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The Master Gardener program continues to be one of the most popular and effective programs of Extension. Budget cutbacks and an everdecreasing pool of Extension personnel have warranted a reappraisal of how Extension trains these volunteers. The purpose of this project was to develop an up-to-date, complete, and user-friendly training program that could be used by agents or selected Master Gardeners with a minimum of training and advance preparation. Eleven subject matter specialists, 35 Extension agents, hundreds of Master Gardeners, and three curriculum specialists were all involved in this 2-year project. In addition to obvious updating of material, a sampling of objectives that were addressed in the process follows: 1) format the curriculum into a lesson plan with complete step-by-step instructions; 2) remove all questionable copyrighted pictures, graphs, drawings, etc.; 3) align the student manual to the material presented in the PowerPoint lessons; 4) incorporate a resource list of hands-on activities to support each lesson; 5) provide a reference list for each lesson; 6) provide a standardized test with answer key for complete curriculum; and 7) place the entire training curriculum on a compact disc. This project was completed in Summer 2005. Publication and copyrighting of a compact disc that represented the training resources for the Master Gardener program was a first for Mississippi State University Extension Service.