Growing in Kootenai County
University of Idaho Extension trains local Idaho Master Gardeners to provide research-based horticulture education.
Idaho Master Gardeners develop and share expertise in topics including:
- Food production
- Integrated pest management techniques
- Improving soil fertility
- Choosing the right trees
- Growing turf grass
- Sustainable yards and gardens
Classes and Workshops for Community Members
We offer low cost horticulture, homesteading, permaculture and basic gardening workshops and classes to our community.
Horticulture Class Series — Postponed until 2021
The 2020 Idaho Master Gardeners’ Annual Horticulture Class Series has been canceled. If you have already registered for a class, please contact our office regarding your refund: 208-292-2525 or kootenai@uidaho.edu. We are currently working on other ways to get horticulture resources into your hands. Please join our email list to be the first to receive 2021 class information when registration opens in November 2020.
Thank you for your patience as we all navigate the current reality. Remember that smiles are also contagious, and conversations have not been canceled. If there is anything we can do to serve you during this time, please let us know.
Resources and Publications
- Apple and Cherry Thorn Skeletonizer (PDF)
- Carpenter Ant Control (PDF)
- Hobo Spiders in Idaho
- How to Make Homemade Insect Traps (PDF)
- Insecticidal Soaps (PDF)
- Landscape Pests — Earwigs (PDF)
- Natural Insecticides
- Protecting Honey Bees from Yellowjacket Wasps
- Ticks in Northern Idaho (PDF)
- More Information on Insect Pest Control
- Basic Lawn Care (PDF)
- Creating a Tougher Turf (PDF)
- Cultural Control of Mosses in the Lawn (PDF)
- Establishing a New Lawn (PDF)
- Fairy Ring (PDF)
- Controlling Billbug Grubs in Lawns
- Lawn Renovation (PDF)
- Susceptibility of Broadleaf Weeds in Turf to Common Herbicides (PDF)
- Thatch and Its Control (PDF)
- Weeds in The Lawn (PDF)
- More Information on Lawn and Turf
- Deer Resistant Native Plants (PDF)
- Native Plant Resources (PDF)
- Native Plants in the Landscape: Grasses and Forbes (non-woody perennials) (PDF)
- Native Plants in the Landscape: Groundcovers, Shrubs, Trees (PDF)
- Native Plants to Attract Hummingbirds (PDF)
- The Native Roots Line of Plants: Wildflowers (PDF)
- Attracting Pollinators to Your Landscape (PDF)
- Selecting Regional Plants for Pollinators in Idaho (PDF)
- Butterflies of Kootenai County (PDF)
- Encouraging Beneficial Insects in Your Garden
- How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides (PDF)
- Native Plants to Attract Hummingbirds (PDF)
- Maintaining and Improving Habitat for Hummingbirds (PDF)
- Planting a Bee Garden for Pollinators (PDF)
- Pollinator Syndromes (PDF)
- Raising Native Bees (PDF)
- Beneficial Insects (PDF)
- More Information on Pollinators
- Growing Blueberries
- Growing Currants, Gooseberries and Jostaberries
- Growing Kiwifruit
- Growing Raspberries and Blackberries
- Growing Saskatoons
- Growing Strawberries
- Growing Western Huckleberries
- Recommended Varieties of Small Fruit for Northern Idaho (PDF)
- Selecting Grape Cultivars and Planting Sites in Idaho
- Growing Small-fruit Crops in Short-season Gardens
- Caring for Your Trees (PDF)
- Choosing Landscape Trees and the Resources for Homeowners (PDF)
- Drought Tolerant Trees for the Inland Northwest (PDF)
- Helping Trees Thrive (PDF)
- Low Maintenance Trees (PDF)
- Native Idaho Forest Tree Identification (PDF)
- Pruning Landscape Trees (PDF)
- Storm Damage (PDF)
- Sustainable Trees for the Inland Northwest (PDF)
- Trees with Few Pests (PDF)
- More Information on Trees, Flowers, Shrubs and Ornamentals
- Five-Year Crop Rotation (PDF)
- Attracting Pollinators to Your Landscape (PDF)
- Beneficial Insects (PDF)
- Blossom End Rot (PDF)
- Cool and Warm Weather Crops (PDF)
- Drip Irrigation for In-Ground or Raised Beds (PDF)
- Designing an Edible Landscape in Idaho
- Encouraging Beneficial Insects in Your Garden
- Fertilizing Gardens
- General Gardening Conditions for Northern Idaho (PDF)
- Growing a Vegetable Garden (PDF)
- Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens (PDF)
- Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost and Grass Clippings (PDF)
- Heirloom vs. Hybrid (PDF)
- Planning and Managing a Vegetable Garden (PDF)
- Planning and Preparing the Vegetable Garden Site (PDF)
- Raised Bed Gardening (PDF)
- Season Extenders for Your Vegetable Garden (PDF)
- Seed Saving for Beginners (PDF)
- Straw Bale Gardening (PDF)
- Vegetable Gardening in Containers (PDF)
- Vegetable Planting Timetable and Seed Starting Plan (PDF)
- Weed Control in Vegetable Gardens (PDF)
- More Information on Vegetable Gardening
Noxious Weed Department Control and Identification
The Kootenai County Noxious Weed Control Department assists the public and government agencies with identification and control methods for noxious weeds.
For more information, please contact them at:
- Email: kcnoxiousweeds@kcgov.us
- Phone:
208-446-1290 - Fax:
208-446-1282 - Address: 10905 N. Ramsey Road
Hayden, ID 83835