Rutgers Gardens Spring Garden Fair May 10-12

Scenes from Rutgers Day 2013

A beautiful day and a record crowd made for yet another great Rutgers Day.

From Cuddly to Career: Training Puppies to be Seeing Eye Dogs

The Rutgers University Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club offers a rewarding experience for students who raise puppies for The Seeing Eye, Inc., a private, not-for-profit organization formed in 1929 with the goal of providing dogs to serve the visually-impaired across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. See what the club is all about.

Spring Gardening: Time to Test Your Soil

Spring and fall are good times to test lawn and garden soil. Soil test results are a guide for what to add to soil now and in time, to reach optimum soil fertility for healthy plant growth. The Rutgers Soil Testing Lab has soil test kits and instructions on its website. Watch this video for how to take a lawn soil sample.

Tips from Rutgers Home Gardeners School

The annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School, which is sponsored by the NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education, was held in March this year. It’s a packed day of instruction and demonstrations for both new and experienced gardeners. In this video, a few instructors give tips on starting a garden.