Agriculture & Natural Resources Events/Workshops

Educational Programs & Workshops

Programs and workshops offered:

• Pesticide Safety
• Backyard Composting
• Caring for Ornamental Plants
• Backyard Vegetable/ Fruit Production
• Establishing Home Lawns & Landscape
• Rose and Orchid Culture
• Spring and Container Gardening
• Beekeeper Short Courses in three series
• Growing Sweet Potatoes in GA

Agriculture & Natural Resources Events

Events Offered:

• Spring Season Master Gardener Extension Volunteers Plant Sale
• Fall Season UGA Clayton County Extension Plant Sale
• Annual Arbor Day Tree Seedling Giveaway in February
• Fall Recruitment Interested for Master Gardeners Extension Volunteers Program

Clayton County Green Industry & Agribusiness

The following training opportunities are available upon request for the commercial industry:

• Pesticide training for mandatory certification This license is required for all landscaping businesses that apply any form of pesticide.
• Advanced subject training in several horticulture topics upon request.
• Plant disease, soil, and water analysis for diagnostic
• In-person or virtual workshops and seminars in commercial agribusiness upon

UGA Cooperative Extension Programs Collaborators

Several local organizations and municipalities benefit from collaboration with UGA Cooperative Extension Programs include:

• City of Jonesboro, Morrow, Lovejoy, Riverdale, Forest Park, College Park
• Clayton County Board of Education
• Clayton State College and University
• Clayton County Parks and Recreation
• Clayton County Libraries System
• Clayton County Senior Centers
• Clayton County Transportation and Public Works
• Clayton County Water Authority
• Reynolds Nature Preserves
• Several Local Homeowners Associations
• Georgia Dept of Agriculture
• Clayton County Health Dept

UGA Cooperative Extension also offers diagnostic laboratory services at the UGA Athens campus. In the area of plant tissue sampling, insect, and plant disease identification, soil and water testing, forage and hay testing. Domestic home closing water analysis will require an overnight shipment. Best submission days except for major holidays. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays before Noon. Mail Courier will pick up the same day and ship to UGA Laboratory in Athens. Payments accepted: Cash, All major credit cards except American Express. Checks and money orders may be payable to: Clayton County Extension 4-H Results will take 10- 14 business days from the time it is mailed. Check spam or junk folders depending on internet providers. If you haven’t received your results; please call our office at (770) 473-3945 or email: Clayton.Extension@uga.edu

UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

Hydrangeas

Do you have questions about hydrangeas? We have answers! Join us in learning all about these beautiful flowers. We will answer numerous questions from the basics of planting location and general care to the more advanced topics like changing the flower color of your hydrangeas.

Join us at 1 PM on May 21st at 1262 Government Circle, Jonesboro, GA for an afternoon of learning and fun.

Register HERE for the event

Container Gardening Workshops

Growing Vegetables in Containers
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Thursday, March 21, 2024
10:00am – 12:00pm
2:00pm – 4:30pm

Container Gardening with Herbs
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
10:00am – 12:00pm
2:00pm – 4:30pm

Flowering Plants in Containers
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Friday March 29, 2024
10:00am – 12:00pm
2:00pm – 4:30pm

2024 Master Gardener Extension Volunteers Plant Sale

Volunteers Plant Sale
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Saturday, May 11, 2024
9:00am – 1:00pm

Growing Sweet Potatoes in Georgia

Growing Sweet Potatoes
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Thursday, May 16, 2024
10:30am

Woodland Gardening Events

Why Should You Create a Woodland Garden
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
10:00am – 11:00am

Anatomy of a Woodland Garden
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
10:00am – 11:00am

Native Trees of Georgia
1262 Government Circle
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Thursday, June 27, 2024
10:00am – 11:00am

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