Programs

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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.

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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.

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Commercial Horticulture

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

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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.

Resources

The Kansas City Gardener

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

A Healthy Soil: The Basis of Gardening (PDF)

Amending Soil pH (video)

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

Building and Reviving High Tunnel Soils Through Cover Cropping (PDF)

Meet the experts

Donna Aufdenberg
Donna Aufdenberg

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Molly Baurain
Molly Baurain

Horticulture Educator

Juan Cabrera-Garcia, ASST. PROF. & STATE EXT. SPECIALIST, HORTICULTURE
Juan Cabrera-Garcia

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

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Gary Cooke

Master Gardener

Traven Crocker
Traven Crocker

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Sarah Denkler
Sarah Denkler

Regional Director - Southeast Region

Daniel Downing, EXT. SPECIALIST, WATER QUALITY & STATE COORDINATOR, SARE
Daniel Downing

EXT. SPECIALIST, WATER QUALITY & STATE COORDINATOR, SARE

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Damian Fluharty

Horticulture Volunteer Program Associate

Gwen Funk
Gwenlyn Funk

FIELD SPECIALIST IN HORTICULTURE

Matthew Huchteman
Matthew Huchteman

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Justin Keay
Justin Keay

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Debi Kelly
Debi Kelly

Field Specialist in Horticulture; State Extension Master Gardener Coordinator

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Caleb O'Neal

Field Specialist in Plant Science

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Eliza Pessereau

Field Specialist in Horticulture

Tamra Reall
Tamra Reall

FIELD SPECIALIST IN HORTICULTURE

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Patty Reynolds

Master Gardener

Tim Schnakenberg
C. Tim Schnakenberg

Field Specialist in Agronomy

Jennifer Schutter, FIELD SPECIALIST IN HORTICULTURE
Jennifer Schutter

Field Specialist in Horticulture