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  • Landscaping

    Whether you are a professional landscaper or homeowner, MSU Extension is your connection to the most trusted information on designing, installing and caring for the environments where we live and work.

  • MSU Extension Educator Brent Crain shares the importance of soil testing

    Published on June 20, 2025

    MSU Extension staff were able to highlight our mission and programmatic efforts on WLNS' Discover Greater Lansing thanks to a community sponsorship. This is part eleven of a fourteen-part series.

  • Introduction to Bulletins Live! Two

    Published on March 26, 2025

    An ever-increasing number of pesticide labels require applicators to utilize the Bulletins Live! Two system to check for additional use limitations to protect endangered species and their habitat. 

  • Mar 5

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 3-05-25 West Olive

    March 5, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. Fillmore Complex - 12220 Fillmore St., West Olive, MI 49460

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Mar 12

    Need Help with Bulletins Live! Two?

    March 12, 2025 8:30AM – 10:30AM Saginaw County MSU Extension Office, 723 Emerson Street, Saginaw, MI 48607

    Pesticide labels now require applicators to check EPA's Bulletins Live! Two system. This training consists of an educational session on Bulletins Live! Two followed by one-on-one training on using the system for updated bulletins and use limitations.

  • Mar 11

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 3-11-25 West Branch

    March 11, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. Ogemaw County Office - 205 S. Eight St., West Branch, MI 48661

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Mar 9

    2024 Smart Gardening Conference

    March 9, 2024 9:00AM – 5:00PM Wayne County Community College District, Ted Scott Campus Atrium, 9555 Haggerty Rd., Belleville, M 48111

    Join us for a day packed with fascinating and inspirational topics for the seasoned horticulturist and home gardeners.

  • Mar 28

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 3-28-25 Owosso

    March 28, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. Caledonia Township Hall, 135 N. State Rd., Owosso, MI 48867

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Feb 4

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 2-04-25 Cadillac

    February 4, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. Career Tech Center - 9905 East 13th Street, Cadillac, MI 49601

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Feb 26

    Need Help with Bulletins Live! Two?

    February 26, 2025 9:30AM – 11:30AM Macomb County MSU Extension Office, 21885 Dunham Road, Robert VerKuilen, Bldg"E" Clinton Township, MI 48036

    Pesticide labels now require applicators to check EPA's Bulletins Live! Two system. This training consists of an educational session on Bulletins Live! Two followed by one-on-one training on using the system for updated bulletins and use limitations.

  • Apr 3

    Need Help with Bulletins Live! Two?

    April 3, 2025 8:30AM – 10:30AM Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center, 3775 S Reese Rd., Frankenmuth, MI, 48734

    Pesticide labels now require applicators to check EPA's Bulletins Live! Two system. This training consists of an educational session on Bulletins Live! Two followed by one-on-one training on using the system for updated bulletins and use limitations.

  • Dec 19

    MSU Extension to host restricted use pesticide review and testing on MSU campus

    December 19, 2024 8:00AM – 5:00PM

    MSU Extension, in partnership with MSU Pesticide Safety Education Program and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, will host a restricted use pesticide (RUP) review and exam session at the MSU Pavilion on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

  • Feb 17

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 2-17-25 Coldwater

    February 17, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. Branch Area Career Center - 366 Morse St., Coldwater, MI 49036

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Apr 1

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 4-01-25 Frankenmuth

    April 1, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center - 3775 S. Reese Rd., Frankenmuth, MI 48734

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Jan 3

    2025 Michigan Soybean On-Farm Research Update - Adrian

    January 3, 2025 8:30AM – 1:00PM Lenawee Christian Center Auditorium, 111 Wolf Creek Hwy, Adrian, MI 49221

    Results of the 2024 projects will be presented. Participants will also learn about historical climate trends that are impacting our growing season in Michigan and have an opportunity to provide input into the research projects to be conducted in 2025.

  • Jan 23

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 1-23-25 Lenawee

    January 23, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. MSU Extension Lenawee County - 1040 S. Winter St. Ste. 2020, Adrian, MI 49221

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • May 12

    Evenings in the Garden Spring 2022: Attracting Wildlife with Backyard Water Features with Beth Clawson

    May 12, 2022 6:30PM – 8:30PM 28115 Meadowbrook Rd. Novi, MI 48118

    Evenings in the Garden is a lecture series on a wide range of gardening and environmental topics hosted by regional experts.

  • Aug 13

    2023 Bee Palooza

    August 13, 2023 1:00PM – 4:00PM MSU Horticulture Gardens, 1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI

    After a three-year hiatus, Bee Palooza returns for an afternoon everyone will “buzz” about. Presented by the Entomology Department at Michigan State University, Bee Palooza is a free event for all ages where everyone can “bee” a scientist.

  • May 20

    Pesticide Applicator Core Review and MDARD Core Testing – 5-20-25 Gaylord

    May 20, 2025 8:00AM – 5:00PM Check-in for the program is 8 to 8:30 a.m. University Center - 80 Livingston Blvd., Gaylord, MI 49735

    A review of the Core Pesticide Applicators Manual to prepare for the MDARD Pesticide Applicators Certification Exam in the afternoon. THE CORE REVIEW IS MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IN-PERSON TESTING. Refreshments and light lunch will be served.

  • Dec 21

    Restricted Use Pesticide License Core Review Alpena

    December 21, 2023 8:00AM – 12:00PM Alpena Community College, Donald Newport Center, Room 106

    Core review offering RUP credits (pending) at Alpena Community College where you can register and test in the afternoon through the Metro Institute.

  • Mar 19

    Michigan Certified Natural Shoreline Professional Training and Certification Program

    March 19, 2025 – March 20, 2025 Lake St. Clair Metropark Thomas Welsh Activity Center, 31300 Metro Parkway, Harrison Township, MI 48045

    The 2025 Michigan Certified Natural Shoreline Professional Training is for professional landscape, natural resource, and marine contractors who want to design, implement and maintain natural shoreline landscaping on inland lakes.