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Featured Five 2025: Favorites from Four Star Greenhouses Display Gardens

Published on August 26, 2025
Are you seeking proven performers for the season ahead? Check out Part 2 of our series highlighting top picks from the 2025 Michigan Garden Plant Tour trial sites.
Featured Five 2025: Favorites from Mast Young Plants Trial Garden

Published on August 26, 2025
Are you seeking proven performers for the season ahead? Check out Part 3 of our series highlighting top picks from the 2025 Michigan Garden Plant Tour trial sites.
Featured Five 2025: Favorites from DGI Propagators Trial Garden

Published on August 26, 2025
Are you seeking proven performers for the season ahead? Check out Part 1 of our series highlighting top picks from the 2025 Michigan Garden Plant Tour trial sites.
New box tree moth alert for Michigan homeowners and residents

Published on August 25, 2025
This updated alert provides an overview of box tree moth to help residents prepare as this invasive insect continues to spread in Michigan.
Attend MSU’s Turf School short course in December

Published on August 25, 2025
The MSU Turf School, held Dec. 8-11, 2025, is a four-day short course designed to teach the basics of turfgrass science as well as the practical techniques of managing turfgrass.
New webinar series on major pest problems for nursery crops

Published on August 20, 2025
Michigan State University Extension and partners will host a Wednesday webinar series starting Sept. 17 on the top 35 nursery pest problems from the past four years.
Farming through the haze

Published on August 13, 2025
Michigan has been intermittently blanketed with wildfire haze over the past several years. Learn more about the importance of monitoring your local air quality index (AQI) and how to work safely on high AQI days.
Michigan State University's Bert Cregg named to Christmas Tree Growers Hall of Fame

Published on August 7, 2025
Bert Cregg has been inducted into the Michigan Christmas Tree Association's Hall of Fame for his outstanding service, research and dedication to advancing Michigan’s Christmas tree industry.
Michigan State University Extension seeks input from pesticide applicators and agribusiness on new EPA regulations

Published on August 4, 2025
Please complete this brief survey to assist MSU Extension in identifying needs related to pesticide label changes, Bulletins Live! Two and the Endangered Species Act.
The honk heard across the Great Lakes 

Published on July 30, 2025
Learn more about the comeback story of the giant Canada goose and how to coexist with them.