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.
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Spring Gardening: Early Blooming Spring Plants
Spring is in the air! The early blooms of spring are a welcome transition from winter’s bleak landscape. Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County features several unusual early spring blooming plants in this video.
RCE Organic Vegetable Gardening Workshop on April 6
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County offers strategies to keep your garden free of synthetic pesticides Editors’ Note: Contact David Smela by email at david.smela@co.middlesex.com or by phone at 732-398-5268. Spring is here and many area homeowners plan to take to their yard for the experience of growing their own food. But for those who […]
Governor’s Award Honors Camden SMART Initiative Green Efforts led by RCE Water Resources Program
In January 2013, the Camden SMART Initiative received the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for its efforts to promote sustainability and the use of green infrastructure to reduce flooding and combined sewer overflows in the City of Camden. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program is a founding member of the initiative and, for the […]
Applications still being accepted for free rain gardens in Rahway
If you own a home in Rahway, you may be eligible to have a free rain garden planned and installed on your property by experts from Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County and the Water Resources Program. The offer applies only to properties that …
New Jersey Gardens: Rutgers Cooperative Extension has help to start tomatoes from seed or seedlings
Right now, while there’s still slushy snow on the ground in some parts of the state, it’s time to think of tomatoes…Last year, seeds sold out early for the popular Ramapo tomato, but this year’s Ramapo seed supply is larger. This time, Moreton seeds …
Transforming Blake Hall on Cook Campus
Home to the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture for over 40 years, Blake Hall recently saw the completion of a 3-year, $1.5 million renovation project. The building, located at the intersection of Lipman Drive and Red Oak Lane on the George H. Cook Campus, has been transformed, featuring renovated studios, a computer lab, a model-making […]
Students Place in Top 10 in Annual International Turf Bowl Competition
Three teams of undergraduate students, all members of the Rutgers Turf Club, competed in the 2013 Turf Bowl Competition at the International Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Conference and Trade Show in San Diego, CA, in February. The teams, which were comprised of four students each, placed 6th, 14th, and 44th out of 68 […]
2013 Rutgers Home Gardeners School on March 23
Gardeners who want to sharpen their skills on proper pruning or learn how to keep their hydrangeas happy are invited to attend the 37th Annual Home Gardeners School on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Program and registration information is available from the Office of Continuing Professional Education.
Welcome Spring with the Home Gardeners School at Rutgers in New Brunswick
Winter is waning and it’s almost time to start prepping gardens and yards for Spring. As our weather grows warmer, Rutgers University is holding its Annual Home Gardeners School for master and novice alike. A tradition for 37 years, the Home Gardeners …
