I can’t say that I’m worried the way I was heading off to kindergarten, but I am psyched that I start the Master Gardener program at Green Spring Gardens tomorrow afternoon.

Seventy-five hours of horticultural wonderment heading my way over the next nine weeks. I plan to share highlights right here twice a week. Oh, the things we will learn together.

Like all the cool kids I see online, I decided to share the contents of my bag for this adventure.

• My bag is a backpack, because I’ve seen the text book, and it comes in a four-inch binder.
• Water bottle
• iPad – Cause it’s my brain
• Leather notebook
• Earbuds
• Eyeglass case
• Pencil
• Pens
• Highlighter
• Swiss Army knife
• Well-watered copy of Native Plants for Northern Virginia – In case we do show and tell

Oh, yes, I will also be hauling the Something Bright camera bag along, because there will be flowers.

For the record, the only thing I took to kindergarten was a slip of paper with my name and address pinned to the back of my shirt.