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Garden Clinic, Two Locations — Starts May 16th

• Every Wednesday in Wausau — Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions, diagnose your problem plants, or identify bugs every Wednesday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Marathon County UW-Extension.
• 1st & 3rd Saturday at the Weston Farmers Market — Look for the Master Gardener’s Garden Clinic table from 10 am –12 noon.

Garden Line, 715-261-1237 or 800-234-1471 (toll-free) — Available year-round

For home horticulture questions, leave a message with your name and phone number. A Master Gardener volunteer will return your call. This is a free service is available year-round.

Email: ncwimg@mail.co.marathon.wi.us — Available year-round

Attaching a digital image (jpeg or tiff are preferred) will often help with diagnosis. Include detailed information on conditions, symptoms, treatments used, etc… Important: emails are responded to on a weekly basis, not daily.

Diagnostic Services — Available year-round

Marathon County UW-Extension provides basic diagnostic services and information on plant diseases, insects, pests, and weeds. In addition, our staff and Master Gardeners are supported by several state-based diagnostic labs that provide help with identifying disease, insect, or weed problems >>>

Horticulture & Gardening Programs

• Rain Gardens
  Help Protect Our Water Resources A rain garden is a depressed area in the lawn that forms a bioretention area. It allows water to collect and slowly seep into the ground. This excess water, called runoff, causes the soil in its path to erode more rapidly than it would naturally. Gravity then causes this runoff [...]
• Master Gardener Plant Sale
  Saturday, May 19th, 2012 Join fellow garden enthusiast at the annual plant sale Saturday, May 19th, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Marathon Park Cattle Barn in Wausau. Sponsored by North Central Wisconsin Master Gardener Association, this sale will be offering large healthy plant divisions and seedlings right from the gardens of Master Gardener volunteers. Find anything [...]
• Yard Waste Sites
  As fall arrives and yard clean-up is underway, residents are looking for a place to take yard waste. The Wausau-area offers several locations available to drop off yard waste. Waste items include leaves, grass, pine needles, garden and flower debris, small tree branches, and brush. Each site carries some restrictions. City of Wausau For Wausau [...]
• Garden 2 Table
  Get Started This Spring with Container & Square Foot Gardening Economic conditions are making it more difficult for Marathon County residents to afford fresh produce. There are many reasons for people to garden, yet urban living can discourage people from gardening. In response the Marathon County UW-Extension developed and created gardening methods to raise awareness and help [...]

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