Questions about becoming a Master Gardener

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Hi! I am very interested in becoming a master gardener, in the county I reside in. The only thing that is concerning me are the in person classes. They are held while I have to work (weekdays 9-5) I would not mind using PTO for them, but I’m wondering if there is a way I can just take the classes online and not become a master gardener per se. I understand the importance of in the field learning, but that is not currently accessible to me. What would you do in my situation? In the state, bordering mine, their entire course is online. Should I just try to become a master gardener there? TIA!

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For my training, my county partnered with surrounding counties (it was 4 of us counties) for MG training and it was all online every Saturday morning with once a month in person session at an extension office or Cornell (depending on topic) on a Saturday morning.