Lawn & Garden

We have lawn and garden resources for everyone from the hobby gardener to the athletic field turfgrass manager. County-based AgriLife Extension horticulturists and statewide specialists share their expertise through workshops, webinars and online information to assist those Texans with, and without, a green thumb.

Related Departments: Horticultural Sciences, Food Science & Technology, Entomology, Agricultural Economics

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Junior Master Gardener

The Junior Master Gardener program, JMG, is an international youth gardening program of the university cooperative Extension network.
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Lawn & Garden

Publications

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This publication outlines ten practices that can easily be implemented to transform any existing landscape into one that is EARTH-KIND.

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Defend your crops against the Sweet Potato Whitefly! Our free factsheet teaches you how to use this pest’s natural predators to help manage them. Learn about their biology and overall predator profiles. Download your copy today!

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Grow beautiful roses easily with our EarthKind Roses Bench Cards. Learn the characteristics and basic needs for 5 rose varieties: Alister Stella Gray, Crepuscule, Double Knock Out®, Pink Double Knock Out®, and Easy Elegance® My Girl. Grab your set today!

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Programs

We offer numerous free and affordable programs on agriculture and natural resources, family and community health, economic health and youth development. We also offer many volunteer opportunities. Browse the list below.
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The Healthy Lawns Healthy Waters program aims to improve and protect surface water quality by enhancing awareness and knowledge of best management practices for residential landscapes.

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NCPN-Roses is a network of scientists, educators, state and federal regulators that act together to ensure that rose budwood and rootstock is clean and available.

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Preserving the Harvest is a program series that teaches ways to preserve foods with tested recipes and research-based methods, using “hands-on” activities to practice preservation skills.

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Courses

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Learn how green infrastructure can help manage stormwater, reduce flood damage, and increase property value. This course explores practical, nature-based ways to improve stormwater systems in cities, rural, and coastal areas. Enroll now and build resilient, ecofriendly communities!

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This online course covers the types of butterflies in Texas and how to attract them. Homeowners or garden enthusiasts will learn to invite new fluttery friends to the neighborhood.

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Do you want to restore native plants? Are you curious about when to plant and how to maintain it? This online course will discuss how land managers can select, plant, and maintain native plants and when to plant them.

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Aggie Horticulture

Aggie Horticulture has served the gardening and horticultural crop production industry for over two decades. Our goal is to serve the students, producers, professionals and gardeners of Texas…and the World.

Aggie Horticulture

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  • Course

    Learn how green infrastructure can help manage stormwater, reduce flood damage, and increase property value. This course explores practical, nature-based ways to improve stormwater systems in cities, rural, and coastal areas. Enroll now and build resilient, ecofriendly communities!

  • Course

    This online course covers the types of butterflies in Texas and how to attract them. Homeowners or garden enthusiasts will learn to invite new fluttery friends to the neighborhood.

  • Publication

    This publication outlines ten practices that can easily be implemented to transform any existing landscape into one that is EARTH-KIND.

  • Course

    Do you want to restore native plants? Are you curious about when to plant and how to maintain it? This online course will discuss how land managers can select, plant, and maintain native plants and when to plant them.

  • Publication

    Defend your crops against the Sweet Potato Whitefly! Our free factsheet teaches you how to use this pest’s natural predators to help manage them. Learn about their biology and overall predator profiles. Download your copy today!

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