Madison County - Alabama Extension

Do you struggle with the shady areas of your yard? Or perhaps you love your shady spaces and want add to what you already have. Join us for the next Master Gardeners of North Alabama workshop when the focus is on:
🌿 Gardening in the Shade
🌿 June 16, 10:30am-Noon
🌿 Huntsville Main Library, 915 Monroe Street
🌿 With Aaron Stiles, a landscape design specialist
🌿 This workshop is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

⚖️ The scales are open!

From now until Labor Day, Alabama Extension is challenging every county to grow and donate at least 250 pounds of fresh produce! This can be to a food bank, community kitchen, place of worship, or even family and friends.

To learn how to participate and report donations, visit this link: https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/grow-more-give-more/grow-more-give-more-250-pound-challenge/
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The 67th annual Scouting Short Course is coming in June. To help row crop farmers achieve greater success, Alabama Extension experts will provide best management practices for pest and disease management.

“Farmers have always had to deal with bugs and diseases damaging their crops,” said Scott Graham, an entomologist with Alabama Extension. “While that reality doesn’t change, we do find new and better ways to handle those issues every year. That’s why Alabama Extension has hosted this scouting course for more than six decades and why we hope farmers will participate.”

The Scouting Short Course will be offered in five locations in June. Read more and register at www.aces.edu/go/6369.

🐝 Become a certified Pollinator Partner!🦋
Join Alabama Extension for an exciting, hands-on regional Pollinator Partner workshop designed to help you identify, protect, and create vital habitats for our local pollinators. Whether you are a landowner, community member, or green professional, this train-the-trainer program will give you the practical strategies needed to make a real difference in our food systems and ecosystem. Also, be best prepared for the annual Great Southeast Pollinator Census Count Days!

🗓️ When: June 12, 2026 | 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
📍 Where: Marshall County RSVP (19272 US HWY 431, Guntersville, AL 35976)
💰 Cost: $40 (Includes a fully provided lunch and program resources!)
Spaces are limited, so secure your spot today and help expand pollinator conservation across Alabama! Online pre-registration is required!

👉 Register here: https://au-academics.my.salesforce-sites.com/pmtx/evt__conf_detail?id=a1RUg000001LcXxMAK

🫑Interested in what it takes to grow organic and conventional vegetables?

Join us at the The People's Patch-Madison County Community Farm for a hands-on demo featuring equipment like a mulch layer, tiller, and more. Plus talks on pest management, irrigation, harvest, and marketing.

📅 June 11, 2026 from 9 am to 3 pm (lunch is included)
📍The People's Patch (3701 Meridian St N, Huntsville, AL 35811)
✏️This workshop is free, but please register at: https://www.aces.edu/event/north-alabama-organic-conventional-vegetable-workshop-3/

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🌿 Invasive Plant Workshop – Blount County 🌿
Learn to identify and control common invasive plants and choose native alternatives.
📅 July 29, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM–2:30 PM (lunch provided)
📍 Blount County Extension Office
💲 $25 | Preregistration required
🔗 www.aces.edu/invasive-plant-management-workshop
Includes indoor sessions + outdoor demonstration, with CEUs available.

📣 Register Now: Alabama Cottage Food Safety Training – Madison County
Looking to start or grow your Cottage Food business? Join us for this required food safety training approved by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)!
🗓 Date: May 21, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 2:15 PM
📍 Location: Madison County Extension Office
819 Cook Ave, Huntsville, AL 35801
This course meets the ADPH food safety training requirement for individuals selling non-hazardous foods as a Cottage Food Business. Pre-registration is required.
👉 Register here: https://au-academics.my.salesforce-sites.com/pmtx/evt__conf_detail?id=a1RUg000001TUQLMA4
📞 Contact:
Christy Nissen Mendoza
📧 [email protected]
📱 205-217-6495