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About Lawn & Garden

Maintaining attractive communities and home landscapes increases property values and promotes an improved quality of life that makes Douglas County a great place to live.

 

Whether you have questions about lawns, vegetables, flowers, or landscape maintenance, Extension information is available for all who live and work in Douglas County. Our Extension garden experts and trained subject matter specialists are prepared to provide you with non-biased, research-based information.

 

The Douglas County demonstration gardens display current horticulture practices related to trees, flowers, gardening and composting.

 

Our trained Extension Master Gardener volunteers help consumers with information about planting, care of lawns, and gardens.

 

 

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Program Resources

Visit our Useful Links page for program related websites.


Visit the K-State Research & Extension Library.

Horticulture Information Center.

 

Horticulture Hotline - call 843-7058, e-mail mastergardener@douglas-county.com, or stop by our office at 2110 Harper Street, Lawrence, to get answers to all of your garden questions. Extension Master Gardeners man the hotline from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, April 1 - October 31.

Horticulture Program Staff

Jennifer Smith
Horticulture Agent
Phone : 785-843-7058
smithjen@ksu.edu


Stan Ring
Program Assistant
Phone : 785-843-7058
sring1@ksu.edu