Program turns out Junior Master Gardeners — PHOTOS | Education

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardeners program participant Daniella Robinson, 9, works near other participants in the children’s garden at Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, located at 4600 Horse Road, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in North Las Vegas. The Junior Master Gardeners program runs through July and invites children to participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and learning experiences. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Melidy Sanderson, clockwise from left, 8; Katie Sanderson; Sierra Dorner, 9; Karyn Johnson, instructor; and Daniella Robinson, 9, work in the children’s garden as part of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardeners program at Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, located at 4600 Horse Road, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in North Las Vegas. The Junior Master Gardeners program runs through July and invites children to participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and learning experiences. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardeners program participant Daniella Robinson, left, 9, hands crops to Master Gardener Jill Pawluk in the children’s garden at Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, located at 4600 Horse Road, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in North Las Vegas. The Junior Master Gardeners program runs through July and invites children to participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and learning experiences. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Freshly-picked carrots are shown, two of which were nibbled on by a critter suspected to be a rabbit, in the children's garden where University of Nevada Cooperative Extensionճ Junior Master Gardeners program takes place at Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, located at 4600 Horse Road, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in North Las Vegas. The Junior Master Gardeners program runs through July and invites children to participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and learning experiences. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardeners program participant Daniella Robinson, 9, shovels in the children’s garden at Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, located at 4600 Horse Road, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in North Las Vegas. The Junior Master Gardeners program runs through July and invites children to participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and learning experiences. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

People tour the children's garden where University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardeners program takes place at Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, located at 4600 Horse Road, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in North Las Vegas. The Junior Master Gardeners program runs through July and invites children to participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and learning experiences. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Hands-on gardening is under way for a new crop of students going through the Junior Master Gardener program this summer.

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s program started Thursday at the Research Center and Demonstration Orchard on 4600 Horse Road in North Las Vegas. Another group of students will start the program Friday at the Lifelong Learning Center’s Outdoor Education Center at 8050 Paradise Road in Las Vegas.

The courses run through July 31.

Children are learning about plants, water, soil and vegetables. Leadership skills are also part of the 4-H program, which touches on safety with tools and community service.

For more information on the nation-wide JMG program, visit www.jmgkids.us.