Department of Extension

The UConn Master Gardeners have assembled a calendar for Connecticut gardeners! There are tips through every month on how to plan and maintain your garden for fresh blooms and abundant vegetables. This year there is additional information on supporting beneficial insects in the landscape, with tips on using integrated pest management, creating habitat for beneficials, and starting native plants by seed in the winter. 28 pages plus cover. 8.5in x 11in. Folded calendar. 

The UConn Master Gardeners have assembled a journal for Connecticut gardeners! There are tips through every month on how to plan and maintain your garden for fresh blooms and abundant vegetables.

Saturday, May 4, 2024 Tolland Agricultural Center, Route 30, Vernon, CT

This is a reference book for land use planners and decision makers in Connecticut focused on the regulation and process of land use planning and decision making. The 8th Edition, updated in 2023.

This compact, spiral-bound design with laminated cover guide will be a valuable resource for home and master gardeners, students, extension educators, and horticultural consultants. 

This short course introduces the learner to the basics of the nutrition needs of the horse.

This short course introduces the learner to the basics of the equine skeletal system and its related disorders.

Your course registration fee will provide you with each term of lifelong learning opportunities. $30.00 for the 2024 spring term April-June.
Please consider making a donation to UConn CLIR program to maintain it's mission to provide lifelong learning opportunities.  If you would like to make a donation outside of the amounts offered, please email CLIR@uconn.edu.

Let’s Talk GMOs: Creating Consistent Communication Messages introduces participants to the basics of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). They will learn how to create consistent communication messages and manage dialogue processes about GMOs with various audiences. The asynchronous course is available on-demand; it has eight online modules with instructors from UConn.

A 55 page comprehensive pest identification guide that can be carried to the field to better identify pests and select appropriate management measures.

A 55 page comprehensive pest identification guide that can be carried to the field to better identify pests and select appropriate management measures.

The National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual 2014. This manual is a study guide to prepare for the Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Exam FOR CT. The Cornell Pesticide Applicator Training Manual covers the same material - use either book. For private applicators, much of the state exam is based on this book. There is also a supplemental booklet on your specific category available from the CT DEEP Pesticide Management website. Includes shipping.

Date: Saturday, April 20th 2024
Time:  9AM – 3PM
Location: Brown Farm, 537 Devotion Rd, Scotland, CT 06330