Extension Horticulture specialists and educators across Wisconsin are regularly featured by local and national news outlets to share expertise on a wide range of topics related to gardening and horticulture. With a shared commitment to research-based horticulture and environmentally sustainable gardening practices, Extension provides invaluable guidance to home gardeners and professionals alike, to enhance understanding of plants, insects, wildlife, and local ecosystems.
Read our latest news features
- Wisconsin hotspot for Lyme disease spread as tick activity increases
May 14, 2025 | WXPR | Featuring PJ Liesch - Smoke-like swarms of midges may be ‘eerie,’ but completely harmless expert says
May 14, 2025 | Channel 3000 | Featuring PJ Liesch - ▶ Listen: Nitrogen, Growth, Traffic and Organic Matter
May 15, 2025 | TurfNet | Featuring Doug Soldat - ▶ Listen: Midges, ticks and other bugs; the value of wetlands
May 21, 2025 | The Larry Meiller Show | Featuring PJ Liesch - ▶ Watch: New and Unique Plant Varieties
May 22, 2025 | PBS Wisconsin | Featuring Allen Pyle
Presented at the PBS Garden & Green Living Expo, Feb. 8, 2025 - The coming weeks will be a key period for cutworm, armyworm and alfalfa weevil activity
May 28, 2025 | Wisconsin State Farmer | Featuring PJ Liesch - ▶ Listen: Garden Talk: Bayfield in Bloom
May 30, 2025 | The Larry Meiller Show | Featuring Bruce Spangenberg
Read our weekly garden column
You may come across the Extension Horticulture Program’s weekly garden column, Wisconsin Yard & Garden, in your local newspaper. With close attention to seasonal and regional trends, our statewide outreach specialist Bruce Spangenberg writes a column of horticulture education and activities for Wisconsin Gardeners. A new article is published every Monday.
Articles from April include:
- Tree Problems Often Are Preventable – May 26, 2025
- Manage Yard & Garden Problems Wisely – May 19, 2025
- Brighten Landscapes with Annual Flowers – May 12, 2025
- May Gardening Agenda Heating Up – May 5, 2025
If we missed a feature, let us know! Email madi.potratz@wisc.edu with a link to the news article you’d like added to the list.
