Live Online Learning Opportunity

If you would like the opportunity to learn from home, yet still be engaged, then be sure to enroll in this class!

Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification
Thursday April 8, 2027 6:00-8:00 pm

This session will focus on fertility and production related topics for all field crops, fruits and vegetables. This ZOOM recertification session will be live via the internet directly from the University of Maryland.

This meeting will provide Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification. 

Registration is required by April 6th is required in order to receive Zoom, login instructions.

To register, please complete the Google Form Online Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.

Live Online Learning Opportunity 

If you would like the opportunity to learn from home, yet still be engaged, then be sure to enroll in this class!

Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification
Thursday April 1, 2027 6:00-8:00pm

The session will focus on pesticide use and related topics for all field crops, fruits and vegetables. This ZOOM recertification session will be live via the internet directly from the University of Maryland.

This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification. 

Registration is required by March 30th in order to receive ZOOM login instructions.

To register, please complete the Google Form Online Private Applicator Recertification.

If you have allowed your Private Pesticide Applicator Certification to expire or are  a new applicant, then you are invited to attend the  Private Pesticide Applicator Certification Training and Examination.

It’s a two-step process:
Step 1: A Private Applicator Certification Training will be conducted at the Anne Arundel Extension Office, 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD 21054 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2027

Step 2: A Private Pesticide Applicator Exam will be given at the Anne Arundel Extension Office, 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD 21054 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 26, 2027.

Registration is required. To register, please complete the Google Form Private Pesticide Applicator Training and Exam.

The workshop will explore advanced fruit and vegetable production practices focusing on sustainability, food security and integrated pest management tactics. This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.

Tuesday, March 9, 2027, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Anne Arundel County Extension Office at 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD 21054.
To register, please complete the Google Form IPM Workshop March 9, 2027.

The workshop will explore advanced fruit and vegetable production practices focusing on sustainability, food security and integrated pest management tactics. This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.

Thursday, December 17, 2026, from 6:00-9:00 p.m at the Anne Arundel County Extension Office at 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD 21054.
To register, please complete the Google Form IPM Workshop December 17, 2026.

Topics to be covered include: pest management, soil fertility and nutrient management, ag business and marketing, right-to-farm law, ag leasing, micro grant resources, NRCS cost-share resources.

Another Look, Another World is an interdisciplinary exhibition exploring how visual art may deepen our understanding of Maryland’s insect biodiversity and inspire greater appreciation for the ecological roles insects play in our environment. The exhibition is part of a University of Maryland Arts for All-funded project aimed at engaging students in science communication through art, increasing awareness of insect biodiversity and ecological roles, fostering collaboration across disciplines, evaluating changes in attendee knowledge, attitudes, and intentions, and contributing to a replicable arts-based model for conservation education.

The exhibition will highlight six Maryland insect species that are included on Maryland’s List of Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Animals. Original works created through the exhibition’s two different open calls will be displayed alongside science-based information about insect ecological roles, insect habitats, and key conservation actions.

Anyone, including University of Maryland students, faculty, staff, and community members, are invited to explore the exhibition, whether by creating and submitting artwork, learning more about Maryland’s insects, or simply taking another look at some small but essential organisms that shape our ecosystems. By bringing art, science, and environmental education together, Another Look, Another World seeks to create opportunities for reflection, discovery, collaboration, action, and new ways of seeing the connections between insects, people, and the places we share.

The annual Advanced Landscape IPM PHC Short Course is a recertification short course for arborists, landscapers, IPM consultants, horticulturalists, professional gardeners, and others responsible for urban plant management. The course lectures will be in-person this year. In addition, there will be an in-person hands-on lab (available to a limited number of course attendees). Coordinators: Drs. Paula Shrewsbury and Mike Raupp, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland.​

Practical Experiences in Nutrient Management is a workshop conducted by the University of Maryland Extension Agricultural Nutrient Management Program that provides participants with hands-on farming and nutrient management related activities including yield and moisture estimates of grain crops, harvest machinery overview and demonstration, and compost and cover crop application to fields.

9:00-9:30 -     Registration

9:30-12:00 - This session will provide a practical overview of key post-season grain crop management and harvest evaluation activities. Participants will review common grain crop yield estimate procedures, examine a combine and its major components, and observe the machine harvesting a grain crop in the field. The program will also include a comparison of moisture readings taken with a hand test moisture meter and those recorded by the combine yield monitor to highlight accuracy and calibration considerations. In addition, attendees will see post-harvest field operations including compost application, broadcast seeding of a cover crop, and vertical tillage used to incorporate the compost and cover crop seed into the soil. 

12:00-12:30- Lunch

12:30-1:00-   MDA Nutrient Management Update

1:00-3:30-     This session will provide participants with an overview of vegetable production and harvest, and view the vegetable harvesting conveyor.  The program will end with an overview of the production of compost on the farm and the planning process for fall applications.

CEUs: 5.5 hours of credit toward consultants’ or operators’ continuing education requirement will be earned from full participation in this event.

Secure your spot for the Maryland Native Plant Society's 2026 Annual Conference

Co-Hosted with UMD Extension Maryland Native Plants Project and UMD Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Dept. 

• 2 day event | Sept. 12-13

• Meals included

• Presentations by native plant professionals 

• Native plant sale

• Field trips & workshops

• Optional add-on: Saturday evening dinner and presentations 

Register here: mdflora.org/fall-conference