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Rockdale County Office Contact Info
- Shipping: 1127 West Avenue SW Conyers, GA 30012
- Mailing: 1127 West Avenue SW Conyers, GA 30012
- Email: rockdale.extension@uga.edu
- Phone: 770-278-7373
What is UGA Extension?
The UGA Extension Office operates through a unique partnership with local county governments, the State of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We translate the science of everyday living for farmers, families and communities to foster a healthy and prosperous Georgia.
For more than a century, we've provided research-based education through a network of committed specialists, agents and volunteers to help Georgians learn, grow and do more.
Program areas:
Agriculture & Natural Resources: our goal in Rockdale County is to assist and educate local farmers, businesses, homeowners, and gardeners with latest agriculture and horticulture information. We provide soil and water testing, plant identification, plant disease diagnosis, insect identification and control, site visits, private and commercial pesticide licensing.
Learn more about our Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program.
4-H Youth Development: Rockdale County's future leaders learn life skills through hands-on learning experiences. 4-H is considered one of the world's largest youth clubs offering today's youth from Kindergarten-12th grade a variety of programming to choose from both in-person and online.
Family & Consumer Sciences: provides education in the community on topics including: healthy eating and cooking, as well as ServSafe Managers Training Certifications, and Child Care Provider credit hours. Our Family and Consumer Science Agent also offers counseling and resources in health education, diabetic meal planning, and food safety. Visit our Fun with Fresh Foods page for nutritious recipes and easy to follow videos.
State Wide Calendar of Events
Upcoming Events
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Mar 29 Container Gardening Series Ready to begin your gardening journey. Start small! Container gardening maybe for you. Register and learn how to plant and grow a successful container garden.
- Jonesboro, GA - (23.0 Miles)
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Mar 29 Apple Grafting Workshop In this workshop attendees will learn the process and techniques to successfully graft apple trees. We will walk you through the process of marrying scion and rootstock. Participants will be provided with 5 semi-dwarf rootstock (G210) which will mature to a perfect sized tree (10-15') for most people to manage. Numerous scion varieties will be available to select from. Many heirloom, disease resistant and even Georgia varieties on hand which will range in ripening windows from June - November. Available varieties will range in use from drying, sauce, cooking, cider, fresh eating or a combination. Grafting knives, parafilm and labels will be available for use. By attending you will join the University of Georgia's efforts to preserve and restore these historic apple cultivars.
- Canton, GA - (40.0 Miles)
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Mar 30 4-H Horse Judging Clinic 2024 Gain valuable insight into horse judging and practice judging ranch horse classes. Clinic consists of three hands-on sessions and one classroom session to help both novice and experienced youth with horse judging. Optional reasons critique following the clinic. This opportunity is open to 4-H and FFA youth participants. Ranch Horse Riding Clinic to follow after lunch as additional opportunity.
- Covington, GA - (15.0 Miles)
Upcoming Events
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Apr 9 Community Cooking Class: Date Night Grab your partner and join us for a couples class! Come learn how to make delicious, healthy dishes in the Rockdale County Extension Office Teaching Kitchen! Open to ages 18 and up. Menu to be decided. Registration Deadline is 4/1/24
- Conyers, GA
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Apr 13 MGEV Info Series: Vegetables, Seeds, & Transplants (location 2) Come see our Master Gardener Extension Volunteers at the Cowan Ace Hardware locations in Conyers, GA to get their advice and expertise on vegetables, seeds, and transplants, for free!
- Conyers, GA
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Apr 13 MGEV Info Series: Vegetables, Seeds, & Transplants (location1) Come see our Master Gardener Extension Volunteers at the Cowan Ace Hardware locations in Conyers, GA to get their advice and expertise on vegetables, seeds, and transplants, for free!
- Conyers, GA