interpretive walks, guided tours, site visits,
technical assistance to community groups, etc.
Support/management activities: planning programs and activities, outreach, publicity, set-up and clean-up, grant
writing, evaluation; garden planning, design, establishment, and maintenance; invasive plant removal, planting
riparian buffers; soil testing, etc.
NOTE: all of the following activities are included under Code 1–Code 10.
ACTIVITY CODES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Participant contact data is to be collected in a discrete manner. In activities with large attendance such as talks and seminars, make
the best estimate you can. Identify participants as “unknown” (U) when you are in doubt as to race or ethnicity. When more than one
Master Gardener is involved in an event, please take care that all contacts are accounted for, and that the contact numbers are not
duplicated on the logs of individual Master Gardeners.
When recording contact information, please transfer/summarize on this form the notes you make concerning the number of client
contacts made through plant clinics, phone calls, talks, workshops, information booths etc. Your work is important!
Master Gardeners sign a Volunteer Appointment Agreement and abide by MCE policies by recording volunteer hours and contact
demographic data. This log is the primary source of information we use to collect and enter volunteer and program participation data
into our database. The information you collect allows us to evaluate educational program outreach, report to our sponsors, and
ensure that our programs are reaching all the citizens of Maryland.
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION