The Master Gardener program is sponsored by which organization?

The Master Gardener program is sponsored by which organization?

• A. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (county level)
• B. The University of Alabama
• C. The Alabama Botanical Society
• D. The Federal Government (USDA)

Answer: (A)

Master Gardener programs are run through the Cooperative Extension Service, the outreach arm of the state’s land‑grant universities. In Alabama, this is the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, which coordinates county extension offices to deliver science‑based horticultural knowledge and organize volunteers. That relationship—extension offices connected to the land‑grant university system at the state level—is why this organization is the sponsor. It’s not the main university campus by itself, not a private botanical society, and not the federal government, even though those entities may support agriculture in other ways. The extension system is specifically designed to train and deploy volunteers like Master Gardeners in communities.

Master Gardener programs are run through the Cooperative Extension Service, the outreach arm of the state’s land‑grant universities. In Alabama, this is the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, which coordinates county extension offices to deliver science‑based horticultural knowledge and organize volunteers. That relationship—extension offices connected to the land‑grant university system at the state level—is why this organization is the sponsor. It’s not the main university campus by itself, not a private botanical society, and not the federal government, even though those entities may support agriculture in other ways. The extension system is specifically designed to train and deploy volunteers like Master Gardeners in communities.