Speakers' Bureau Documents

Speakers' Bureau Training (ppt) Overview of the Speakers Bureau and tips for delivering effective presentations.  This document, along with the following Guidelines are on-line training for Yavapai County Master Gardener speakers.

Guidelines for Speakers

The Guidelines (docx) include points to cover about your role and Extension, how to brand materials, handout template, reporting statistics after your presentations, etc. 

Donation form (pdf) can be given to potential contributors to Extension Programs.

Presentation Sign-in Form (docx)

Speaker Supplies (ppt)

Presentations

You may modify the following presentations to meet your needs.

• Backyard Composting (pptx)

• Backyard Composting (pptx)   Backyard Composting Handout(docx)

• Butterfly Gardening (pdf)

• Climate of Yavapai County (pptx)

• Common Insects and Their Management (pptx)

• Companion Planting (pdf)

• Container Gardening (pptx)****

• Container Gardening (Mazella) (pptx)

• Cover Crops (pptx)  Cool Season Cover Crop Slides (pptx)   Using Cover Crops and Green Manure (pdf)

• Fall and Winter Gardening 2019 (pptx)

• Fall and Winter Gardening Handout (docx)

• Garden Insects (docx)

• Garden Soil Preparation (pptx)

• Garden Watering and Irrigation (pptx)

• Gray Water (pptx)

• Home Orchard Care (pptx)

• Identifying Native Plants Outline (pdf)

• Irrigation (ppt)

• Know Your Weeds (pptx)

• Living with Wildfire - Firewise Landscaping (pdf)

• Microgreens (pptx)  Microgreens Handout (docx)

• Monarchs (Cameron) pptx)

• Ornamental Plant Selection (pdf)

• Planning Your Vegetable Garden (pptx)

• Plant Propagation (pptx)

• Plant Selection Outline (pdf)

• Plants for Problem Areas (pptx)

• Preparing Your Garden for Fall (pptx)

• Preserving Your Harvest (pdf)

• Roses (pptx)

• Saving Seeds (pptx)

• Science of Soil (pptx)

• Spring Vegetable Garden (pptx)   Spring Vegetable Garden Handout docx)

• Tomatoes (pptx)

•  Vegetable Garden Insects (pptx)  Vegetable Garden Insects Handout (pdf)

• Vegetable Seed Sowing and Planting (pptx)

• Wildlife Damage Control (pptx)

Reference Materials

The following materials are to help you prepare your presentation and should not be used as handouts.

• Backyard Composting (pdf)

• Mulching: Materials, Application, and Performance (pdf)

• Over the Counter Pesticides (includes herbicides, miticides, fungicides, etc.) (pdf)

• Soils and Climate of Yavapai County (pdf)

• Soils and Soil Prep (types, texture, amendments, etc.) (pdf)

• Managing Wildlife (in the Wildland Urban Interface) (pdf)