Horticulture

Horticulture

Horticulture

Our horticulture program provides educational training and technical assistance to our community. Our technical services include soil testing, disease diagnosis, and plant, weed, and insect identification.

What is Horticulture Extension?

The Pulaski County Extension Office Horticulture program provides educational training and technical assistance to our community. Our technical services include soil testing, disease diagnosis, and plant, weed, and insect identification. Cooperative Extension is the major provider of research-based information for consumers and horticulture businesses.

homesteading series flyer

 

365 Days of Gardening flyer

 

Zinnias flyer

PHOTOS FROM TREE WEEK 2024

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Kiddos making leaf-print t-shirts at Firebrook Park

 

mulching trees
Extension Master Gardener Volunteers mulching baldcypress trees at Firebrook Park

 

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Paper-making during Tree Week

 

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Making windchimes during Tree Week

 

2023 USDA plant hardiness zone map

NEW 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

KY New USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

KY USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

NEW! November 2023

USDA has issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map reflecting the latest 30 year period of data.  Our old Kentucky home is mostly now in Zone 7. The prior map issued a decade ago had most of Kentucky in Zone 6 except for parts of western Kentucky.

This PHZM has never been fool-proof but it's the best tool we have to determine what plants will be able to survive in certain locations.

To find out how they made the map, click here.

 

More Info

To learn more about your local Master Gardener Program, click here

Pine straw is available for purchase at the Pulaski Co Extension office M-F 9am to 4pm. Proceeds benefit the Lake Cumberland Master Gardener Association.

2023-24 Prices:

1-49 bales -- $8 per bale

50 or more bales -- $7 per bale

Horticulture Upcoming Events

Private Pesticide Training

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Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

Homesteading Series

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

The Vegetable Season Has Begun!

365 Days of Gardening

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Yes, You Can Garden 365 Days a Year

Private Pesticide Training

-

Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

365 Days of Gardening

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Yes, You Can Garden 365 Days a Year

Private Pesticide Training

-

Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

Zinnias!

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Zinnias!

Private Pesticide Training

-

Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

365 Days of Gardening

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Yes, You Can Garden 365 Days a Year

365 Days of Gardening

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Yes, You Can Garden 365 Days a Year

Pulaski County Extension Events

Summer Sausage Classes

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Come join us for a two part class and learn how to prepare your own summer sausage and bacon. You will also learn meat smoking basics.

Private Pesticide Training

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Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

Efficient Watering of Livestock

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Class on the importance of providing water to livestock. Taught and presented by Dr. Stephen Higgins, Ph. D. 

Homesteading Series

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

The Vegetable Season Has Begun!

365 Days of Gardening

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Yes, You Can Garden 365 Days a Year

Private Pesticide Training

-

Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

365 Days of Gardening

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Yes, You Can Garden 365 Days a Year

Private Pesticide Training

-

Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

Zinnias!

- Pulaski Co Extension Service office

Zinnias!

Private Pesticide Training

-

Training offered for Private Pesticide Applicator License. This is for buying restricted use pesticides.

Beth Wilson

Extension Agent, Horticulture

(606) 679-6361 beth.wilson@uky.edu Pulaski County Extension Office 28 Parkway Dr., Somerset, Kentucky 42502-0720

Contact Information

28 Parkway Dr. P.O. Box 720 Somerset, KY 42502-0720

(606) 679-6361

pulaski.ext@uky.edu