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. 

    Price:

    $14.00

  • UConn 4-H Sheep Day will be held on Saturday, February 1st, 2025 - 9:00am to 2:30pm. Registration fee is non-refundable. Check in will be in the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena - UConn Storrs Campus. Designed for youth ages 7-18, parents and leaders. 

    Price:

    $15.00

  • The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Course has been designed to provide a foundation of Good Agricultural Practices knowledge that includes emphasis on co-management of food safety and environmental management goals, while outlining the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. 

    Price:

    $50.00

  • UConn 4-H Expressive Arts Day will be held at the Litchfield County Extension Center in Torrington on Saturday, March 15, 2025.

    Price:

    $15.00

  • 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. 

    Price:

    $40.00

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

    Price:

    $50.00

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

    Price:

    $50.00

  • Your course registration fee will provide you with each term of lifelong learning opportunities. $30.00 each for the 2025 Winter term January-March and 2025 spring term April-June, 2025 Fall term September-December.
    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.

    Price:

    $1.00

  • 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.

    Price:

    $25.00

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

    Price:

    $30.00

  • 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.

    Price:

    $49.00

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

    Price:

    $40.00

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

    Price:

    $18.00

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

    Price:

    $15.00

  • 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.

    Price:

    $43.00

  • 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.

    Price:

    $50.00

  • 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.

    Price:

    $36.00

  • A hybrid course where participants will complete 6 modules that include both virtual and in-person meetings. Cohort 1 begins January 2nd.

    Price:

    $50.00

  • Join us for the UConn 2025 Spring Bedding Plant Workshop in New Haven, CT. There will be speakers on insect and disease management for flowers and bedding plants. The speakers are experts in their fields from UConn, UMass, CT State, and Griffin. These talks will include CEU pesticide credits. Light refreshments included.

    Price:

    $18.00

  • 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

    Price:

    $5.00

  • March 11-May 7, 2025

    Price:

    $200.00