Q: What’s a fun way to earn continuing education hours while flexing your horticulture expertise?
A: Our annual Oregon Master Gardener Trivia Series, of course!
We’re turning up the heat once again this fall/winter and inviting OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers to join us for a little friendly competition with each other. One Thursday a month, November through February, at 7 p.m., hop on our Zoom to test your gardening knowledge and vie for cool prizes—not to mention bragging rights for your county!
We’ll have 50 questions related to a different theme each month, and topics range from the super scientific and technical to the practical and historical, so there’s something for everyone. (Plus, it’s multiple choice, so even if you slacked on studying, you still have a 25% chance of getting it right!)
November 7, 7pm: All about Botany. Zoom link here
Botanical terminology, classification, nomenclature, plant parts. To score well, study up on leaf shapes, margins, and arrangement; common plant families; and the parts of flowers.
December 5, 7pm: Gardens and Inventions. Zoom link here
Gardening tools and gadgets, garden inventors and innovators, historic and current garden tech, and famous historic gardens will be featured in this session. We’ll learn about the history behind common garden tools, and amazing botanists and gardens that paved the way for modern horticulture.
January 9, 7pm: It starts with seeds. Zoom link here
All things seed-related, just in time to refresh your memories for the new gardening season! Study up by viewing the seed-related videos from the Growing Oregon Gardeners “Level Up” series and you’ll be ready for this seed drill.
February 6, 7pm: The Gardeners buffet. Zoom link here
A smorgasbord of unrelated garden trivia. Questions may be drawn from the nooks and crannies of the giant Master Gardener handbook, plant clinic experiences and questions, or horticultural pests of concern in Oregon. Challenge yourself and your fellow Master Gardeners—this season closer will be tough (and fun)!
How to participate
- Join via zoom on the date of the event.
- Connect to the trivia app (Slido) on your phone or computer.
- At the start of the tournament evening, you’ll be directed to the Slido app to begin competing.
- Multiple choice trivia, 50 questions per session.
- Winners will be announced live during the Zoom event.
Each session counts as one Continuing Education Unit for Master Gardener volunteers.
Did we say prizes? Yes we did. For each session, you can win gift certificates to mail-order garden companies in the PNW.
- 1st place: $100 gift certificate
- 2nd place: $50 gift certificate
- 3rd place: $25 gift certificate
Winners will receive gift certificates approximately one week after each event.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by Nov 1, 2024 to Nicole Sanchez: nicole.sanchez@oregonstate.edu or 541-883-7131