Annual Online Green Thumb Gardening Vegetable Gardening Class Series to begin January 15
Johnson, Lisa
Hello Community Gardeners,
The Dane County Extension Horticulture Program will be offering vegetable gardening classes for home and community gardeners. Classes offer in-depth and engaging gardening information on a variety of topics. From starting seeds to composting to managing insect pests, this gardening class series will help home and community garden vegetable gardens to thrive. Speakers will include Extension Horticulture Educators and UW-Madison Dept. of Extension campus outreach specialists.
Classes will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday evenings mid-January 2026 to mid-March 2026 via Zoom and will be recorded (except for the plant disease class). You will also receive electronic copies of the slides and other handouts. Register for the entire class series at a discounted price or you can just take selected classes. A limited number of scholarships are available in cases of financial need, for more information contact Sarah Cowen at cowen...@danecounty.gov.
Class Dates and Topics: Thursday January 15 – Planning the Organic Vegetable Garden; Thursday January 22 – Seed Starting; Thursday January 29 – Soils, Soil Testing and Fertilizers; Thursday February 5 – Vegetable Crops and Specialized Gardening Techniques; Thursday February 19 – Composting; Thursday February 26 – Vegetable Insect Management; Thursday March 5 – Vegetable Garden Weed Management; Thursday March 12 – Cover Crops; Thursday March 19 – Vegetable Crop Disease Management; and Thursday March 26 – Vegetable Garden Succession Planting, Companion Planting and Season Extension
To register and see descriptions of the classes, please visit the Dane County Extension website at: https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/ and type 'Green Thumb' into the search box.
Lisa Johnson
Horticulture Outreach Specialist Dane County Extension
Pronouns: she, her, hers
5201 Fen Oak Dr., Ste. 138
Madison, WI 53718
Fax 608-224-3727
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https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/horticulture/
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