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Do you have a gardening question?

The Jackson County Master Gardener Plant Clinic should be your first stop.

Master Gardener volunteers staff the Plant Clinic, where they answer questions in person or on the phone. The Plant Clinic is located at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center, 569 Hanley Rd, Central Point, Oregon. A Plant Clinic volunteer can be reached by phone at 541-776-7371.

Or email your question to jcmg.sorec@oregonstate.edu, including digital photos if possible.

Plant Clinic hours are 10-2, Monday - Friday, April through October; and 10-2, Tuesday and Thursday the rest of the year.

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

provide Master Gardener volunteers with as much information as possible, regarding your problem or your inquiry,
provide a sample of the plant with which you have a concern,
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
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.