Horticulture | Daviess County Extension Office

Daviess County Extension Office

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

HORTICULTURE

Our horticulture program provides educational training and technical assistance to our community. Our technical services include soil testing, disease diagnosis, and plant, weed, and insect identification.

What is Horticulture Extension?

The Daviess County Extension Office Horticulture program provides educational training and technical assistance to our community. Our technical services include soil testing, disease diagnosis, and plant, weed, and insect identification. Cooperative Extension is the major provider of research-based information for consumers and horticulture businesses.

Publications and Information about Horticulture

Planting Container-Grown Trees and Shrubs in Your Landscape (HO-114)

Planting Balled and Burlapped Trees and Shrubs in Your Landscape (HO-91)

Transplant Shock: Disease or Cultural Problem?

Stink Bug Infestation of Dwellings (ENTFACT-654)

Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky (ID-128)

Common Tomato Diseases

Principles of Home Landscape Fertilization (ED-72)

Selecting the Right Grass for Your Kentucky Lawn (AGR-52)

Gardening in Small Spaces (ID-248)

Spiders around the House (ENTFACT-622)

Emerald Ash Borer Information and Identification (ENTFACT-453)

Click Here "Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays"

University of Kentucky Horticulture Related Websites

Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Production

Commercial Growers Information Website

Department of Entomology - Insect and Pest Information

Drought Information Website

Home Landscape Information Website

Home Vegetable Information Website

Home Woody Plants Website

Information for Home Growers Website

Integrated Pest Management in Home Landscape Website

Turfgrass Science (Home Lawn, Golf Turf, Sports Turf)

University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture

What's Bugging you?

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Center for Crop Diversification

Upcoming Horticulture Events

Please look at our upcoming events!

Extension Master Gardener Program

Learn More about our Master Gardener Program!

Submitting Soil, Plant and Insect Samples

The Cooperative Extension Service provides testing for Soil, Insect, and Plants!

Annette M. Heisdorffer

Extension Agent, Horticulture

(270) 685-8480 annette.heisdorffer@uky.edu Daviess County Extension Office 4800A New Hartford Road, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303

Rachel Logue

Extension Assistant, Horticulture

(270) 685-8480 relo230@uky.edu Daviess County Extension Office 4800A New Hartford Road, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303

Articles by Annette Heisdorffer

December 7 - 2025 AAS Winners

November 30 - Caring for Christmas Trees

November 23 - Winterizing Tools

November 16 - Holiday Cacti

November 9 - Gardening Gifts

November 2 - Amaryllis

October 26 - Kentucky Spiders

October 19 - Trees for the Landscape

October 12 - Digging Tender Bulbs

October 5 - Shrubs for the Landscape

September 28 - Importance of Soil Testing

September 21 - Improving Transplant Success

September 14 - Harvesting Pumpkins and Gourds for Decorations

September 7 - Blooms in the fall garden

August 31 - Fall Armyworm and Woolly Aphid

August 17 - Expand Blooming Season with Spring Flowering Bulbs

August 10 - Growing Garlic

August 3 - Perk Test

July 27 - Renovating an Existing Lawn

July 20 - Establishing a New Lawn

July 13 - Keep the Garden Producing Into Fall

July 6 - Dividing Daffodils, Irises, and Daylilies for Improved Performance

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