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The UConn Home & Garden Education Center (HGEC) is a horticultural informational resource for the citizens of Connecticut and beyond. The staff at the Center reach nearly 400,000 citizens in outreach efforts each year. We’re ready to assist you – Contact us!

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Important Announcement!

The UConn Plant Diagnostic Lab has resumed normal operations and is accepting all samples. Samples may be mailed or dropped off directly to the lab or to the UConn Home & Garden Education Center. Both are in Ratcliffe Hicks at the Storrs campus. For more information on collecting and submitting an appropriate sample, please visit https://plant.lab.uconn.edu.  

Image identification. Send images, description of symptoms or problems, and any other relevant information/questions to Ladybug@uconn.edu

UCONN HOME & GARDEN EDUCATION CENTER HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

 

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Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs
Time to Till?
Planting Fruit Trees
2022 is Year of Gladiolus
New Hope for Chestnuts 




































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