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
Registration is open for our 2024 Horticulture Class Series (winter/spring series). Preregistration and prepayment are required. You may preregister by using one of two options:
- Paying with a credit card: Use the “Register Today” button.
- Paying with a check or cash: Open the Growing in Northern Idaho Gardening Classes (pdf), then print the PDF of that form, register for the classes on the bottom of the PDF form, then cut the bottom of the PDF off and send it in with your check (or stop by with cash, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
View full class descriptions are on our event page.
Please join our email list to be the first to receive class information when registration opens for the next part in the class series. Our classes tend to fill quickly, so please mark your calendars and pre-register early so we may save a seat for you.
In the meantime, “Ask an Idaho Master Gardener” your gardening questions through the forms located on our Plant Clinic webpage, by email to kootenaimg@uidaho.edu or by phone 208-292-2525. We can accept photos of your inquiry, plant identification or insect identification as well. We are in the office Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Resources and Publications
- The pollination services of forests—A review of forest and landscape interventions to enhance their cross-sectoral benefits
- Learn about Forest Bee Pollinators
- Assess the current status of the pollinator habitat on your opens pace or forest through protocol from the Xerces Society
- Streamlined Bee Monitoring Protocol for Assessing Pollinator Habitat | Xerces Society (a more detailed bee specific assessment)
- What to Plant: Selecting Plants for Pollinators—Northern Rockies
- Plants for pollinators in the Inland Northwest
- Install and Maintain wildflower stands: Maintaining Diverse Stands of Wildflowers Planted for Pollinators | Xerces Society
- Where to purchase native plants and seeds
- Nesting and Overwintering of native pollinators: Nesting & Overwintering Habitat | Xerces Society
- Promoting Pollinators with Agroforestry | US Forest Service
- 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