Rock County

Plants, gardening and connections to nature profoundly impact health and quality of life.   In this program explore the theories and practices associated with therapeutic horticulture and how gardening and the natural environment can improve the health and sense of well-being of older populations. General Details: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Program Held at Rotary Botanical Gardens [...]

This program will be postponed to a yet to be determined date.  Sorry for any inconvenience.  A lush, healthy lawn can provide valuable play space for the kids, add value to your home and be environmentally friendly all at the same time!   And, most importantly, you can do it yourself. Details: April 18, 2012 Time: [...]

1. This is a friendly reminder that the Rock County Farm community garden will open around the first week of May, weather depending.  Letters will be mailed to each gardener reminding of  plot assignments. Before that week we plan to: Make an initial pass with the tractor to break up large soil clods Make a [...]

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

Beginning at 1pm, January 23, 2012, 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 [...]

Rock County UW-Extension is now accepting applications for the 2012 Level 1 Master Gardener Training. Level 1 training is a minimum of 36 hours of in-depth classroom training on a variety of horticulture topics including botany, soils, pest management, entomology, plant pathology, weeds, and much more. This is intended to provide a basic understanding of horticultural concepts necessary to complete the [...]

Edgerton Public Library invites the public to a special presentation of  landscape designs for the Albion Street side of the library on Saturday, June 18 starting at 10 a.m. The designs have been created by Master  Gardener Volunteers who are part of a landscape design class taught by Mike Maddox, Rock County UW-Extension horticulture educator. [...]

Individuals interested in participating in the 2011-2012 Master Gardener Volunteer Training may now apply for the 2011-2012 program. More information and application materials

April 8, 2011 8:30am to 4:00pm UW-Extension in cooperation with UI-Extension will offer a day-long program for arborists and landscape professionals on various issues of trees and shrubs. Though geared for professional audiences, Master Gardeners may find this equally useful. For more information and to register: 2011 Stateline Conference for Landscape Professionals

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.