Rock County

All plots at the Rock County Community Garden have been reserved for the 2013 planting season. To place your name on the waiting list for this season or next, please call the UW-Extension office at 608-757-5696.

Beginning at 1pm, January 23, 2013, current renters at the Rock County Community Gardens may swap their assigned plot(s) for open plot(s) in the garden.  Swapping is on a first-come basis. Only open, unrented plots will be available. Current renters may obtain an addtional plot at this time (maximum two plots per person). If still [...]

New community gardeners at the Rock County Farm may find the following sources of information useful as they prepare for the opening of the garden the first week in May. Publications: Growing Vegetables at Home, UW-Extension The Vegetable Garden, UW-Extension Extending the Garden Season, UW-Extension

Below is an on-line version of the presentation, Elements of a Healing Garden, presented: Garden Expo, Feburary 12, 2011 MATC, February 15, 2011 See References for more information. Elements Of A Healing Garden from Mike Maddox

Situation: UWEX colleagues and master gardener volunteers (MGVs) increasingly find opportunities and demand for horticulture-type programming for non-traditionally served audiences. These audiences include senior citizens, the incarcerated, and people with disabilities. Response: Horticulture Therapy (HT) is an emerging scientific field utilizing the therapeutic effects of gardening and natural environments.  HT is recognized as a practical [...]

Though UWEX was not mentioned in this clip, Channel 3 News did a nice overview of our program we do with the Rock County Sheriff’s Department. See the clip via Rock County Inmates Give Back With Gardening. View the 2006-2009 summary, “Using Gardening to Teach Life Skills to Jail Inmates” (6 pages, PDF) Our appreciation to [...]

Referenced Links: Emerald Ash Borer- Wisconsin JSTAC- 2009 Tree Inventory Urban forestry issues from Mike Maddox

 You are in for a special treat for our April Thursday Evening at the Gardens lecture! Master Gardener Volunteers Jennifer Ehle and Earlene Hanson combine their passions historical preservation with landscape design to create a fun and whimsical garden around restored WPA outhouses in each of their respective Cooksville, WI, homes. These two are always entertaining [...]

Do you jump from website to website to read news, look at pictures, and communicate with friends?  Did you ever wish you could have all that information in one place? Build your own personal on-line newsletter using RSS technology. Below is information I recently shared with some of the Plant Health Advisor volunteers.  For the [...]

Join us for the first Thursday Evenings at the Gardens, March 4, 7:00pm Master Gardener, Luis Owano, MD, will share information on the hazards of ingesting wild mushrooms and the possible consequences. The presentation includes a general introduction to mushroom hunting and identification, and has been used by Dr. Owano for educating his medical colleagues. [...]