Horticulture and gardening

Little Roots, Big Harvest: Homesteading Together

Learn homesteading skills like gardening, making cleaning products, animal care and food preservation—blended with wellness, safety and sustainability—in-person and online.

Extension Garden Steward

Starting a garden? Need to know the basics to get growing? Extension Garden Steward is for you! This gardening-basics program will enhance your gardening experience and guide you toward environmental stewardship in your garden.

Commercial Horticulture

Resources, research, and training for fruit, vegetable, greenhouse, and nursery growers to improve commercial horticulture operations.

Extension Master Gardener

The Master Gardener program provides in-depth horticultural training to Missourians who then volunteer their time applying what they have learned to help others in their communities learn about gardening and environmental education.

Cultivando con Camas Elevadas

Healthy Plants Healthy Bodies

Controlled Environment Agriculture: Understanding Grow Lights

Operating a Chain Saw Safely

August 7, 2025 - December 11, 2025

2025 Extension Master Gardener Training - Kansas City, MO

August 7, 2025 - November 6, 2025

2025 Extension Master Gardener Training - Butler County

August 21, 2025 - November 13, 2025

Extension Master Gardener Training (Mid-MO) - Fall 2025

September 4, 2025 - November 13, 2025

Master Gardener Training - Laclede County

Online

Missouri Master Gardener Online Core Training - Fall 2025

Free workshops help beekeepers safeguard losses

October 17, 2025

Kirksville Area Master Gardeners share Milkweed for Monarchs

October 7, 2025

Mums burst with big, beautiful, bold color

October 2, 2025

Time to take plants indoors

October 2, 2025

The Kansas City Gardener

A monthly gardening magazine specifically for the Kansas City home gardener, frequently featuring MU Extension authors from the local area.

Amending Soil pH (video)

Video about soil pH and salinity management (for commercial horticulture) by Juan Cabrera-Garcia, Field Specialist in Horticulture.

Cornell University Nursery Guide for Berry and Small Fruit Crops

Garden 'n Grow

The Missouri Garden 'n Grow Program is a summer volunteer gardening program developed for 9- to 13-year-old youths.

Donna Aufdenberg

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Horticulture Educator

Juan Cabrera-Garcia

Assistant Professor & State Extension Specialist in Horticulture; Director of Extension Master Gardener

Master Gardener

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Regional Director - Southeast Region

Extension Specialist for Water Quality; State Coordinator of SARE

Damian Fluharty

Horticulture Volunteer Program Associate

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Matthew Huchteman

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Field Specialist in Horticulture; State Extension Master Gardener Coordinator

Field Specialist in Plant Science

Eliza Pessereau

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Master Gardener

C. Tim Schnakenberg

Field Specialist in Agronomy

Jennifer Schutter

Field Specialist in Horticulture