UConn's new Invasive Plant Certificate Course registration is now available!
Curious about how to better manage invasive plants in Connecticut?
Interested in improving your identification and management skills?
Sign up for UConn Extension’s Online Invasive Plant Certificate Course, which will:
- Prepare you to manage invasives using effective, science-based procedures.
- Equip land managers, green industry professionals, municipal staff, town/city commission volunteers, and residents with the information and tools needed to manage invasive plants in Connecticut.
- Course cost: $225.00
- Fully online course, making content easily accessible and providing the opportunity to learn from anywhere and at your own pace.
- The Course will open/begin on Monday, February 2, 2026.
- Registered/enrolled students will have access to course materials for 3.5 months.
- Certificates will be awarded to all students that complete course requirements by Friday, May 15, 2026.
- Registration is available starting January 6, 2026 and will remain open until February 27, 2026.
- Course content availability will close on May 15 regardless of start date.
More information and Frequently Asked Questions available at https://ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu/invasive-plant-certificate.
Gardeners of Simsbury Speaker Series: Update on Invasive Species by Rose Hiskes
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Join the Gardeners of Simsbury as they host Rose Hiskes to discuss invasive Species updates. Learn about these pests and how they affect your garden.
Rose Hiskes works as a diagnostician and horticulturist at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory, in Windsor, CT. Rose has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in plant science from the University of Connecticut. She has worked in the green industry for over 30 years. Some of her horticultural interests are insects, flower gardening and invasive plants. She is a volunteer with the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group.