Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension offers home gardeners extensive, research-based information on many horticultural topics. Information is available through Rutgers Cooperative Extension county offices.

In most counties, Rutgers-trained Master Gardener volunteers handle questions from the public through the Rutgers Master Gardener Helpline. (Hours of operation vary by county.) When necessary, Rutgers faculty and professional staff can answer questions, diagnose plant pest and disease problems, and identify plants and insects.

Resources:

• Drought Web
• Gardening & Landscaping Publications
• Human-Wildlife Relations (from eXtension)
• Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance
• Lawn & Garden Frequently Asked Questions
• N.J. Harmful Plants Gallery
• N.J. Weed Gallery

Issues:

• The Asian Longhorned Beetle
• Controlling Armyworms on Home Lawns
• Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance
• Monitoring for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Programs:

• If Plants Could Talk: A Gardening Television Series
• Rutgers Master Gardener Program

Services:

• Plant Diagnostic Laboratory and Nematode Detection Service
• Rutgers Master Gardener Program
• Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory