Sowing Success! Evidence-based Gardening Essentials

Learn about growing plants in a way that helps you plan for gardening success, prevent plant problems before they start, and manage issues when they happen. You’ll leave the course with a combination of practical gardening skills to try plus the knowledge of why they work.
At the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

• Link gardening practices and biology to preventing plant problems.
• Explain how to select, grow, and maintain the health of different kinds of plants.
• Identify strategies to manage plant problems.
• Explain what Integrated Pest Management is and how it benefits you and the environment.

https://mastergardener.extension.wisc.edu/

The in-person class is offered at 212 River Drive, Room 3, on Monday evenings 5:30-8:00 pm from September 11 to November 27, 2023.  Details at https://marathon.extension.wisc.edu/horticulture/marathon-county-master-gardener-program/ 

The virtual option is offered by  Wisconsin Extension’s Statewide Master Gardener Program. 

Some say the in-person format is better because the course fee is less and classmates are better able to share information and create more community connections.  Others are willing to pay the greater fee for the on-line version in order learn at their own pace without the need to appear in person following a fixed class schedule.  

For the in-person class,  contact Janell Wehr at 715.261.1241 or janell.wehr@wisc.edu for more information or to enroll.   https://marathon.extension.wisc.edu/horticulture/marathon-county-master-gardener-program/

For  the virtual option, go to https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/foundations-in-gardening/ 

 NOTE: The class (whether in-person or virtual) is open to everyone who wants to know more about gardening.  You don't have to commit to becoming a master gardener before you enroll.