The 1987 Master Gardener program was presented at 16 locations in Iowa, where weekday sessions were supplemented with Saturday satellite telecasts. This cooperative extension service program provided special training in horticulture to members of the local community who would then work as volunteers through their local cooperative extension office to provide horticulture-related information to their community. Telecasts consisted of pretaped segments that alternated with phone-in question-and-answer sessions. A questionnaire collected data from 174 participants regarding the perceived effectiveness of this teaching method. The delivery method was economically feasible. The majority of the respondents were satisfied with the satellite portions of the program and were favorably disposed toward use of satellite telecommunications for other extension uses and for education in general. Nearly 98 percent indicated that the telecasts were either well done or very well done. Almost 90 percent said they would be willing to attend future extension programs using satellite delivery. Complaints were in two areas: technical problems and the speed at which the broadcasts presented the material. (The instrument is appended.) (YLB)