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. 36 pages plus cover. 8.5in x 11in. Folded calendar. 

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 each for the 2025 Spring term April-June, 2025 Fall term September-December and 2026 Winter term January-March.
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.

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.

This new course will prepare farmers to purchase farm land and introduce them to the entire process of a real estate transaction. 

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.

The 2023-2024 New England Vegetable Management Guide is a comprehensive guide to current production and pest management techniques for commercial vegetable crops.

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.

We are excited to host the National NUEL Steering Committee Meeting in Hartford, CT June 2-June 4, 2025.  Registration cost below.

This is registration for the NUEL Northeast Regional meeting June 4-June 6, 2025. Come and network with your Northeast Extension colleagues, present your work, and discuss collaborative ideas to meet the needs of the Northeast!

Certification Training Manual for Commercial Pesticide Applicators and Technicians (CT category 3A). This manual prepares commercial pesticide applicators and technicians who are seeking certification to use and/or (in the case of applicators) supervise the use of pesticides.

Certification Training Manual for Commercial Pesticide Applicators and Technicians (CT category 3A). This manual prepares commercial pesticide applicators and technicians who are seeking certification to use and/or (in the case of applicators) supervise the use of pesticides.

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.

This set includes 12 posters, each featuring a different local foods, with English and Spanish integrated onto each poster.

Do you love food and science? Have you ever wondered how your favorite meals fuel your body? Spend a week with us exploring the world of food through cooking, crazy fun experiments plus tons of other interactive activities. It’s a week of delicious discoveries, hands-on science, and non-stop fun—you won’t want to miss it!  Join us for a week of food science fun!. 

 

Calling all youth 8-12 years old interested in learning about the wonders of STEM.
"STEM the Hidden Gem"
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Tolland County Extension Center
24 Hyde Ave. Vernon, CT 
Cost $5

Welcome to the online registration page for the 2025 UConn Extension School IPM Workshop! This workshop will be held Thursday, July 17, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m., at the UConn Plant Science Research Facility, 59 Agronomy Rd., Storrs, CT. More information and Agenda at s.uconn.edu/schoolipmworkshop (copy and paste into your browser to view).