Master Gardener Classes Forming

BETHEL — The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System is now accepting applications for the Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program for 2005.

The objective of the program is to provide horticultural training to individuals who have gardening interest/experience, wish to expand their current information base and share this knowledge with the public through community volunteerism.

Classes will be held in Bethel, Brooklyn, Haddam, Stamford, and West Hartford.

For more information call Cyndi Wyskiewicz, State Master Gardener Coordinator at the Home and Garden Education Center, 860-486-6343, or visit the website www.canr.uconn.edu/garden/programs/mastergrd.html to download an application.

Bethel’s classes are taught at the Fairfield County Extension Center, which is at 67 Stony Hill Road (Route 6) in Bethel. Its direct phone number is 207-8440.