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Register for an upcoming Q&A session, connect with plant health experts from the UW-Madison Division of Extension, and get answers to all your plant questions!
2025 Plant Disease Talks
Each month, the UW Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic hosts a Zoom webinar on a plant disease-related topic. View the 2025 schedule and webinar descriptions here.
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Gardening and learning to grow your own food provides many benefits, but we know it can be a bit intimidating when first starting out.
Check out our New Gardener Resources to get your Wisconsin garden started quickly and easily.
Latest Horticulture News
Timely Articles for Winter Gardens
▶ WATCH: Maintaining Your Festive Houseplants
Festive houseplants are common gifts in winter. In this video, learn how to keep a poinsettia, Christmas cactus, Norfolk Island Pine and other favorite gift plants thriving.
Saying Bye-Bye to Boxwood Blight: Proper Disposal of Holiday Wreaths
Holiday decorations containing boxwood foliage can be a source of disease for boxwoods in our landscapes. Learn more in this article.
Pruning Deciduous Trees
Proper pruning controls tree size, directs growth, influences flowering, and maintains tree health and appearance. Learn how in this factsheet.
Pruning Deciduous Shrubs
Pruning controls the size of shrubs, directs growth, influences flowering, and restores plant health and appearance. Learn pruning techniques in this factsheet.
Planning and Designing Your Home Landscape
This publication explores landscape planning: putting the plan on paper; selecting, placing, and planting trees and shrubs; and maintaining the home grounds.
Choosing the Right Christmas Tree
Christmas trees offer consumers a chance to bring nature indoors for a few weeks each December. Whether you choose a pre-cut tree available at a local tree lot or garden center or cut your own tree from a farm, you will have several tree species to choose from.
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