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Your Cooperative Extension office, a department of Columbus Consolidated Government, provides the Columbus community with many services.

Our Home Visiting programs provide parenting support and education to over 700 families in the Columbus area.  We also provide training to professional childcare providers, helping those professionals provide quality care and education to many children in Columbus.

Our agents provide classes to individuals and other agencies throughout Columbus. Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program teaches families how to save money on food and how to make good, inexpensive and nutritious family meals. Family and Consumer Sciences provides classes on living with chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes.

In 2024, the Muscogee County Extension Home Visiting Program achieved accreditation from Healthy Families America, recognizing its commitment to delivering high-quality support for pregnant families, infants, and young children. This year, the program screened 575 families and provided direct services to 132 participants, strengthening early childhood development and family well-being. Muscogee County 4-H expanded its reach, doubling the number of schools served, fostering youth leadership and education. Additionally, the Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program contributed 2,025 service hours — valued at $67,817.25 — dedicated to environmental education, water quality monitoring, home garden support, and other community-driven initiatives.

 

 


Upcoming Events

  • Mar 17 - Mar 20 Georgia 4-H Basics of Youth Development & Beyond the Basics 4-H training
    • Eatonton, GA - (112.0 Miles)
  • Mar 18 UGA Extension Henry County Category 24 Ornamental and Turf Licensing Exam Training UGA Extension Henry County is offering a program to help prepare those who are planning to take the Georgia Pesticide Applicator Licensing Exam in Category 24 Ornamental and Turf to pass it. The workshop will cover the Ornamental and Turf Section and the Core Manual (General Standards Section). We give you a couple of practice exams. The program will be held online via Zoom. The exam itself will not be offered after the class. It is offered at several technical colleges throughout the state. The cost is $45 with a check made payable to the technical college. To register for the exam, go to www.gapestexam.com. (Please note: UGA Extension does not handle registration for the exams).
    • Virtual Event
  • Mar 19 2026 Dougherty County Master Gardener Training Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program is designed to train volunteers to assist UGA Cooperative Extension Agents in providing unbiased, researched-based horticulture education to the public. The prospective master gardener agrees to volunteer a minimum of 50 hours within a year following the completion of training in extension approved projects. This program covers 50 hours of training in topics ranging from ornamental and landscape plants, turf management, vegetable gardening, organic gardening to basic entomology, weeds, diseases and insect pests of ornamentals and vegetables and their integrated pest management. For more information or if you are an individual with a disability who may require assistance or accommodation to participate in this training, please contact UGA Dougherty County Extension at (229) 436-7216 or uge4095@uga.edu.
    • Albany, GA - (78.0 Miles)
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Diagnostic Services

We offer several diagnostic services through UGA labs, including soil tests, water quality tests, and disease and insect identification. For more information about these services, please contact our office.


Information on soil and water testing

  • Soil Testing for Home Lawns, Gardens and Wildlife Food Plots (C 896) Developing and maintaining productive soils begin with soil testing. Soils tests provide information on the soil's actual nutrient status. Test results are used to determine the amount and kind of nutrients that should be added for the best growth of lawn, garden, and other types of plants.

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Institution.