Susan Lloyd

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Susan Lloyd

Master Gardener Program Assistant

Summary

Projects    

Strategic Plan and Goal Setting (October 2022 to present)

  • Convened Leadership Team
  • Monthly/quarterly meetings to build (bimonthly in 2026)
  • Presentation to volunteers
  • Periodic refresh
  • Publish to website

Volunteer Management 

  • Annual re-enrollment for certified Master Gardeners (January annually)
  • Enrollment of new interns (January annually)
  • Tracking interns as they pursue certification 
  • Update change-of-status (awards, milestones) for all enrolled

Help Desk Manager 

  • Scheduling
  • Training
  • Tech support (phones, email, computers, printer, logging)

Student Experience (Recruiting)         

  • Maintain ongoing interest list (year-round)
  • Communication about upcoming relevant events (May through December annually)
  • Forms management, distribution, and filing (August through December annually)

Educational Events (Public-facing) 

  • Speaker requests: document, track, schedule reviews
  • Calendar Events (in Localist)
  • Presentation and materials review for program alignment and UNR/E compliance 

Educational Events (Volunteer-facing)

  • Advanced MG certification
  • How-to videos for volunteers

Documentation and Records

  • Extension Online (volunteer management)
    • Annual training for current and incoming
    • Ongoing updates: change in status, correspondence
  • Nevada Box 
    •  Folders for all committees and projects
    •  Presentation files for all events
  • Power Point: presentation standards and consistency with UNR/E
  • Web Asset Management: website and publications
  • Paper records
    • Transfer volunteer files per UNR retention policy to electronic storage 
    • Promote aging files annually Minutes for Leadership Team meetings for continuity
    • Document volunteer meetings and projects 
    • Maintain minutes for Leadership Team for continuity and accountability

 

Education

1975 Manatee High School, Bradenton, Florida
1978 B.A. University of Florida
1981 M.A. in Audiology, University of Florida
2001 Au.D. Doctor of Audiology, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Programs

gathering herbs

Master Gardeners of Clark County

Serving Clark, Lincoln and Southern Nye counties gardening needs.

Master Gardeners at tabling event

Master Gardeners of Nevada

Program trains local gardeners to provide research-based horticulture information to Nevadans.

Courses

Note: this position is not a for-credit instructor position. 

Statewide distribution

How to Enroll in Extension Online (for current Master Gardeners), updated annually and rerecorded with current-year examples

How to Enroll in Extension Online (for incoming Master Gardener interns), updated annually and rerecorded with current-year examples

Countywide distribution

  • Advanced Certification for Master Gardener Volunteers
    • Help Desk Refresher
    • Learning and Teaching Styles
    • Opportunities to "Teach" in Clark County
    • Making a Lesson Plan
    • How to Use the UNR PPTX Template
  • Becoming a Master Gardener (Clark County recruitment)
  • Help Desk Presentations 
    • Help Desk How-To
    • Help Desk Shorts
    • Help Desk Intro for Interns
    • Help Desk (video) Overview
    • Help Desk (video) The EvenryDay Checklist 
  • Help Desk Gap Analysis 
  • Hort Team Education 
  • Strategic Plan 
    • Goals
    • Values and Goals
    • Mission Statement, Vision Statement, and Goals 
  • Values and Goals (for Master Gardener Program)

 

 

Honors and Awards

2024: Southern Area Unsung Hero

The "Invisible" Executive Assistant https://www.acea.training/post/the-invisible-executive-assistant 

Accomplishments

2001 Master Gardener, first Zoom class: a pivot to accommodate campus closures during Covid.

Reorganized Help Desk Library following Covid closure in 2020

  • locating books based on previous inventory
  • documenting over $45,000.00 replacement value for insurance claims, if needed
  • overseeing removal of duplicates and non-reference-quality materials for space and conversion to funds

 

 

Service

Publications

Author

  • Irises year-round in the desert southwest. Robinson, M.L., Ochoa, C, and Lloyd, S. (2025). https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=6956 
  • Book: Try It and Grow: Backyard garden experiments for better results, 
    • Chapter 2: What's your garden question-Formulating testable hypotheses in the home landscape
    • Chapter 3 (co-author with Dr. Azadeh Alizadeh): Set it up:How to test in your yard or pots.Maintaing experimental validity in outdoor conditions
    • Chapter 4: Observe like a pro (But keep it easy) - effective and accessible garden data collection methods
    • Chapter 7: Garden lab in action: real stories from Las Vegas yards -Case studies of citizen science in arid urban landscapes

Formatting

  • Becoming a desert gardener. O'Callaghan, A. (2008).   Reformatted to current ADA accessibility for reprint locally. 
  • Conveiertase en un jardinero de desierto. O'Callaghan, A. (2002).   Reformatted to current ADA accessibility for reprint locally.
  • Cultivo de Tomates en el Sur de Nevada. Roberts, A. (1999). https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=6958
    Reformatted to current ADA accessibility for reprint locally.
    Coordinated translation and republication of Spanish-language version of "Growing tomatoes in southern Nevada, SP-99-11." 

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Fact Sheets
rose rooting in bottle
The Rose in the Desert Southwest
A comprehensive guide on growing roses in the desert southwest. It covers soil preparation and planting, monthly care, pruning, and disease problems for growing roses. It also includes a easy to follow month by month care guide for roses.
 Mills, L., Johnson, W. S., and O'Callaghan, A. 2003, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno FS-03-15
Informational Publications
yellow iris in garden
Irises year-round in the desert southwest
Irises are surprisingly easy to grow, but advice online must be modified for the Mojave Desert and southern Nevada. Tasks to start and maintain irises in a home garden in southern Nevada are presented for each month.
 Robinson, M.L., Ochoa, C., and Lloyd, S. 2025, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
Volunteer Handbook for Extension Master Gardeners
This document is intended to be an operational guide and reference tool for Extension professionals and volunteers involved in the Extension Master Gardener program to help accomplish the mission and values of the program and Extension through the outreach within our Nevada communities.
 Brinkerhoff, K. 2024, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
Special Publications
Cultivo de Tomates en el Sur de Nevada
El mes de marzo suele ser el momento en que los jardineros del sur de Nevada plantan tomates. La fecha de la última helada en el área es el 15 de marzo. Es mejor plantar unos días o varias semanas antes porque los tomates necesitan varios días antes de que florezcan y produzcan frutos. Lo mejor es empezar a plantar tom
 Roberts, A. 1999, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, SP-99-11