Horticulture

See Outagamie County Extension Horticulture blog on the UW-Extension FYI site for most asked questions and current information on what’s happening in our county.Sign Up for Facebook to connect with Outagamie County Cooperative Extension-Horticulture Division or if you already have a Facebook account, use this link:  Outagamie County Horticulture Facebook

Master Gardeners

Master Gardeners Volunteers are trained volunteers who assist staff at the University of Wisconsin-Extension by helping the community understand horticulture and its significance to the environment.   Master Gardener Volunteers are involved in a variety of community activities, including youth and adult education projects.  Outagamie County Master Gardener Association Website

Mark Your Calendars for Saturday, May 18 for the 2013 Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale!! UW-Extension Office at 3365 W. Brewster Street in Appleton The sale include annuals, perennials, vegetables, flowering shrubs, and herbs. Added to the sale of plants is a Garden Treasures sale – gently used pots, garden equipment, garden art, bird houses, and other items. Also on the agenda each year is a list of experts hosting classes on everything from care of plants to the creation of cement birdbaths cast with leaves.

Community Garden Partnership

A  community garden is a space dedicated to growing food while building community.  The resources of land, water and materials such as mulch, cultural knowledge, and information are share among gardeners.  Community Gardens offer a way for individuals and family to enhand their food security.  Community Garden Partnership Website 

“Growing Your Life” Series – Classes include:  Good Eats/Good Gardens, Food Preservation, Master Gardener Public Education, and Gardening Education.  Course are designed to provide good food prepartion with participant teaching and gardening opportunities.  Collaborations of:   UW Extension Outagamie County, Salvation Army Fox Cities, Goodwill’s Community Garden Partnership, UW Oshkosh School of Nursing, Outagamie County Master Gardeners, Outagamie County Master Food Preservers, Outagamie County Master Composters.  Growing Your Life Class Schedule -  updated 03-12-2013.

HOMEGROWN Project – The HOMEGROWN project includes knowledge and awareness building around food security, as well as the community building that will sustain positively the changes in how people access and secure good food.  We are using well recognized strategies for this by encouraging the development of human capital (social bonding) all the while combining the bricks and mortar component by building gardens and growing food.  We hope to further strengthen this by providing education for development of cottage industries related to food – posted December 2011.   Community Garden’s HOMEGROWN Project .

Learning how to grow food in burlap bags at the Appleton Salvation Army Food Pantry – posted July  14, 2011   http://www.wpt.org/gardener/transcript.cfm?id=1855

11′s Angela Kelly spent the morning at the Goodwill Community Garden Greenhouse Wednesday, to learn about the benefits of community gardens and to get some tips from the gardeners who use it.  http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/good_day_wi/gear-up-for-vegetable-gardening - posted June 8, 2011FOX

Soil Testing

If you are interested in having your soil tested, find out how.  Or, if you need more information on why a soil test might be helpful, visit our new page at http://outagamie.uwex.edu/soil-testing/

Horticulture Fact Sheets

• Bees & Yellow Jackets (1 page, 70 KB)
• Box Elder Bugs (1 page, 156 KB)
• Birch Tree Care (2 pages, 614 KB)
• Chlorosis (1 page, 45 KB)
• Crabgrass (1 page, 153 KB)
• Creeping Charlie  (1 page, 56 KB)
• Establishing a Perennial Garden (2 pages, 39 KB)
• Girdling Root (1 page, 249 KB)
• Lawn Care Tips (2 pages, 65 KB)
• Maple Gall (2 pages, 512 KB)
• Poison Ivy, Poison Sumac, Poison Oak (632 KB)
• Tree Planting Standards  (2 pages, 166 KB)
• Underused Tree List (1 page, 177 KB)
• Fall Webworm (1 page, 300 KB)

Links of Interest

Local

• Outagamie Master Gardeners
• Community Garden Partnership

Other

• UW – Department of Entomology Insect Diagnostic Lab
• UW – Extension Horticultural Publications
• UW – Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest
• UW – Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic
• UW – Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
• UW – The Wisconsin Gardener – Public TV
• UW – Urban Horticulture
• UW – Urban Horticulture Updates
• UWEX – Wisconsin Native Plant Sources
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Wisconsin Master Gardener Program
• Wisconsin Horticulture Calendar – Other events of interest
• University of Connecticut Plant Database
• Ohio State University Plant Dictionary
• USDA Plants Database
• Weed Science Society of America
• Wisconsin Phenological Society

STAFF

Kevin Jarek
Crops, Soils and Horticulture Agent
Outagamie County – UW Extension
3365 W. Brewster St.
Appleton, WI 54914
Phone: 920-832-5119
Wisconsin Relay: 711
Fax: 920-832-4783
Email: kevin.jarek@ces.uwex.edu