Welcome to online registration for the 2027 Home Horticulture Certificate course!  All sessions are taught by URI Cooperative Extension faculty and staff, and cover a range of foundational and practical topics including basic botany, insects, integrated pest management, soil science and plant nutrition, plant diseases and the diagnostics process, invasive plants and landscape biodiversity, native plants and pollinators, vegetable gardening, fruit culture and care, and more!

The fee for the classroom portion of the Home Horticulture Certificate course is $550. Payment plans are available to setup during the check-out process.

Three optional hands-on, in-person practicum sessions on pruning shrubs and perennial care and landscape trees and evergreens are available to Home Horticulture Certificate participants for an additional fee of $75/class. Attendance at these practicum sessions is optional and requires paid registration.

Course Structure
Classroom sessions via Zoom: Thursday evenings from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Practicum sessions: Fridays in April from 3:00-5:00 p.m. and/or 5:00-7:00 p.m., in-person in Kingston (optional, a la carte pricing, non-refundable)

Questions? Email coopext@uri.edu or call (401) 874-2900.