Guides For Growing and Maintaining Yard & Garden
Select a topic below for valuable resources which will assist in making your yard or garden successful this year. Learn more about what has gone into these guides and this website by clicking here.
Monthly Tips & Checklist
Have a hard time remembering what to do and when to do it? Checkout our Gardener's Almanac and get a checklist of things to do each month. View the Gardener's Almanac.
Our popular in-person courses have now been brought online so you can view them whenever and however you want. Developed by USU faculty who have thousands of hours of research, we'll show you how to become your best yard, garden, and landscape yet -- even if you've failed in the past.
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In-person Classes
USU Extension also offers in-person classes, courses, and workshops, view these events on our calendar.
Visit a Demonstration Garden
The USU Extension gardens throughout the state provide beautifully manicured and curated landscaping as well as education from our specialists. Peruse to see what plants and techniques were used to make these gardens come to life as well as take a class from our on-site experts.
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Ogden Botanical Garden
With a variety of gardens on several acres, there's something here for everyone. Take a tour, plan an event and make a reservation, register for classes, or become a master gardener.
USU Botanical Center
Find educational opportunities for children and adults with features such as an urban fishery, walking/biking trails, wetland areas with birds and other wildlife, a volunteer-tended garden, a seasonal farmers market, classes, workshops, educational field trips and other events.
Swaner EcoCenter
The Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter is a nature Preserve and LEED Platinum building with interactive exhibits about the surrounding environment. We offer weekly nature tours, wildlife viewing opportunities, summer camps, environmental education for children and adults, evening lecture series, a gift shop with local and ecofriendly art.