Gardening Questions

Do you have a gardening question?

There are many sources of information that you can access if you have a Gardening Question.

Contact your local County Extension Office.  Your County Extension Agent, and/or your Local Master Gardener™ Association are there to support you and your home gardening efforts.  Master Gardener volunteers man Plant Clinic Hotlines, where they answer questions in person or on the phone, from a County Extension Office.  Master Gardener Plant Clinics may also be found at many area farmer's markets.

To receive the best possible answer to your query, you should:

1. provide Master Gardener volunteers with as much information as possible, regarding your problem or your inquiry,
2. provide a sample of the plant with which you have a concern,
3. provide a photograph of the plant or section of your yard with which you have a concern, when it is not possible to bring in a physical sample, and
4. allow the Master Gardener volunteers the time that they need to comprehensively research your question.

A Master Gardener volunteer will research an answer to your question, using a variety of library and online resources.  It is important to remember that Master Gardener volunteers exclusively use non-biased, science-based information in their research.  This restriction on the materials that Master Gardener volunteers can use, when providing a recommendation to the public, ensures that the answer you receive is high-quality and unbiased.

You may also want to check out OSU's new "Gardening Encyclopedia", for information on a variety of gardening topics.

OSU also has several publications, of specific interest to home gardeners, available online on the OSU Extension Publication Catalog.

There are also a variety of online resources available on the web. The OSU Master Gardener™ Program does not specifically endorse these sites, but merely lists them for your information.