If you have any home horticulture related questions, please use the following, or call the office at 608-269-8722:
- Review the bulletins, fact sheets, and other printed resources at The Learning Store.
- Follow the one-page instruction sheet on how to submit your gardening question through the website.
- Visit area landscape and garden centers and other businesses.
- Use the Related Horticulture Links below to find more information.
Latest News & Announcements
- Growing and Caring for Plants in Wisconsin: Foundations in Gardening, News Release, July 22, 2022
- What is Going on With the Lilacs?? News Release August 26, 2021
- Jumping Worms: The Impacts of a New Soil Invader Webinar Slated for April 21st News Release April 14, 2021
- Tips for Controlling Crabgrass in Your Lawn News Release April 1, 2021
- Early Season Growing Tips News Release March 25, 2021
- Getting Garden Seeds During a Pandemic 2021 News Release January 21, 2021
- Remove Asparagus Ferns at the End of Fall News Release October 29, 2020
- Five Steps to Put Your Vegetable Garden to Bed for the Winter News Release September 24, 2020
- Tree and Shrub Problems News Release September 18, 2020
- Wasps Nests . . . It’s That Time of the Year News Release August 28, 2020
- What’s Going on With The Lilacs? News Release August 11, 2020
- Renovate Your Strawberry Patch for More Berries Next Year News Release July 17, 2020
- Armyworms, Rose Chafers, and a Few Others Are Out and About News Release June 25, 2020
Community Garden Resources 
- Starting a Community Garden (pdf)
- Suggested Planting Dates for Tomah Area (pdf)
- Managing Soil Fertility in Organic Gardens Presentation by Dr. Erin Silva (pdf)
- Different Types of Community Gardens Presentation by Patti Nagai (pdf)
- Common Crops for Community Gardens (pdf)
- Site Considerations (10-minute video)
- Raised Beds and Containers for Community Gardens (pdf)
- Raised Bed and Container Gardening (7-minute video)
- Planting Techniques: Maximizing Your Productivity (2-minute video)
- Safe Harvest (2-minute video)
- Watering the Community Garden (2-minute video)
Related Horticulture Links of Interest
- UW- Turf Management Website
- 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
